Curriculum Vitae:
Classes taught at Wayne State University:
From Jan. 2007-Winter 2017: German 1010, German 1020, German 2010
Last classes taught:
Winter 2016 German 1020, Spring/Summer German 2010, Fall German 1020
Classes taught at the University of Michigan-Dearborn:
From Fall 2012 – Fall 2016: German 101, 102, 301, 302, 376
Jan. 2007-2011 Lecturer at Wayne State University, Henry Ford Commmunity
College, and LTU + GLC (e.g. Work for Cartus, a Global
Relocation Company, and for Global LT)
2006-2007 German Language Consultant:
Webpage design, Online Language Lessons to many different
learners with a wide variety of backgrounds, Medical Interpreter
for French/German at the University of Michigan)
Winter 1991-Aug. 2006 Lecturer at Eastern Michigan University,
Teaching German Language Courses from the 100 to 600 level,
For Undergraduates and Graduates, Business German I, II,
German Business Culture (a team-taught class for EMU business
students, with the late Dr. John Hubbard)
Winter 1998 German Language and Business Culture, offered by EMU to
Masco Corporation’s Upper and Middle Management at Masco
Headquarters in Taylor, Mi (a Fortune 500 company that had
acquired numerous companies in Germany over the previous 10
years)
January 1998 Elected Vice-President of the AATG-MI for a 2 year term,
President from January 2000-January 2002). (AATG-MI – The
Michigan Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of
German).
Goals: One of our main goals, we hope to expand the cooperation between H. S.s and Colleges and between Colleges and businesses, industry, and governmental units as part of a globalized world.
Exchanges/Programs abroad:
Summer 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004:
Director of EMU’s Academic Program Abroad, ‘Summer in Graz’, Austria
This program was an integral part of our students' education (due to the proposed Internationalization of the curriculum in response to changing international market conditions).
Activities (pre2000 and some afterwards):
German Club Advisor - helped organize the EMU German club;
Promoted activities (movies, talks, Weihnachtsfest, Frühlingsfest etc.),
H.S. recruiting, arranging for visits at and contacts with the
German Consulate etc., programs with the local Goethe Institute, helped
organize GAHFI Fall conferences, and other German-American events,
organized German teacher and other German Stammtische, regular get-
togethers of German speakers; participated at the SAE Spring conference in
Cobo Hall (took EMU’s Business German students to Detroit’s International
Industrial Fair connecting Theory and Practice)
Education:
1983-88 M.A. and A.B.D., Doctoral Candidate in Germanic Literature,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1980-82 M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1976-80 B.S. equivalent in French Literature and Physical
Education, The University of Göttingen, Germany.
1978-79 DAAD-Fellowship in form of a Teaching
Assistantship at the French Lycee
Camille Guerin, Poitiers, France.
Examination Topic:
The dramatic and theoretical works of Peter Hacks
And his reception in the GDR and West-Germany
(Master of Arts Project)
Teaching Experience: (pre1991)
Lycee Camille Guerin, 1978-1979,
German Conversation Class
Assisting Professors in University equivalent
German classes for Political Science and Economics
The University of Michigan, Romance Department,
Fall 1980-Winter 1982/83,
Introductory and Intermediate French Language
The University of Michigan, Germanic Department,
Winter 1983-Summer 1988,
Introductory and Intermediate German Language
Third Year German:
German Conversation Class
Practice in Writing and Speaking German.
Teaching Interests:
Creative Writing in German, German Culture, Translating
And Consulting, German Business Culture, Special Topics
In Literature, Ethnic Literature
Administrative Experience: (pre1991))
Teaching Assistant at The University of Michigan,
Romance Department, Fall 1980-Winter 1982/83.
Teaching Assistant at The University of Michigan,
Germanic Department, Winter 1983-Summer 1988.
Resident Director of the Max-Kade Haus, a German
Language Coop. in the University of Michigan
Residence Hall System, 1983-1986.
Languages:
German native
English near native
French M.A. degree
Spanish conversational
Moderator:
Chaired a number of panels at EMU’s former Business Language
Conference and at the German American Heritage Organization
International's former Fall Conferences
Webpages:
Numerous Webpages (for German teachers, updated only sporadically):
http://klaustappe.angelfire.com/ with info about:
list of German teachers in Michigan, listed by H.S. and name, German
restaurants and more, German American Business in Michigan,
Minorities with a background in German American companies, in industry, and
in the School system, German at Wayne State University
Workshops (a number of AATG Michigan Workshops attended between 2009-2017):
e.g. AATG-Mi, Spring 2011 at Wayne State University: "Strategies for Successful
German Programs: Advocacy, Articulation, and Outreach."
Professional Organizations:
American Association of Teachers of German (MI-Chapter)