I am an Asst. Professor of German and the Manager of the Foreign Language Resource Center (FLRC) at Pomona College. I hope the following bullet points give you an idea about my role here at Pomona College:

- I teach a variety of courses, for example introductory, intermediate, or advanced German courses, but also crosslisted media studies courses in English. In the spring of 2008 I taught "Advertising the Other: Stereotypes in Popular and Consumer Culture." (Will be taught again in the psring semester of 2009) The next course in the fall of 2008 will be an upper divison German course called "Introduction to German Media and Film."

- I advise faculty in the use of technology in foreign language learning and teaching. I offer professional development within the language departments and collaborate a lot with others across the campus, especially the Oldenborg Center and ITS.

- I have been planning the new Foreign Language Resource Center, or FLRC. We have recently openend our doors to the public and are very proud and happy about what we have created. Be sure to check out some pictures and judge for yourself.

- I am president-elect of SWALLT, the SouthWest Association for Language Learning and Technology. I am also an active member of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning and Technology.

- Currently I am working on a project called "Language Technology Boot Camp," for which I received a grant. Please visit the site for more information. This project is very important to me. I am also very interested in making more materials and expertise available for K-12 language teachers.

- Another upcoming project is working on an IALLT publication and writing a technology colummn for the IALLT journal.

Other projects I am working on include my monthly video podcast on language learning and technology, blogging for Language Lab Unleashed, audio-podcasting for Tech-o Tuesday, and a few other projects.

My research interests include language learning/teaching and technology, the depiction of the Other, especially national stereotypes, in advertising, and new media in Germany the the U.S.

Looking for more personal tidbits? I am an avid camper (beach camping and Joshua Tree are amongst my favorites), I'm a native of Germany, I love travelling, I try to limit my technology intake outside of work - I own rabbit ears and haven't succumbed to buying and iPhone (yet). I bike to work. I received my dotorate degree from the University of Regensburg. I'm a big Apple fan, but I believe the iPod is not the best learning tool in the world.