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817-257-6367 Scharbauer 3204
Cynthia Chapa received her BA in German with a minor in Philosophy from Valparaiso University in Indiana. She continued her German studies at the University of Chicago where she achieved the M.A. and the Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures. She spent an undergraduate year and a graduate research year at the Karl-Eberhard Universität in Tübingen, Germany. Her teaching experience includes Angelo State University, Jesse H. Jones High School, Houston (Vanguard Program), Houston Community College, Rice University (Continuing Studies Program) and the Goethe-Institut in Houston. After serving on several occasions as adjunct faculty at TCU, Dr. Chapa now holds a position of Full-Time Instructor of German.
Associate Professor of German and French Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 817-257-6362 Scharbauer 3204
Dr. Todd came to TCU in 1997 from the University of Cincinnati, where he earned his PhD. He also earned a Magistère in French Culture and Civilization from the Sorbonne and an M.A. in French from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Todd's main scholarly interest is in German intellectual history from 1850 to the present. He has published articles on the poets Stefan George and Paul Celan, and the critics Theodor Adorno and Ernst Robert Curtius. His most recent article appeared in the Camden House Companion to the Works of Stefan George. He is also concerned with American cultural politics past and present: in the past insofar as it affected the German-American community; in the present inasmuch as it shapes our image of and relations with European countries. A recent development in his work is a return to his interest in jazz. He studies saxophone and music theory and performs in jazz groups on and off the TCU campus. In addition to his scholarly and creative pursuits, he very much enjoys introducing undergraduate students to the German language and culture. In the free time that he has, he enjoys spending time with his family (wife Heather and children Henry and Phoebe) and friends.
Associate Professor of German Director, Language Media Center 817-257-7163 Scharbauer 3205
Scott Williams (Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin) lived in Hamburg, Germany for ten years. He earned a B.A. in History from Stephen F. Austin University and a Magister Artium in Greek and Roman history and archaeology (with a minor in American literature) from the Universität Hamburg. His areas of interest include the reception of classical Greece and Rome in modern literature, contemporary German literature, translation studies, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), and cyberstudies. His most recent article concerns the intersection of translation theory and cultural studies: "Rewriting Rome in post-1945 German-language Literature: Examining Image, Norm, Habitus, Tertium comparationis" (ACROSS Languages and Literature). He is currently working on issues of translation, localization, and globalization. |
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Dr. Cynthia Chapa
Dr. Jeffrey Todd
Dr. Scott G. Williams
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