AATG is always looking for teachers interested in volunteering for committee work, especially in materials development in many areas of special interest (e.g., Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Teaching Austria, Teaching Switzerland and Liechtenstein, German for Professional Purposes, etc.). Please contact Carol Anne Costabile-Heming if you would like more information about getting involved in one or more of the external committees! costabilec1 @ nku.edu
Alle lernen Deutsch - disseminates information about minorities in the teaching and learning of German, in the United States and German-speaking countries.
Margaret Hampton, IN - Co-Chair
Anita Ratwik, MN - Co-Chair
Reginald Bess, SC
Mary Bronfenbrenner, NY
Karen L. Fowdy, WI
Leroy Hopkins, PA
John Long, IL
Janice Mitchell, DC
Kamakshi Murti, VT
Annual Meeting Program Committee - solicits, selects, and schedules program sessions and workshops; consists of three people appointed by the president.
2010 Boston Committee
Angelika Becker, IN
Mohamed Esa, MD
Lorna Sopcak, WI
Community College Committee - focuses on issues specific to AATG members teaching at community colleges.
Lorena Ellis, NY
Richard Kalfus, MO
Roberta Schmalenberger, WA
Task Force on Cultural Knowledge and Understanding - research, review, and publish past and present work in intercultural competence and cultural knowledge, with special emphasis on German.
Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim, MI - Chair
Heidi Byrnes, DC - Consultant
Claire Kramsch, CA - Consultant
Anke Finger, CT
Rachel Halverson, WA
Charles James, WI
John Lalande, NY
Renate Schulz, AZ
Helene Zimmer-Loew, NJ
Endowed Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee - develops and implements strategies for soliciting potential gifts from the AATG membership and others who support this effort.
Lynne Tatlock, MO - Chair
Thomas Keith Cothrun, GA
Karl Otto, IL
Jo Sanders, AK
Beth Smith, TX
Terry Smith, TX
German for Professional Purposes - focuses on the study of Wirtschaftsdeutsch and the integration of technology, especially engineering, and German in the US.
Damon Rarick, RI - Chair
Katharina Barbe, IL
Erika Daines, UT
John Grandin, RI
Michael Hager, PA
Volker Langeheine, NE
Tom Leech, KY
William Petig, CA
Marjorie Tussing, CA
Jutta Ulrich, AZ
Janet Van Valkenburg, MI
David Weible, IL
Astrid Weigert, DC
Margit Zinggeler, MI
GOLDEN Project Board of Directors - advises the GOLDEN project in all its phases.
Christina Frei, PA
Helga Marshall, CA
John Stark, IL
Mary Wildner-Bassett, AZ
Helene Zimmer-Loew, NJ
Aleidine Moeller, NE (ex officio)
GOLDEN Project
Aleidine Moeller, NE, Project Director
Martha Williams, NJ, Project Manager
GROW (German Resources on the Web) - selects materials and maintains the resources section of the AATG Web site.
Donna Van Handle, MA - Chair
Martha Williams, NJ
James Witte, IL
Honorary Members and Fellows Committee - nominates candidates for the association's honorary members and fellows.
Sara Friedrichsmeyer, OH - Chair
Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, KY
Kathy Fegely, PA
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur Committee - supports the inclusion of this genre in the teaching and learning of German.
Buck Lyon-Vaiden, VA - Co-Chair
Beverly Moser, NC - Co-Chair
Laura Boyle, TX
Wendy Burgbacher, PA
Nancy Decker, FL
Zsuzsa Horvath, PA
Bobbette Leu-Timmermann, WI
Christie Staszcuk, MO
Donna Van Handle, MA
Ingrid Zeller, IL
Kinder lernen Deutsch Steering Committee - promotes the teaching of German at the elementary and middle school level.
Phyllis Farrar, KS - Chair
Iris Busch, DE
Corinna Cavanaugh, CA
Kathy Fegely, PA
Sara Hoefler, FL
NGE Commission - annually develops the National German Examination for High School Students.
Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, NY - Chair
Susan Adams, MA
Jack Denny, IL
Christina Frei, PA
Jennifer Redmann, MI
Nominations Committee - develops and presents a slate of candidates for all open positions on the Executive Council (except Treasurer); consists of at least 5 people, with 1 holdover from the previous year who serves as chair, and 4 members with appropriate regional and level representation.
2010 Committee
Petra Fiero, WA - Chair
Carla Damiano, MI
Volker Langeheine, NE
Peggy Grasso Meyers, PA
Richard Rundell, NM
Planned Giving Committee - solicits income for the both the Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Endowment 'Friends of AATG' through such methods as bequests or future property transfer.
James Davidheiser, TN - Chair
Kathy Fegely, PA
Mark Himmelein, OH
Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, KY (ex officio)
William Petig, CA (ex officio)
Sustaining the Momentum
Gregory Wolf, IL - Chair
Kathleen Condray, AR
Grant Henley, IL
Jamin Lynch, CA
Monika Moyrer, MN
Nikhil Sathe, OH
Lorna Sopcak, WI
Vicki Swedeen, MN
Denise Tanner, TX
Teaching Austria
Maria-Regina Kecht, TX - Chair
Helga Schreckenberger, VT
Teaching Switzerland / Liechtenstein
Karin Baumgartner, UT - Chair
