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American Association of Teachers of German

Serving teachers of German since 1926
AATG External Committees

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 John Stark if you would like more information about getting involved in one or more of the external committees! stark (at) imsa.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
Mohamed Esa, MD
Donna Evans, NV
Megan Foldenauer, MI
Karen L. Fowdy, WI
Carolyn R. Hodges, TN
Leroy Hopkins, PA
John Long, IL
Janice Mitchell, DC
Kamakshi Murti, VT
George F. Peters, MI (honorary member)

Annual Meeting Program Committee - solicits, selects, and schedules program sessions and workshops; consists of three people appointed by the president.

2008 Orlando Committee
Cynthia Chalupa, WV
Kathleen Condray, AR
Juan Carlos Morales, FL 

2009 San Diego Committee
Karin Baumgartner, UT
Kerstin Helbing, CA
Deborah McGee Mifflin, MD

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
Dean, Teachers College, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Aleidine Moeller, NE (ex officio)

GOLDEN Project

Aleidine Moeller, NE, Project Director
Martha Blackburn, 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 Blackburn, NJ
James Witte, IL

Chapter Web Site Coordinator
Nancy Decker, FL

Honorary Members and Fellows Committee - nominates candidates for the association's honorary members and fellows.

Sara Friedrichsmeyer, OH - Chair
Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, KY
John Stark, IL

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, IA
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
Inke Pinkert-Sältzer, DC

KLD Consultants
Kirsten Belgum, TX
Susan Thorne Gagnon, MA
Margita Haberlen, GA
Stephanie Ohnesorg, TN
Jo Sanders, AK

NGE Commission - annually develops the National German Exam for High School Students.

Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, NY - Chair
Susan Adams, MA
Marita Cleaver, TX
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.

2008 Committee
Kathryn Kornmayer Pritchard, FL - Chair
Carla Damiano, MI
Nancy Decker, FL
Ana Djukic-Cocks, NY
Mark Wagner, WI

2009 Committee
Nancy Decker, FL - Chair
Petra Fiero, WA
Joan MacDonald, TN
David Tinsley, WA
Rob Williams, VA 

 

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
John Stark, IL (ex officio)
William Petig, CA (ex officio)

Sustaining the Momentum

Gregory Wolf, IL - Chair
Kathleen Condray, AR
Inge DiBella, GA
Monika Moyrer, MN
Nikhil Sathe, OH
Jim Sheppard, GA
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