Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Education: Ph.D., Michigan State University

Research & Teaching Interests: German for Business and Economics; Applied Linguistics; Chair, International Committee on German for Business and Engineering (AATG); Vice-Director of the Board (PWD), International German Business Exam.

• Handbook for German in Business and Engineering, Heidrun Popp Verlag: 2001
• "Business Culture: the Implicit Message in Persuasive Discourse" (Handbook, 2001)
• "German for Profit: Foreign Language for Sale" (The Journal of Language for International Business, 2001)
• "German for Business and Economics" (The Clearinghouse, 2001)
• "Business German: The Next Step, The Birth of a New Discipline"(Die Unterrichtspraxis, 2000)
• Die Volks- und Weltwirtschaft (Economics), and Die Betriebswirtschaft (Business), Michigan State University Press: 2000