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Chair, Faculty
Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm
Professor and Chair
498-E Hagerty Hall
taleghani-nikazm.1@osu.edu
Faculty
Juan-Jacques Aupiais
Assistant Professor
425 Hagerty Hall
aupiais.1@osu.edu
Berni Beringer
Lecturer - German
120 Hagerty Hall
beringer.19@osu.edu
Matthew H. Birkhold
Associate Professor
328 Hagerty Hall
birkhold.22@osu.edu
Katra A. Byram
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
330 Hagerty Hall
byram.4@osu.edu
John E. Davidson
Professor
326 Hagerty Hall
davidson.92@osu.edu
Leonie Dinter
she / her, sie / ihr
DAAD Lecturer 2024-25
Hagerty Hall 4th floor
dinter.2@osu.edu
Jeff Frazier
Lecturer - German
427 Hagerty Hall
frazier.254@osu.edu
Anna A. Grotans
Associate Professor
419 Hagerty Hall
grotans.1@osu.edu
LeiAnna Hamel
Lecturer and Director of the Yiddish Program
421 Hagerty Hall
hamel.51@osu.edu
Barbara A. Heck
Assistant Teaching Professor
415 Hagerty Hall
heck.17@osu.edu
Steven Joyce
Associate Professor
Mansfield campus, 223 Ovalwood Hall
joyce.3@osu.edu
May Mergenthaler
Associate Professor
334 Hagerty Hall
mergenthaler.4@osu.edu
Cynthia D. Porter
Assistant Professor
429 Hagerty Hall
porter.506@osu.edu
Paul Reitter
Professor
336 Hagerty Hall
reitter.4@osu.edu
Kevin A. Richards
Assistant Teaching Professor / Outreach Coordinator
423 Hagerty Hall
richards.113@osu.edu
Agi Riskó
Lecturer - Swedish
427 Hagerty Hall
risko.1@osu.edu
Andy Spencer
Senior Academic Advisor
355 Hagerty Hall
spencer.4@osu.edu
Sarah Traylor
Lecturer - German
traylor.50@osu.edu
Budimka Uskokovic
Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of German Language Instruction
438 Hagerty Hall
uskokovic.2@osu.edu
Graduate Students
Lauren A. Antin
Master's Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
antin.3@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jorge Ernesto Clavo Abbass
Ph.D. Candidate / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
clavoabbass.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Caleb Davis
Ph.D. Candidate / Max Kade Dissertation Fellow
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
davis.5470@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Bastian De Monte
FLTA 2024-25 / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
demonte.17@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Marcel Foerster
Ph.D. Candidate / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
foerster.18@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Haley Grubb
Doctoral Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
grubb.358@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Johanna Klingler
TU Dresden Exchange Visitor 2024-25 / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
klingler.96@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Joshua Kramer
Ph.D. Candidate / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
kramer.599@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Alexa Mendez
Doctoral Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
mendez.197@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Andrew S. Morgan
Master's Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
morgan.1824@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Udoh Orji
Doctoral Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
orji.9@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Emmanuel Rop
Doctoral Student / Max Kade Incoming Fellow
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
rop.4@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Rebecca Rothmann
TU Dresden Exchange Visitor 2024-25 / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
rothmann.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Shannon Scott
she/her
Master's Student / University Fellow
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
scott.2947@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Trevor B. Teafatiller
Doctoral Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
teafatiller.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Lisa Vogeler
Master's Student / GTA
Hagerty Hall, 4th floor
vogeler.8@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Staff
Katie Kotol
Fiscal/HR Manager
Hagerty Hall 446
kotol.1@osu.edu
Natascha Miller
sie, ihr / she, her
Academic Program Services, Senior Specialist & Web Manager [GLL]
498-D Hagerty Hall
miller.521@osu.edu
Daniel Pavlovski
Financial Operations Senior Coordinator
481 Hagerty Hall
pavlovski.1@osu.edu
Faculty - Affiliated
Philip Armstrong
Comparative Studies, Professor
armstrong.202@osu.edu
Arved Ashby
School of Music, Professor
ashby.13@osu.edu
Naomi Brenner
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor
brenner.108@osu.edu
John Brooke
History, ASC Distinguished Professor
brooke.10@osu.edu
Lesley Ferris
Theatre, ASC Distinguished Professor
ferris.36@osu.edu
Lisa Florman
History of Art, Professor
florman.4@osu.edu
Yossi Galron
University Libraries, Professor
galron.1@osu.edu
Philip Gleissner
Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, Assistant Professor
gleissner.4@osu.edu
Matt Goldish
History, Professor
Goldish.1@osu.edu
Fritz Graf
Classics, Distinguished University Professor
graf.65@osu.edu
J. Ronald Green
History of Art, Professor Emeritus
green.31@osu.edu
Christopher A. Jones
English, Professor
jones.1849@osu.edu
Robin Judd
History, Associate Professor
Judd.18@osu.edu
Stephen Kern
History, Humanities Distinguished Professor
Kern.193@osu.edu
Ethan Knapp
English, Associate Professor
knapp.79@osu.edu
Björn Köhnlein
Linguistics, Associate Professor
koehnlein.3@osu.edu
Robert E. Livingston
Comparative Studies, Senior Lecturer
livingston.28@osu.edu
Leslie Lockett
English, Associate Professor
lockett.20@osu.edu
Benjamin McKean
Political Science, Assistant Professor
mckean.41@osu.edu
Jennifer Mitzen
Political Science, Associate Professor
mitzen.1@polisci.osu.edu
Leslie C. Moore
Teaching & Learning and Linguistics, Associate Professor
moore.1817@osu.edu
Michael Neblo
Political Science, Professor
neblo.1@osu.edu
Dorothy Noyes
English, Professor
noyes.10@osu.edu
Christopher Otter
History, Associate Professor
Otter.4@osu.edu
Jason Owens, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, International Coordinator
Wooster campus, 105 Thorne Hall Annex
owens.1132@osu.edu
Johanna Sellman
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Assistant Professor
sellman.13@osu.edu
Lisa Shabel
Philosophy, Associate Professor
shabel.1@osu.edu
Amy Shuman
English, Professor
shuman.1@osu.edu
Ryan Skinner
School of Music, Associate Professor
skinner.176@osu.edu
David Steigerwald
History, Professor
Steigerwald.2@osu.edu
Inés Valdez
Political Science, Associate Professor
valdez.39@osu.edu
Joel Wainwright
Geography, Professor
wainwright.11@osu.edu
Julia Watson
Comparative Studies, Professor Emerita, Academy Professor
watson.235@osu.edu
Faculty – Emeritus
Barbara Becker-Cantarino
Professor Emerita
becker-cantarino.1@osu.edu
Marilyn Johns Blackwell
Professor Emerita
blackwell.4@osu.edu
Kathryn A. Corl
Associate Professor Emerita
corl.1@osu.edu
Bernd Fischer
Professor Emeritus
fischer.5@osu.edu
Neil G. Jacobs
Professor Emeritus
jacobs.8@osu.edu
Gisela Vitt
Professor Emerita
vitt.2@osu.edu
Harry Vredeveld
Professor Emeritus
vredeveld.1@osu.edu