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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
Elaine Fitz Gibbon
she/her, sie/ihr
Lecturer - German
fitzgibbon.38@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
Merrill Kaplan
Associate Professor, Director of Scandinavian Studies
kaplan.103@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
Anna-Maria Senuysal
Post-Doctoral Scholar
336 Hagerty Hall
senuysal.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