All Personnel

Victor Adereti

M.A. Student, German
victoradereti01@uga.edu

Bre Alderfer

M.A. Student, German
alderferbd@uga.edu

Christian Berg

Graduate Exchange Student, Germany
ChristianAndreas.Berg@uga.edu

Joshua Bousquette

Associate Professor of Linguistics, and of Germanic Studies
bousquet@uga.edu
(706) 542-2457

Sebastian Burkholdt

Alumnus
sebburk@uga.edu

Charles Byrd

Principal Lecturer in Russian, Flagship K-12 Outreach Coordinator
byrdc@uga.edu
(706) 583-8169

Ryan Carroll

Academic Professional Associate, German Language Coordinator, German Club Advisor
James.Carroll@uga.edu

Conni Covington

Alumna, 2016-17 Max Kade Graduate Student Fellow
conni.covington25@uga.edu

Heide Crawford

Principal Lecturer in German, Co-coordinator, ENGR-GRMN Dual Degree Program, Director of the Freiburg Study Abroad Program
hacraw@uga.edu
(706) 542-2442

Inge DiBella

Senior Lecturer in German Emerita, 2017 Teacher of the Year, American Association of Teachers of German
dibella@uga.edu

Stephan Dotzler

Graduate Exchange Student, Germany
Stefan.Dotzler@uga.edu

Stephanie Elder

Instructor (2021- current), Graduate Teaching Assistant (2017-2021), 2017-18 Max Kade Graduate Student Fellow
sa57449@uga.edu

Marjanne Goozé

Associate Professor Emerita
mgooze@uga.edu

Doina Grecu

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian
doina.grecu@uga.edu

Berna Gueneli

Associate Professor of German, Study Abroad in Berlin Co-director, Max Kade Found. Writer/Artist/Professor liaison
berna.gueneli@uga.edu
706-542-6211

Victoria Hasko

Director of the Russian Flagship Program
vhasko@uga.edu

Sofia Ivanova

Russian Flagship Program Coordinator, Russian Residential Community Coordinator
sivanova@uga.edu

Peter Jorgensen

Professor of Germanic Languages and Linguistics, Emeritus
jorgy@uga.edu

Sofiia Kagan

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian
sofiia.kagan@uga.edu

Martin Kagel

A.G. Steer Professor and Associate Provost for Global Engagement
mkagel@uga.edu
7065422202

Ibragim Khatsiev

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Russian
Ibragim.Khatsiev@uga.edu

Jared Klein

Adjunct Professor, Germanic & Slavic Studies, Distinguished Research Professor, Dept. of Classics, Director, Linguistics Program
jklein@uga.edu

Aaron Krask

Alumnus, 2018-19 Max Kade Graduate Student Fellow

Emily Kraus

MA German Alumna, PhD French & Italian, Instructor of Record for German (spring 2024)
emily.kraus25@uga.edu

Keith Langston

Professor of Russian and Linguistics, Head, Linguistics Department
langston@uga.edu
(706) 542-2448

Vera Lee-Schoenfeld

Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor, Germanic & Slavic Studies, Director, UGA Exchange with University of Hannover
vleesch@uga.edu
(706) 542-2440

Ariana Moore

Alumnus
Ariana.Moore@uga.edu

Mengcha Moua

Administrative Assistant
mengcha.moua@uga.edu

Vivian Nkamnebe

M.A. Student, German
ijeoma.nkamnebe@uga.edu

Gideon Oladayo

M.A. Student, German
olagideon@uga.edu

Ulbossyn Parmanova

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian and Kazakh
ulbossyn.parmanova@uga.edu

Laura Rakhymbayeva

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Russian and Kazakh
laura.rakhymbayeva@uga.edu

Cecilia Reynolds

Academic Advisor
ceciliah@uga.edu
(706) 542-1412

Brigitte Rossbacher

Department Head of Germanic & Slavic Studies, Associate Professor of German , Undergraduate Coordinator
rossbach@uga.edu
(706) 542-2458

Birgit Rutledge-Riel

Instructor of German
briel@uga.edu

Alexander Sager

Associate Professor of German , Study Abroad and Internship Coordinator (German-Speaking Countries)
asager@uga.edu
(706) 542-2446

Molly Schneider

Administrative Specialist
Molly.Schneider@uga.edu

Alexandra Shapiro

Lecturer, Russian Flagship Program, Program Co-director, Study Russian in Armenia and Georgia Study Abroad
aeshapiro@uga.edu

Anastasiya Smith

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian
anastasiya.smith@uga.edu

Alexander (Sasha) Spektor

Associate Professor of Russian, Russian Program Coordinator, 2016-2018 Lilly Teaching Fellow, Program Co-director, Study Russian in Armenia and Georgia Study Abroad
spektoa@uga.edu
(706) 542-3663

Olga Thomason

Principal Lecturer in Russian, Associate Director, Russian Flagship Program, Director, Study Abroad in Russia, Russian Placement Advisor, Russian Club Advisor
olgath@uga.edu
(706) 542-7826

Ekaterina Tretiakova

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian
katerina.tretiakova@uga.edu

Jan Uelzmann

Associate Professor of German, Graduate Coordinator, Study Abroad in Berlin Co-director
Jan.Uelzmann@uga.edu

Bart Wisniewski

Alumnus

Brandon Wyatt

M.A. German alumnus, German Instructor
bdw85070@uga.edu

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