German Lecturers

	Klaus Driessen

B.A. (German) University of Texas at Arlington M.A. (German Literature and Linguistics) University of Texas at Arlington M.Ed. (Educational Administration) University of North Texas

Klaus Driessen, a retired school superintendent, was born in the small Bavarian town of Altenmarkt an der Alz, Germany near München. He immigrated to the United States in 1956 and became a naturalized citizen in 1966. He taught German for many years at Arlington and Bowie High Schools in Arlington, Texas. Klaus also taught at The University of Dallas and Tarrant County College and was director of the Goethe German Language School for Children in Dallas for several years. His publications include: High Schools Go On-Line for Travel and Tourism Training, Tech Directions, 1997; True Friends, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 1992, Manuscript; Games for Foreign Language Learning, Scholastic Magazine, 1978; A Source List for Teachers of German, Schatzkammer der Deutschen Sprachlähre Dichtung und Geschichte, 1975; Additions to Source List Schatzkammer, 1977. His passions, outside of teaching, include traveling and stained glass window making.

Phone: 817.272.5525 Office: 210 Trimble Hall Email: driessen@uta.edu



	Frauke Harvey

B.A. (Russian and Spanish) at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA M.A. (Russian), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA PhD (German) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Frauke Harvey, Professor Emeritus of Baylor University (Waco), was born in Nauen (Brandenburg), Germany, and lived in and around Berlin until 1947, when her family moved to Aurich (Ostfriesland) Germany. In Aurich, Frauke graduated from the Ulricianum gymnasium, and thereafter worked in Germany, France, Spain, England, and eventually New York City. There she married and started a family. Not long after, she moved to Baton Rouge. Upon graduation from LSU, she moved to Waco to teach at Baylor University. For many years she taught German and Russian, and was Director of the German, Russian, and Japanese Section of the Modern Languages Department. While there, she conducted regular study tours to the former Soviet Union. She also participated in the Baylor in German programs in Goettingen and Vienna. Following Frauke’s retirement from Baylor, she moved to Dallas to be closer to her four grandchildren.

Phone: 817.272.5525 Office: 210 Trimble Hall E-Mail: fharvey@uta.edu



	Pete Smith

B.A., Pennsylvania State University (General Arts and Sciences) B.S., Pennsylvania State University (Russian Technical Translation) M.A., University of Texas at Austin (Slavic Languages) Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (Foreign Language Education)

Pete Smith is Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. His background and interests focus on the role of technology in language education, especially as regards critical languages such as Russian and German. He served as Editor-in-Chief of The IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies and has published and spoken nationally and internationally on technology-assisted language development. Most recently, he is serving as a program officer in the Network for Effective Language Learning, an innovative initiative funded by the Keck Foundation and based at Drake University, designed to assist small and mid-sized private colleges and universities to transform their offerings in language instruction to meet the needs of the 21st century student.

Phone: 817.272.5525 Office: 210 Trimble Hall E-Mail: psmith@uta.edu


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