2001 Seminar Series

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1965-68 B.A. Degree, Utah State University: Major: German; Minor: Psychology

1967 Undergraduate Studies: German/Foreign Language Teaching Methodology

Hofstra University, New York

1968-71 M.A. Degree: Brigham Young University

Major: German Literature; Minor: Historical Linguistics

Thesis: A Study of Heinrich von Kleist’s Theories of National Security

1971-73 Doctoral studies in German literature and linguistics: University of Utah

1975 Graduate studies in German literature: University of Minnesota

1981 Ph.D. Degree: University of Utah

Major: German Literature; Minor: Historical Linguistics

Doctoral Dissertation: Phonological Similarities in Germanic and Hebrew

1983 Post Doctoral Studies in Civilization and Culture: University of Bonn, Germany

1967 National Defense Education Act (NDEA) "Undergraduate Scholar from Utah"

One stipend recipient per state to study German Language and Literature

Teaching Methods, Hofstra University, New York

1975 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Stipend Recipient for

summer graduate studies in German Existentialist Literature, U. of Minnesota; Presentation: "Heinrich von Kleist as a Forerunner to Modern Existentialism"

1983 Fulbright Scholarship to facilitate studies in Europe and attendance at Fulbright Seminar: German Culture and Civilization, Bonn and Berlin, Germany

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

1981 Publication of doctoral dissertation, Phonological Similarities in Germanic and Hebrew, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 1981

1982 Presentation, by invitation, to Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA); 

Title: "Linguistic Similarities in Germanic and Hebrew"

1983 Presentation of paper to Deseret Language and Linguistics Society (DLLS);

Title: "A Comparison of Germanic and Hebrew Sound Shifts"

1983 Five Lectures in Europe while visiting as a Fulbright Scholar:

• Vienna, Austria: a public presentation, sponsored by Dr. Alexander Wondra, President of the Vienna Theater (lecture was in German; ca. 100 attendees);

• Würzburg, Germany: a presentation to students and faculty of the U. of Würzburg; sponsored by Dr. Ulrich Noack, Senior Faculty Member (lecture was in German);

• Bonn, Germany: a presentation to other American Fulbright scholars and to the faculty of the University of Bonn; sponsored by the President of the University of Bonn, Dr. Gerhard Besch, whose specialty is also in linguistics (lecture was in English.);

• Berlin, Germany: a presentation to students and faculty, sponsored by the Archaeology Department, University of Berlin (lecture was in German; ca. 100 people present);

• London, England: a professional, scholarly presentation to the British Israel World Federation annual conference (lecture was in English; ca. 300 people present).

1984 Lecturer at SUU’s "Jewish Week"—Presentation to SUU students, faculty, and Israeli guests;

Title: "Tracing Israelite Migrations Through Linguistic Patterns," SUU, Cedar City, Utah

1985 Presentation to Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters;

Title of paper: "Middle Eastern Migrations into Europe"

1986 Presentation to Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters;

Title of paper: "Middle Eastern Migrations into Europe, Part II"

1994 Publication of article: "Tracing the Dispersion" in Ensign, February, 1994

1994 Guest Lecturer by invitation: Deseret Language and Linguistics society (DLLS);

Title of presentation: "In search of the Indo-European Homeland"

1995 Guest Lecturer by invitation: Department of Linguistics, Brigham Young University;

Title of presentation: "Evidence that the Proto-Indo-European Language was Hebrew"

1996 A public presentation, "Israel’s Migrations: Linguistic Evidence," sponsored by Dr. Arval L. Streadbeck, Dissertation Chairman, Department of Languages, University of Utah

1999 By invitation, keynote speaker, "The Four Sound Shifts of the Four Israelite Migrations,"

Shenandoah Valley Language and Linguistics Conference at Southern Virginia College

Workshops/Seminars attended:  "Middle Eastern Studies—Arabic" (Snowbird, UT), "German 

Historical Studies" (Tempe, AZ), "German Teaching Methodology" (New York), "German Literature and Existentialism" (Minneapolis, MN), "Teaching Foreign Languages" (Ogden, UT), "Teaching English as a Second Language" (St. George, UT), "German Culture and Civilization" (Bonn and Berlin, Germany), "Middle Eastern Studies—Judaic" (Denver, CO)

 

Primary Field of Interest: German Language, Literature, Culture, and History

Related Fields of Interest and Languages studied: Linguistics—Historical and Comparative, Ancient History, Archaeology, Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew—Modern and Biblical, English History and Language, Gothic, Old Norse, Anglo Saxon, Old High German, Latin,, French, Spanish

Literature Language and Linguistics

Earliest German Lit to 1750 Bibliography and Research History of Indo-European Languages Baroque Literature Literary Criticism History of the German Language

Enlightenment Writing Techniques History of Germanic Linguistics

Storm and Stress Herder German Phonetics and Phonemics

Classicism Lessing, Goethe, Schiller Old High German

Romanticism Kleist, Novalis, Tieck Middle High German

Poetic Realism Storm, Stifter, Keller Gothic

Naturalism, Expressionism Hauptmann, Werfel, Kafka Old Norse

Impressionism, Surrealism Mann, Hesse, Durrenmatt Philology Seminar

Post-War Literature Borchert, Brecht Advanced Comparative Linguistics

Classical Epics Strasbourg, Eschenbach Transformational Grammar

• Served on Faculty Senate (three years)

• Leave, Rank and Tenure Committee for the Library (currently serving)

• Foreign Language Testing Coordinator (twenty-seven years)

• Chairman, Institutional Planning Committee (one year)

• Trans-Campus Communications Council (one year)

• Advisor to Sigma Gamma Chi Religious Fraternity (three years)

• Advisor to German Club (twenty-five years)

• Chairman, SUU Foreign Language Festival for high school students

• Professor and Student Advisor at SUU (twenty-five years)

• Introduction of new courses and programs at SUU such as Comparative Literature (Literature in Translation) and Historical Linguistics (History of Indo-European Languages)

• Professional Service to the Community has been largely in the form of public presentations within my academic specialty of Linguistics, including over 100 presentations to various groups, including Lion’s Club, Rotary International, literary clubs, religious groups, faculty and student groups in languages, archaeology, history, religion departments, and Biblical Hebrew studies.

1971-1973 Teaching Fellowship: University of Utah (doctoral candidate)

1973-1982 Assistant Professor: Southern Utah University

1981-1987 Chairman, Department of Languages: Southern Utah University

1982-1991 Associate Professor: Southern Utah University

1991 Professor: Southern Utah University

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