European Odyssey

2008

The Faculty

Heike Alberts, Assistant Professor of Geography, received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Alberts specializes in the geographical areas of population, migration, urban in Latin America and Europe.

Greetings: I was born and raised in divided Berlin, and in my opinion, Berlin is one of the most fascinating cities in the world. I look forward to teaching you about the geography of Europe. I was trained as a geographer in both Germany and the US and my research focuses on migration and urban issues in Europe and the Americas. I have a wide variety of interests and I love to explore new places and getting to know new people. I travel as much as I can and really enjoy teaching!

 

sibelman@uwosh.edu

 

 

Simon Sibelman is an Associate Professor of French, French Literature and Holocaust Studies in the Department of Foreign Languages.

 

Dr. Monika Hohbein-Deegen, Assistant Professor of German and International Studies, received her Ph.D from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Hohbein-Deegen's research interests include: contemporary German literature, especially East German literature after the fall of the wall, post World War II German history and culture, issues dealing with the separation and unification of Germany, especially questions of East German identity after unification.

Greetings: Growing up in former East Germany, I attended the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, studying English, German, and German as a second language. During that time, I experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the inner-German borders in 1989. After graduating in Jena, I taught German as a second language for several years at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg and the University of Cincinnati where I received my Ph.D. in German literature. I have been teaching German at UWO since September 2003. I am looking forward to teaching you about the years following World War II from German separation to unification and the present in Berlin, Potsdam, and Leipzig.

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John Minniear, Professor Emeritus of Music and Liberal Studies, received his Ph. D. from the University of North Texas. Dr. Minniear teaches courses in music history and interdisciplinary arts and humanities. He has directed numerous study abroad programs in Europe and traveled widely in the UK, Europe, Russia, Greece and Egypt. His research has dealt extensively with the social history of music and the arts.

Greetings: As a long time and officially "retired" member of the UW Oshkosh faculty, I am looking forward to joining you all for the entire European Odyssey adventure. I have a passion for travelling and teaching "on site." In my courses, we will be exploring the social aspects of the arts as well as the cultures of our locales, from ancient to the present. It should, indeed, be a true odyssey of discovery.

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