The German Faculty
Stephen Dowden, Ph.D.
Chair of the Germanic and Slavic Languages Program
Associate Professor of German
Head of Undergraduate Advising
Area of Expertise:
German Modernism. Romanticism. The Novel: Kafka, Bernhard, Thomas Mann, Broch,
Musil, Goethe. Austrian literature.
Office: Shiffman 211
Office Phone: (781) 736-3218
e-mail: dowden@brandeis.edu
Spring 2008 office hours:
Christine Geffers Browne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German
Director of German Language Program
Area of Expertise:
Second Language Acquisition, German Realism, Christianity and Literature, German-Jewish Identity.
Office: Rabb 225
Office Phone: (781) 736-3230
e-mail: chbrowne@brandeis.edu
Spring 2008 office hours: Tues. 1:00-3:00, Weds. 5:00-6:00
Linda Boothroyd
Academic Administrator
Office: Shiffman 116
Office Phone: (781) 736-3200
e-mail: lindab@brandeis.edu
Sabine von Mering
Assistant Professor of German
Assistant Director, Center for German and European Studies
Area of Expertise:
German Women Writers. German Cinema. Age of Goethe.
Office: Shiffman 209
Office Phone: (781) 736-3227
e-mail: vonmering@brandeis.edu
Spring 2008 : On Sabbatical