University of Nebraska Kearney

Prof. Sonja Kropp, Chair

Office Associate:Cherie DeFreece

Professors:
Craig, Herbert/Spanish
Hart, Anita M./Spanish
 

Associate Professor:
Kropp, Sonja Dams/French
Snider, Daren/German, Language Acquisition

Assistant Professor:Jochum, Chris/Spanish and Foreign Language Education

Senior Lecturer:Beck, Maria/Spanish


Lecturer:
Rodolfo Vera/Spanish
Chavez, Xavier/Spanish, French

Adjunct and Court Certified Interpreter:Roos, Robert/Spanish Translation/Interpretation

Emeritus Faculty:
Becker-Theye, Betty, Professor/French
Detsch, Richard, Professor/German
Pearson, Lon/Spanish
Schuyler, Sue/ Spanish
York, Thomas, Professor/French

Graduate and Language Assistants:  

Angela Keller (Spanish)
Zoe Zhang (Chinse)

Xavier Chavez
Lecturer in Spanish and French

e-mail:  chavezx@unk.edu 

B.A., Kearney State College, 1977

Herbert E. Craig
Professor of Spanish

e-mail:  craigh@unk.edu 

Academic Preparation:
    B.A.  Ohio State University, Spanish, 1969.
    M.A.  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spanish American
                    Literature, 1972.
    Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Contemporary
                    Spanish American Literature, 1983.
              Dissertation: "The Presence of Proust in Argentine
                    Narrative" (Advisor: Zunilda Gertel).
    M.A   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, French
                    Literature, 1985.

Principal Areas of Teaching:
            Spanish language, including Phonetics/Phonology
            Spanish American Literature
            Hispanic Film

Principal Areas of Research:
            French-Spanish American Literary Relations, especially
                   Marcel Proust in Spanish America
            Marcel Proust in Spain
            Hispanic Film

Cherie DeFreeceOffice Associate

e-mail: defreecec@unk.edu 

Cherie DeFreece joined the Department of Modern Languages in January 1998. 

 

e-mail:  harta@unk.edu
 

Vita 

B.A. ----- Furman University, 1970
M.A.T. -- University of Florida, 1971
Ph.D. ---- Florida State University, 1986

Research and Teaching: 

Modern and Contemporary Spanish Poetry
Twentieth Century Spanish Literature
Hispanic Women Writers
Spanish (Language Acquisition)

Sonja Dams Kropp
Associate Professor of French

e-mail:  kropps@unk.edu 

Ph.D. --- University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1994
M.A. --- University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1988
B.A. ---- Kearney State College, 1987

 A native of Belgium, Sonja Dams Kropp has been teaching at UNK since 1987. Her scholarly interests include Nineteenth Century French Narrative (Gustave Flaubert) and Symbolist Poetry. 

Chris Jochum
Asst. Professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Education 

e-mail:  jochumcj@unk.edu 

Academic Preparation:
Ph.D. - Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, 2005
M.A.E. - University of Nebraska at Kearney, Spanish 2001
B.A.E. - University of Nebraska at Kearney, Spanish Education, 1999

Current Teaching Certification:
Spanish (7-12)
ESL (7-12)

Teaching and Interests:
Foreign/Second Language Pedagogy and Acquisition
Pre-service Foreign Language/ESL Teacher Education
Foreign Language/ESL Curriculum Development and Assessment
Multicultural Education
Educational Research Methods

Daren Snider
Associate Professor of German
Director of General Studies at UNK 

e-mail:  sniderd@unk.edu

 

B.A., U of California (1990)
M.A., U of Wisconsin-Madison (1991)
Ph.D., U of Utah (2000)

Research and Teaching:
Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy
German literature, culture, film
TESL

 Daren Snider Curriculum Vitae