Dr Lawrence F Glatz
German
glatz@mscd.edu
CAMPUS BOX 026
Plaza 360H
303-556-4268
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Personal Biography Statement
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It is a pleasure to teach German language, literature and culture at Metro State. I enjoy every semester - since Fall 1996!
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Educational Biography
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After receiving an Honors B.A. in German from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, I pursued graduate study in German Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. I was awarded the M.A. in 1988 and the Ph.D. in 1995. My dissertation was directed by Manfred Keune.
I also studied at the universities of Munich (Junior Year in Munich Program 1982-83), Kiel (Penn State Exchange Fellowship 1986-87), Hamburg and Berlin (German Academic Exchange Fellowship 1992-93).
I returned to Metro State after Sabbatical Leave for the academic year 2007-08 in Germany as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Siegen.
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Research Areas/Interests
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My current research involves the writings of Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Heinrich Boell (1917-1985), about whom I maintain a website in the WWW, and an Online Boell Biographical Database. I published in 1999 a major study on the topics of history, crime, violence and the victim in both Boell's nonfictional and fictional works: Heinrich Boell als Moralist [Heinrich Boell as Moralist], available from Peter Lang, Publishing.
I have also presented papers on the role of computer-mediated instruction and materials, technology in teacher training, and Business German and the WWW.
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Professional Affiliations
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A former Chapter President and Webmaster of the Colorado/Wyoming Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), I am a Life Member of this national association.
Active in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Small Undergraduate German Programs Special Interest Group of ACTFL, I served in the latter as Chair and the Webmaster.
A former voting Board Member of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT), I served also from May, 2000 to May, 2005 as the Webmaster, a non-voting member of the Board.
I serve as a member of the National Advisory Council for the JYM Program in Munich since 2004.
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Teaching Philosophy
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My teaching philosophy is to challenge both my students and myself to achieve our best.
I was awarded a President's Performance Stipend for Teaching Excellence in August 2004.
As a recipient of a Bright Ideas / Best Practices Teaching Award at the 2002 Metro State Annual Fall Conference, when my submission on guiding students to create "Cybertrips to German-speaking countries" was one of four judged by faculty peers to be exceptional, I received both recognition at this conference and a professional development stipend in honor of this achievement.
I was also awarded an Excellence in Academic Advising Award in May, 2000.
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Links
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Modern Languages
Lawrence Glatz
Heinrich Boell
@Metro Article 2007
@Metro Article 2008
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Other
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My Schedule including Office Hours is at:
Lawrence Glatz
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COURSES TAUGHT
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GER-1010,GER-1020,GER-2110,GER-2120,GER-2310,GER-2320,GER-3010,GER-3150
,GER-3220,GER-3230,GER-3300,GER-3400,GER-4020,GER-4200,GER-4210,GER-4400
,GER-498B,GER-498C,GER-498D,MDL-390M,MDL-3980
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CURRENT SEMESTER SCHEDULE
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CRN
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COURSE
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TITLE
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DAYS
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TIME
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| 51309 |
GER-1010-003 |
Elementary German I |
TR |
1730-1945 |
| 53448 |
GER-2110-001 |
German Reading & Conversation |
MW |
1430-1545 |
| 53449 |
GER-2310-001 |
German Vocab Bldg & Grammar |
MW |
1300-1415 |
| 55524 |
GER-3010-001 |
Third Year German Conversation |
MW |
1130-1245 |
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