Faculty and Staff with Multicultural Experiences

More than a third of Wartburg’s faculty have participated in cultural immersions. They include:

• Jane E. Andrews, Associate Professor of Music—Director of Castle Singers and St. Elizabeth Chorale, Austria, England, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Switzerland, Guyana
• Ann R. Arns, Lecturer in Physical Education—Australia, Mexico, urban field experience in New York City
• Brian Birgen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics—Canada, Mexico, St. Lucia, Caribbean
• Mariah Birgen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics—St. Lucia, Caribbean
• Thomas K. Boerigter, Assistant Professor of Spanish—Mexico, Spain, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Saudi Arabia
• Bonita Bock, Co-Director of Wartburg West—urban experience in Denver, Colo.
• Nelson Bock, Co-Director of Wartburg West—urban experience in Denver, Colo.
• Roberta L. Bodensteiner, Associate Professor of Education—urban field experience in New York City
• Joyce Boss, Associate Professor of English—Canada, England, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico
• Walter C. Bouzard Jr., Associate Professor of Religion—Middle East, Guyana, Austria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Panama, Scotland, the former Yugoslavia
• Josef Breutzmann, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics—Germany, Scotland, Spain
• Cheryl W. Budlong, Professor of Education—urban field experience in New York City
• Gloria Campbell, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Economics—Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy
• Anne M. Drolet, Senior Lecturer in English—Argentina
• Denis Drolet, Associate Professor of Chemistry—Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden
• William Earl, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts—Brazil
• Vicki Edelnant, Pathways Center Director—China, England, Ghana, Ireland
• Barbara Fedeler, Assistant Professor of Art—Italy
• Kevin W. Fiene, Assistant Professor of Education—Canada, Mexico, urban field experience in New York City
• Charles Figura, Assistant Professor of Physics—Canada
• Kimberly L. Folkers, Associate Professor of Marketing, Co-Director GMCS—France, England, Austria, Dominican Repbulic, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland, Tanzania
• David Fredrick, Associate Director for Int'l Admissions: Lived in Thailand, Senegal, Zaire/Congo, Yemen and Morocco; professional and personal travel to Tanzania, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Germany, Norway, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and 34 other countries.
• Scott Fullwiler, Assistant Professor of Economics—Canada, Denmark, Germany
• Jill Gremmels, College Librarian—Germany, France
• Judith Griffith, Assistant Professor of English—Belgium, France, Canada, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland
• Lil Junas, Associate Professor of Communication Arts—Slovakia, Canada, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Kathryn Kleinhans, Associate Professor of Religion—Germany, Tanzania, Turkey
• Chris Knudson, Web Developer/Manager — England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Canada
• Kathy Kremer, Assistant Professor of Community Sociology—Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary
• Shonda Kuiper, Assistant Professor of Mathematics—Ukraine
• Lake Lambert III, Associate Professor of Religion—Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, southern United States
• Terrence Lindell, Professor of History—Canada, Germany, Mexico
• Yvonne E. Losch, Assistant Professor of German—Germany
• Sonja Lynch, Assistant Professor of English—Europe
• Paul Magnall, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting—Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
• Stephen Main, Professor of Biology—Australia, Belize, Canada, Europe, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico
• J. Keith McClung, Associate Professor of Biology—Canada, Italy
• David McCullough, Associate Professor of Biology—Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Monte Carlo, the Netherlands, Spain
• Ferol S. Menzel, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty—Germany
• Linda Moeller, Director of Communication and Marketing—Mexico, Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic
• Jack R. Ohle, President—Tanzania, Germany, England, France, Japan, Scotland, Soviet Union
• Lynn J. Olson, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science—Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Quebec
• David Ostrander, Vice President for Institutional Advancement—Germany and other parts of Europe
• Thomas Payne, Associate Professor of Art—England, Scotland
• A. Lynn Peters, Associate Professor of Social Work—China
• Peggy Pruisner, Associate Professor of Education—France
• Todd Reiher, Associate Professor of Psychology—Germany, Mexico
• Ted Reuter, Professor of Piano—Belarus, Europe
• Chris K. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science—Mexico, Russia, and other parts of Europe
• Richard J. Schneider, Professor of English—worked with Lakota Indians
• Gregory F. Scholtz, Professor of English—England
• Randall L. Schroeder, Information Literacy Librarian—Germany
• Susan Sherwood, Professor of Education—France
• Alexander F. Smith, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students—Germany
• Frederick M. Strickert, Professor of Religion—Middle East, Tanzania, Latin America
• Maria Paula Survilla, Assistant Professor of Music—Belarus
• Paul A. Torkelson, Professor of Music and Director of the Wartburg Choir—Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
• Suzanne K. Torkelson, Associate Professor of Music—Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania
• Larry A. Trachte, College Pastor and Assistant Professor of Religion—Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and has studied the religions of various cultures
• Susan K. Vallem, Associate Professor of Social Work—Mexico, Russia, other parts of Europe
• Roy M. Ventullo, Professor of Biology—Guyana, Trinidad, Tobago, Turkey
• Eric Wachmann, Associate Professor of Music—Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Holland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain, Switzerland
• Edith J. Waldstein, Vice President for Enrollment Management—Mexico, Germany, other parts of Europe, fluent in German
• Fredric A. Waldstein, Professor of Political Science—Europe, Mexico and Southeast Asia
• Jennifer Walker, Lecturer in Physical Education—Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway
• Daniel J. Walther, Associate Professor of History—Germany, western Europe
• August W. Waltmann, Professor of Mathematics—Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico
• William N. Withers, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts—Germany, Canada
• Linda Wolf, Director of International Student Programming and Senior Lecturer in English as a Second Language—Russia, Middle East, Honduras, Palestine, Ukraine
• Janice Yee, Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director of GMCS—China, El Salvador, England, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico
• Warren Zemke, Professor of Chemistry—Canada, England, Italy, the Netherlands

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