Departmental Committees 2024-2025

Executive Committee

Stefan Soldovieri (Chair)
Angelica Fenner (Associate Chair, Grad. Studies, ex officio)
Hang-Sun Kim (Associate Chair, Undergrad. Studies, ex officio)
Stefana Gargova (Language Coordinator, ex officio)

Policy Committee

Stefan Soldovieri (Chair)
Angelica Fenner (Ex Officio)
Hang-Sun Kim (Ex Officio)
Stefana Gargova (Ex Officio)
Willi Goetschel (elected member)
Christine Lehleiter (elected member)

Faculty Representative on the Arts & Science Council

John Zilcosky

Graduate Program Committee

Angelica Fenner (Chair, Ex Officio)
John Noyes
Christine Lehleiter
Student Representative: tba

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Hang-Sun Kim (Ex Officio)
Stefana Gargova (Ex Officio)
John Zilcosky
Student Representative: tba

Grants & Fellowship Subcommittee

Angelica Fenner (Chair, Ex Officio)
Tobias Hof
Willi Goetschel (Fall)
John Zilcosky (Spring)

Placement Subcommittee

Hang-Sun Kim (Chair, ex officio)
Stefana Gargova

International Liaison

Erol Boran (Fall)
Tobias Hof (Spring)

Departmental Liaison to Goethe-Institut

Hang-Sun Kim

Liaison and PR Subcommittee

Stefan Soldovieri
Erol Boran (Fall)
Christine Lehleiter (Spring)

PTR Committee

Stefan Soldovieri (Chair)
Angelica Fenner (ex officio)
Hang-Sun Kim (ex officio)
John Noyes (elected member)

Library Liaison

Erol Boran (Fall)
Stefana Gargova (Spring)

CERES/JIGES Representative

Angelica Fenner

Oral Defense Chairs Committee

Stefan Soldovieri

French Exam Designate

Willi Goetschel (Fall)
John Zilcosky (Spring)

Yiddish Program Committee

Anna Shternshis
Naomi Seidman
Miriam Schwartz

SGS Graduate Fellowship Reviewer Designate

Christine Lehleiter

Organizer, Graduate Research Colloquium

Angelica Fenner

GSSU German Studies Students Union

President: Aditi Kolluru
Vice-President: Eduard Haertel
Secretary: Michael Sloboshan
Treasurer: Ryan Qin
Director of Communication: Alia Sagermann
Director of Recruitment: Zoe Angermeyer

GYGSA (German/Yiddish Graduate Students Association)

President: Virginia Shewfelt
VP/Secretary: Tamara Schaad
Treasurer: Miriam Borden
GPC Rep: Miriam Schwartz
UTGSU Rep: Maria Harutyunyan
CUPE Rep: Jacob Hermant