Gregory W. Baer is the Director of Faculty Development and an Associate Professor of Modern Languages. He joined the Carthage faculty in 1996.

Baer's teaching and research primarily address the language and culture of 19th and 20th century Germany, especially East German literature and film, Holocaust literature, German identity, foreign language pedagogy, and most recently, architecture and urban culture. He has delivered papers and published on authors such as Jurek Becker and Edgar Hilsenrath and on language acquisition and cultural diversity in the language classroom. A recipient of a grants from the German Academic Exchange Service and a two-time Fulbright Fellow, Baer has studied and done archival research in Munich, Potsdam and Berlin, and has lived in Germany for over 12 years. While at Washington University, he was awarded the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.

Matt Borden came to Carthage in 2003 from Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he served as an Assistant Professor of Spanish. At Marquette in 2002-03 he was listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Also at that post he earned several Faculty Development Awards and a Mellon Grant in 2001-02.

Dr. Borden received both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish Literature at the University of Texas at Austin where he first served as a Teaching Assistant and later as an Assistant Instructor of Spanish. While at UT-Austin he received numerous scholarships and awards, including a Carrie Lee Kennedy Fellowship, an Oliver William Kennedy Fellowship, a David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship and the prestigious University Continuing Fellowship in 1998-99. He was twice elected as President of the Graduate Student Organization of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in 1995-96 and 1996-97. Dr. Borden received his B.A. in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a quadruple major in Spanish, Political Science, International Relations and Ibero-American Studies.

Since joining the Carthage faculty Dr. Borden has focused his efforts and research on the areas of Foreign Language Pedagogy and Service Learning. In recent years he has presented papers in these fields at numerous international conferences, including in Hawaii (Jan. 2004), Spain (Sep. 2004, Jul. 2005, Jul. 2006) and China (Jun. 2005). Dr. Borden has also collaborated with Milwaukee productions of plays and even ballet related to his literary interest in Spanish Golden Age theater. In Jan. 2006 he served as co-dramaturg for the Milwaukee Rep's version of "Sueño"--an adaptation of "La vida es sueño" by Calderón de la Barca. This year, in Apr. 2007, Dr. Borden was invited to speak at Marquette University and gave a paper titled "Narrative Structure and Metafiction in Don Quijote I & II." On campus at Carthage Dr. Borden has been very active in helping to expand a volunteer Service Learning program between Carthage language students and local elementary schools and service organizations.

Sarah Cyganiak is a Wisconsin native who earned a B.A. in Spanish and economics at the University of Michigan in 1998. She was a four-time All-Big Ten tennis player at Michigan, a two-time Big Ten player of the year, and captain of the 1997 Wolverines team. She earned an M.A. in Spanish language and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000, and is pursuing a doctorate in Romance languages and literature at Michigan. She was an adjunct instructor at Marquette University before joining Carthage in 2007.

Tina Eger is a scholar of Chicano and other U.S. Hispanic literatures and cultures. Her research concerns Mexican immigrant writer María Cristina Mena de Chambers, Midwestern Latino literature and research collections, and the 1980 Cuban Mariel exodus. In addition to receiving several Carthage research grants, she has presented papers to the Modern Language Association, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, National Association of Chicano Studies, Popular Culture Association, and Floricanto. She also has published Bibliography of Criticism of Contemporary Chicano Literature. As bibliographic consultant for Bilingual Press/Editorial “Bilingue,” she has collaborated in numerous scholarly editions. As a librarian, her interests include court interpretation, as well as literary and technical translation. She earned her B.A. from Muhlenberg College, M.A. from Emory University, M.L.I.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Ph.D. from the Universidad Jaime Balmes in Guadalajara, Mexico. Ms. Eger joined the Carthage faculty in 1965.

Janeth Herrera joined the Carthage faculty in 2004 as an Assistant Professor. She teaches Spanish language and culture, and Modern Literature in Translation courses. She previously worked as a Spanish professor at Delta College in Saginaw, Mich., where she served as senator for the Humanities Division, book evaluation committee member, and diversity implementation team. She holds a Masters degree in Education from Carthage College, and a Masters in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. First among her scholarly interests are Language Teaching Methodologies and Second Language Acquisition. She is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

John Isham came to Carthage in 2007 from Columbia University, where he was a core lecturer in literature humanities. The Ohio native earned a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from St. Johns College, Annapolis, Md., in 1989. He began studying Russian, then earned a master's of international affairs from Columbia in 1994. He earned an M.A. in Russian language from Middlebury College in 1996; then earned an M.A., master of philosophy and Ph.D. in Russian literature, all from Columbia. He also taught courses in Russian and humanities at Columbia from 1997 to 2003, and at Drew University in Madison, N.J. from 2003 to 2005.

Mr. Kulke joined the Carthage faculty in 1999. In addition to living and studying in Spain and Latin America, he has taught English in Spain and Mexico. Mr. Kulke teaches Spanish language, literature, and civilization courses, as well as cultural awareness and heritage. He has recently added Study Abroad to his responsibilities, working with Carthage students as they prepare for and participate in their international study experiences. His academic interests include Pre-Colombian civilizations, which has led him to travel throughout Latin America to explore numerous archeological sites from Mexico to Peru. Recently, he has traveled with groups of students to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to study Mayan culture and civilization, exploring ruins throughout the peninsula. Mr. Kulke is active in promoting wellness and congeniality among faculty and staff members through the organization of such events as the All-Carthage Golf Outing.

Lynn Loewen teaches Spanish language, literature, second language methods and Heritage courses. She lived in Colombia for 15 years working as a teacher, consultant and principal in embassy-identified schools. In addition to teaching English language and literature courses at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional in Bogota, she operated as a curriculum consultant for the Office of Overseas Schools, serving nine schools in Central America and Colombia.

Loewen authored a five-text series for teaching English as a second language. Her poetry, essays and translations have also been published in literary periodicals and supplements in Colombia.

She joined the Carthage faculty in 1988.

Edward Montanaro began teaching at Carthage in 2006. He received a Ph.D. in Spanish from Florida State University in 2006. He also holds a Masters degree in Spanish from Florida State University. His doctoral dissertation deals with the writings of 19th century Cuban poet and independence leader, José Martí. Additionally, he earned Masters and Bachelors degrees in Economics from Florida Atlantic University. Prior to coming to Carthage he worked as a research economist for 25 years. He served for 16 years as the Director of Economic and Demographic Research for the Florida Legislature where he was in charge of economic, caseload and revenue forecasting and directed numerous policy studies. He also served as chief economic advisor to Governor Bob Graham of Florida and the Executive Director of the Florida Legislature’s Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.

He holds a joint appointment in Modern Languages and Economics.

Isabel Rivero-Vila has taught Spanish and French since 2004 as an assistant professor at Carthage. She studied at the Universite de Caen Basse-Normandie (France) with an Erasmus Scholarship in 2001. She came to Carthage after teaching Spanish at several institutions in Britany and Normandy (Lycee de L'Elorn, Lycee Jean d' Arc, Lycee Coat-Mez)and Colegio Delibes in Salamanca. She also taught French at the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca and at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is currently working on her Ph.D. concerning Modern Teaching Techniques in Second Language Acquisition at the Universidad de Salamanca. She actively engages in promoting international events at Carthage as the advisor of the International Friendship Society. She also helps redesign the Modern Languages Web pages.

Pascal Rollet specializes in the popular culture of modern France and in nineteenth-century French literature. He teaches French, Heritage and Spanish.

He earned his Licence es lettres d'enseignement d'Anglais from the University of Caen, France, his M.A. from the University of Kentucky and his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Since coming to Carthage in 1993 Rollet has been committed to the promotion of study abroad and to the development of multi-cultural awareness.

Marian Rothstein teaches French language, literature and culture as well as Heritage Studies courses. In addition to teaching, she is Director of Target Language Experts for the College.

Rothstein's research interests are focused on the Renaissance in France. She has published three books and articles in such journals as Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance and Renaissance Quarterly. She has published three books and articles in such journals as Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, The Sixteenth Century Journal, and Renaissance Quarterly. She has given papers at conferences in the US, Canada, England and France. She has been a Newberry Library Resident Fellow and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for research at various French and American libraries. She has also conducted extensive research at the British Museum and British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Before joining the Carthage faculty in 1991, Rothstein was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Grinnell College and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Richard Sperber is an Associate Professor of Modern Languages who teaches German and Spanish language, culture, and literature courses. His research interests lie in travel writing, colonial studies, anthropology, nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Spanish literature, and Spanish literature after 1975. Before coming to Carthage in 2000, he taught at Gonzaga University from 1996-2000. He has published on German colonial literature as well as on contemporary Spanish and German literature. After receiving a B.A. in Germany, he received his M.A. degree from the University of California at San Diego, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington.

Yan Wang earned a B. A. in Japanese language and an M. A. in Japanese culture from Beijing Foreign Studies University. From 1996 to 1999, she was an assistant professor of Japanese language at Beijing Foreign Studies University. She earned an M.A. in Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. From 2005 to 2007 she was an instructor in the East Asian Languages and Literature department at UW-Madison. She is expected to receive a Ph.D. in Japanese linguistics and an M.A. in Chinese linguistics, both from UW-Madison.

Mimi Yang is a speaker in Chinese, Spanish, and English. A native of China, she studied Spanish language and literature. Before coming to Carthage in 1996, Yang was a visiting assistant professor of Spanish at Illinois Wesleyan University. She has also held teaching posts at the University of Arizona, and Randolph-Macon Women's College. As an associate professor at Carthage, her current teaching and research fields focus on Spanish/Chinese languages, cross-cultural studies and themes related to international business. She is a recipient of numerous scholarships and awards including the 2004 Wisconsin Global Educator award. In language pedagogy, she is the author of "To be Human: Is the Rassias Method the Rassias Madness?" published in fall 1995 in The Ram's Horn and "Reflections on the Role of Foreign Languages Teachers in a Flat World" published in Voice: Journal of Wisconsin Foreign Language Teachers; in literature, she wrote "Una mirada oriental a las letras peruanas," which appeared in the February 1989 issue of Lundero; in philosophy, she published "Borges's Foundational Role in Postmodernism" in La Chispa (Spring 1997); in fine arts, she authored a series of articles on the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo including "Pain and Painting: Frida Kahlo's Autobiography" appeared in Autobiographic Studies (Spring 1998); in cross-cultural studies, her article "Para la la paz mundial: un acercamiento intercultural" was featured as the prologue to the journal Jornada para la paz mundial y los valores humanos (November 2005) in Argentina. She was brought up in Chinese-, Spanish- and English-speaking worlds and has traveled extensively to the countries where the three languages are spoken.