| February 1990 | Ph.D. | German | Indiana University (Bloomington) |
| Graduate Minor: | Comparative Literature | ||
| May 1983 | M.A. | German | University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) |
| May 1981 | M.A. | Spanish | University of Missouri (Columbia) |
| December 1979 | B.A | Spanish | University of Missouri (Columbia) |
| June 1977 | "Abitur" | near Hamburg, Germany | |
| 1983 | Summer Study in Avignon, France | Bryn Mawr Program | |
| 1981 | Summer Study in Paris, France | NYU Program | |
| 1979 | Summer Study in Jalapa, Mexico | University of Missouri Program |
| August 1996 – | Associate Professor of German at Lehigh University |
| August 1991 - May 1996 | Assistant Professor of German at Lehigh University |
| August 1990 - May 1991 | Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Lehigh University |