German Department Lyons Hall 201G Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone: (617) 552-3742 Fax: (617) 552-2286 E-Mail: vanderka@bc.edu Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 11-12 noon and by appointment

Education:

• Native Speaker of German
• M.A., English, University of California at Berkeley, 1982
• M.A., Germanic Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley, 1980
• B.A., General Linguistics, California State University at Hayward, 1978

Courses taught Fall 1999:
No courses available during Fall 1999 semester.

Professional interests:
Comparative Linguistics: English/German/Dutch -Transcription of old hand written German Documents

Personal interests:
Antisemitism in Germany