Faculty and Staff

Resident Administrative Director
Program operations are managed by the Resident Administrative Director who conducts orientation, organizes program activities, and is available to assist students with academic and cultural adjustments.

Carmen Müller has been the Resident Administrative Director since the program's inception. Dr. Müller received her Doctor of Philosophy from the Freie Universität Berlin and is a historian specializing in 19th- and 20th- century European and German history, German-American relations, and methodology. Dr. Müller also teaches a course during the spring semester.

Academic Director
On a rotating basis each academic year, the BCGS member institutions send a faculty member to Berlin as Academic Director to oversee the academic program and teach courses on selected topics in German Studies.

The Academic Director for 2007-2008 is Volker Berghahn, Seth Low Professor of History, Columbia University.

The Academic Director for 2008-2009 will be Warren Breckman, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania.

The Language Coordinator
The Language Coordinator directs and teaches the German language practicum.

Detlef Otto holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and has extensive experience teaching German to English speakers.

Program Assistant
The Program Assistant provides part-time administrative support.

Program Tutors
Program tutors who are FU graduate students are available to assist BCGS students with the transition into the German university system.