Faculty & Staff

Department Chair & Administrative Staff

Sunka Simon

Professor

Department Chair, Film & Media Studies; Modern Languages & Literatures

Modern Languages & Literatures-German

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7354
  2. Kohlberg Hall 312
  3. Office Hours: Mondays 4:00-5:00pm, Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Website

Sunka Simon is the author of German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix (2023) and Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (2002), co-editor of Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities (2015) and numerous articles on German literature, film, television, and popular music.

 

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Jessica Bawgus

Administrative Assistant II, Modern Languages; Administrative Assistant, Division Chair Support, Modern Languages

Spanish

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Modern Languages & Literatures-Arabic

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8143
  2. Kohlberg Hall 316

Bethanne Seufert

Administrative Assistant II

Modern Languages & Literatures

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8679
  2. Kohlberg Hall 316

Links

  1. Profile
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