Department of Literature and Language

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Raluca M. Negisanu

Raluca M. Negrisanu, PhD

Master Lecturer, German

Raluca Negrisanu joined the Literature and Language Department in the fall of 2009. Originally from Romania, where she completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in German and English, she was accepted in the Ph. D. program at the University of Tennessee. She graduated in 2008 with a Ph.D. in German and Applied Linguistics. Her interests are in sociolinguistics with a focus on first language attrition, classroom based research, and teaching methodologies. She teaches all levels of German courses, is the co-advisor of the German Club at ETSU and organizes language tables and other campus events designed to attract and motivate students who take German classes.