Dr. David L. Dysart
Associate Professor of German
A consummate and passionate teacher, Dr. Dysart did not recognize his true calling until well into his 30s. An undergraduate degree in Business and German, a Fulbright scholarship for a year's study of Business at a German university and a Masters in International Business with a six-month internship in Hamburg, Germany had prepared him for a successful career in international business. Two years as a marketing executive left him intellectually and spiritually empty. In those rare moments when heart, mind and soul come together, he realized his real calling- teaching.
After a master's and Ph.D. in German he came to Stetson University in 1991 and by 1999 received the university's highest honor for excellence in teaching. His research reflects his passion: language pedagogy, second language acquisition and program assessment.
Dr. Dysart has spent the last the 15 summers teaching German to American and international students in Germany, Austria and Italy.
Education
- Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois
- M.A., German, University of Illinois
- M.B.A., International Business Studies, University of South Carolina
- B.S., Industrial Management and German, Auburn University
Research
- Language Pedagogy
- Second Language Accusition
- Program Assessment
Courses
- Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced German
- Germany and the Seach for National Identity
- The German Language as Cultural Expression
- Happily Ever After? The German Fairy Tale
Publications
- "Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland," Presentation at the 2002 Jessie Ball Dupont NHC Summer Seminar.
- "Theodor Storm und die Photographie," in Dichter und ihre Photographien. Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens and Co., Heide: 1999, pp. 23-31.
- Review of "Taboos in German Literature," David Jackson, Berghahn Books, Oxford, 1996. Schriften der Theodor Storm Gesellschajt, Band 46/1997, pp. 128-129.
- Review of "Selbstreflexiviit in den Kunstlernovellen des Realismus," Jeffery Sammons, ed. Peter Lang, New York, 1998, Seminar - A Journal of Germanic Studies.
