Ruth I. Cape

Dr. Ruth Cape has been teaching at Austin College since 1996. She completed graduate work in History and Latin at the University of Münster, Germany, and received a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages from UCLA. Her dissertation was the basis of her first book entitled Das französische Ungewitter. Besides offering German language and literature courses, she also taught for numerous years elementary and intermediate Latin classes and, more recently, French at Austin College. She is currently Associate Professor of German.

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Classes previously taught

Classes for 2015:

Spring 2016:

German 101: Beginning German I

German 102: Beginning German II

German 336: Advanced German Conversation and Composition

Fall 2015:

German 101: Beginning German I

German 235: Explorations in German Literatures and Cultures

Communication/Inquiry: Freshman Seminar: “Avocado and Coconut: Intercultural Communication and Identity Formation”

Other recent activities at Austin College:

Coordinator of 25 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall Campus Weeks 2014

Coordinator of Think Transatlantic Campus Weeks 2012

Sponsor for German Club at Austin College, (2010-present)

Director for the Jordan Foreign Language House, German section (2014-2015; 2010-2013; 2008-2009; 2006-2007)

Instructor for study abroad pre-departure workshops: offered each semester to students who were going to study abroad (2007-2009)

Instructor for language classes in French (2008-2009)

Director for the German section of the Austin College Richardson Summer Institute (2010, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002)

Contact Information:

Ruth I. Cape, Associate Professor of German,
  Classical & Modern Languages
  900 N. Grand, Suite 61597
  Sherman, TX 75090-4400
  phone: (903) 813-3093 fax: (903) 813-2011 

Mail comments to: ricape@austincollege.edu