Key Faculty and Staff

Key Faculty for Advising

Jörg Kreienbrock: Chair
847-491-8294 | j-kreienbrock@northwestern.edu

Erica Weitzman: Director of Graduate Studies
847-467-8149 | erica.weitzman@northwestern.edu

Franziska Lys: Director, Undergraduate Studies
847-491-8298 | flys@northwestern.edu or schedule a zoom meeting here.

Anna Parkinson: Advisor, Honor Students
847-467-5173 | a-parkinson@northwestern.edu

Rob Ryder: Advisor, Study Abroad and Business German
847-491-8295 | rob.ryder@northwestern.edu

Denise Meuser: Coordinator, 1st Year German
847-491-8292 | dmeuser@northwestern.edu

Martina Kerlova: Coordinator, 2nd Year German
847-491-5788 | m-kerlova@northwestern.edu

Ingrid Zeller: Coordinator, Writing Center
847-491-8290 | izeller@northwestern.edu

Staff

Department Assistant
Courtney Essenpreis
(847) 491-7249
1880 Campus Dr., Kresge Hall 3-305, Evanston, IL 60208
courtney.essenpreis@northwestern.edu

Program Assistant
Michael Tabatowski
(847) 491-5363
1880 Campus Dr., Kresge Hall 3-305, Evanston, IL 60208
tabatowski@northwestern.edu

Business Administrator 
Liz Murray
(847) 491-5491
1860 Campus Dr., Crowe 2-111, Evanston, IL 60208
elizabeth.murray@northwestern.edu

Program Assistant

Leon Hed​strom

​leon.hedstrom@northwestern.edu 

(847) 491-5490​

1860 Campus Dr., Crowe 2-111, Evanston, IL 60208

Program Assistant
Lisa Byrnes
(847) 491-4148
 1860 Campus Dr., Crowe 2-111, Evanston, IL 60208
lisa.byrnes@northwestern.edu