Alumni

This page is far from comprehensive and may not be up-to-date, but it shows what some of our alumni have done (are doing) post graduation. RC German alums are doing all sorts of interesting things across all fields. the biographies below focus on study or career paths that emerged specifically from their German language study.

If you would like to be included on this list, please email your news, updates or corrections: goertz@umich.edu

Peter Smith

STAMPS, Collaborative Piano (B.M. 2024)

Since 2024, Peter has been Assistant Chorus Director at the Nationaltheater in Mannheim. He's been involved in performances of Così fan Tutte and concerts for Advent Christmas and New Years.

Doug McClure

English, German & Secondary Education (B.A. 2023)

Teaching German (to 120 students daily!) at Swartz Creek High School in Brighton, Michigan since 2023.

Here Doug is being celebrated as "Teacher of the Month"

Isabel Matias

Anthropology & Psychology major, Italian (B.A. 2023)

Taught English in Thailand (2023-2024) (see Isabel's thoughtful blog about traveling and living in a different culture): https://www.ciee.org/author/isabelm

Pursuing a Masters of Social Work at U-M (2026)

Emma Loewenstein

Psychology & Sociology (B.A. 2023)

Working for a children and youth center in Freiburg-Haslach.

Follow Emma's hilarious blog about oddities of German culture: https://shamlessgeneralizations.blogspot.com/

Adrian Beyer

Asian Languages & Culture, Women's & Gender Studies, Sociology (B.A. 2023)

Pursuing a PhD in Asian Languages and Culture at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, with an interest in LGBTQ+, gender & sexuality, and migration studies. Adrian is now studying Lao, after Thai and German

Julia Ebben

Political Science, International Studies, German, Spanish (B.A. 2021)

After teaching English on a Fulbright in Austria, Julia attained a Master of Science in Politics, Economics & Philosophy from the University of Hamburg and is now working for the Boston Consulting Group in Hamburg.

Zofia Ferki

Creative Writing & Literature, German (B.A. 2021)

After graduating from the UM, Zofia moved to Hamburg, Germany, for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and started doing stand-up comedy shows there in English and in German. Zofia is co-founder of the Whole Wheat Post, a comedy publication on health and wellness.

Camille Primeau

STAMPS, Opera (B.M. 2019)

After her Senior recital which included German songs by Schumann, Haydn and Weill, Camille moved to Graz, Austria, to embark on her career as an opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and interpreter of contemporary music. Camille also teaches gender studies and diversity at the Kunstuniversität Graz.

Shawn (Kemp) Raisig

German (B.A. 1999)

After graduating from UM, Shawn moved to Weimar for 2 years where she taughht English at the Bauhaus Universität. She returned to the US to get an M.A. in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL) from EMU and has been teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language at the Eberhardt Karls Universität Tübingen since 2003. Here she is (on the right) receiving a teaching prize in 2012,

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