AddRan Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of German Muriel Cormican, Ph.D., has been named the new co-editor of The German Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). The journal is widely considered the premier academic journal of German studies.

“It’s an honor to be entrusted with this job by the AATG and the search committee,” said Cormican.

She will assume her new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2025, sharing the editor role with Jennifer M. William of Purdue University.

“With Jen William as my co-editor, I know that I can help to advance the important mission of the journal,” said Cormican. “We know that collaboration makes for more diversity of perspective, creativity, smarter decisions and enhanced problem-solving. Through dialogue with each other and the editorial board, we are committed to continuing the journal’s long and strong tradition of excellent scholarship and diversifying its offerings to reflect our ever-changing field—very much in line with the work of our direct predecessors. I look forward to this new challenge and to supporting colleagues in German studies across the world.”

“Dr. Cormican being named co-editor of the premier journal in the field of German studies demonstrates the high caliber of her teaching and research in the field and her reputation as a global scholar,” said Dean Sonja Watson.

Established in 1928, The German Quarterly has 3,700 subscribers and 5,600 international access points. It is the world’s second-highest circulation German studies journal with about 20,000 downloads per year. The journal serves as a forum for scholarly debates, encouraging essays that employ new theoretical or methodological approaches or engage with the diversity of German-speaking societies and the heterogeneity of German cultural history.

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