James Pfrehm

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, I completed an MA in German Literature at the University of Washington in 2001, and a PhD in German Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. My research interests mainly reside in the field of sociolinguistics: perceptual dialectology, pluricentric languages (with a focus on Austrian German), language standardization and codification, and language variation. In addition to teaching, I enjoy exploring new venues of instructional technology (especially Web 2.0-based venues), and writing plays. My favorite dog is the dachshund ('der Dackel').