Faculty

Annett Graefe

Adjunct Professor of German
Email: agraefe@drew.edu
Phone: 973-408-3797

Joshua Kavaloski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of German, Director of German Studies
Email: jkavalos@drew.edu
Phone: 973-408- 3549
Professor Kavaloski’s primary research examines the literature of early-twentieth century modernism.  His scholarly and teaching interests also include German narrative texts (such as novels and novellas), film, and questions of high/low culture. He has published on Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Jurek Becker, and Daniel Kehlmann.

Edye Lawler, Ph.D.

Professor of German
Email: elawler@drew.edu
Professor Lawler, who retired in 2011, concentrates on nineteenth-century German literature, philosophy, and theology. She served for many years as Dean of Educational Services at Drew University.

Elfriede Smith

Professor Emerita of German
Email: ebsmith@drew.edu
Professor Smith, who retired in 2008, is interested in eighteenth- and twentieth-century German literature, German civilization and culture, and teaching methodologies.