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CONTRIBUTORS
Randall P. Donaldson (Ph.D., The Johns
Hopkins University) is Associate Pro-
fessor of German at Loyola College in
Maryland. His work in German-
American studies to date has centered
around the radical journalist, Robert
Reitzel. He is currently working on a
supplement to Dieter Cunz' landmark
volume, The Maryland Germans.
Gary C. Grassl has published articles on a
variety of topics in numerous journals.
In 1999 he was honored by the Society
for German-American Studies for sig-
nificant work in the field, particularly
his efforts in seeking recognition of the
contributions of German-Americans in
early colonial Virginia.
Bradford W. Miller (M.A., George Wash-
ington University) has done consider-
able research on the life of German-
Americans in the nineteenth century in
the District of Columbia. He helped
secure the approval of the State of
Virginia to erect an historical marker in
historic Jamestown commemorating
the arrival in 1608 of German crafts-
men in Jamestown Colony. He is cur-
rently secretary of the Washington,
D.C. area unit of the Steuben Society.
Hans A. Pohlsander (Ph.D., University of
Michigan) is a native of Germany but a
long-time resident of the United States.
He is emeritus professor of classics and
religious studies at the University at
Albany, State University of New York.
His principal publications are Helena:
Empress and Saint (1995) and The
Emperor Constantine (1996). He is a
newcomer to German-American stu-
dies.
Helene M. Kastinger Riley (Ph.D., Rice
University) is Alumni Distinguished
Professor of German at Clemson Uni-
versity, where she has taught since
1985. She has published extensively on
a variety of topics involving German
literature. In her work on German-
Americans, she has focused on
German immigration to South Carolina
and produced a number of very inform-
ative and well-received multi-media
presentations, websites, and videos on
the subject.
William Roba (Ph.D., University of Iowa)
received his doctorate in 1979) and has
specialized in German- American
Studies for the last twenty years. His
interest in William F. Cody was
sparked by local concern over his early
years as a boy in eastern Iowa. He is
Treasurer for the Society for German-
American Studies.
Manfred Zimmermann (D.Phil., Universi-
tät Marburg) is Associate Professor of
German at the University of Cincin-
nati. Although he trained as a specialist
in the Middle Ages, where his main re-
search interests still lie, in recent years
he has branched out into the field of
German-American Studies. He cur-
rently serves on the Executive Board of
the Society for German-American
Studies.
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