JUTTA VAN SELM
Jutta Van Selm, Associate Professor of German in
Dedman College, began her studies at the Philipps University in Marburg,
Germany. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington,
her M.A. from SMU and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She joined
the SMU faculty in 1968. Her primary intellectual and research interests are in
the study of German writers Bertolt Brecht and Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Professor
Van Selm has had a passion for teaching and taught all levels of classes from
beginning German language to advanced German literature. She served for many
years as chair of German Area Studies in SMU's Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures. She was faculty advisor to the German Club and the German
Honorary Society. She also served on the Japan Council and the Committee on
Implementation of Japanese Studies and as director of the SMU-in-Japan program.
Her University-wide service included the Dedman College Faculty Council,
International Studies Academic Council, Commission on the Status of Women and
Women's Studies Council. She retires as Professor Emerita of German.