Senta Goertler

goertler@msu.edu
(517) 355-5079

B266 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824

FacultyLinguistics, Languages, and CulturesSecond Language Studies

Professor
German; Second Language Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson; 2006

Senta Goertler is a Professor of German and Second Language Studies. Currently she is serving as the co-editor of Second Language Research and Practice and is a Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellow. Her research focuses on technology-mediated language learning (e.g. computer-mediated communication, online education, etc.) and co-curricular language learning (e.g. education abroad, service learning, etc.). Many of her research questions developed out of her experience as a language teacher in a variety of contexts and delivery formats (online, hybrid, face-to-face) and her experience as program administrator. In addition to language courses Prof. Goertler teaches courses on second language acquisition and language pedagogy

University News

2024 Faculty Award Winners Recognized for Outstanding Achievement
Published October 31, 2024 in College of Arts & Letters
Collage of six people in a 3x2 grid. Top row, left to right: woman with long wavy auburn hair, wearing a purple blouse; man with light hair and beard, wearing a suit jacket and tie; woman with curly hair pulled back, wearing a light cardigan and smiling. Bottom row, left to right: man with short gray hair and beard, wearing a green shirt; woman with glasses and a smile, wearing a magenta top; woman with light hair and glasses, wearing a black top, standing by a window
The College of Arts & Letters recognized its 2024 Faculty Award winners for their outstanding leadership, teaching, innovation, and community engagement as well as the impact they have made to…Read now »
A Conversation with the MSU German Program
Published October 19, 2020 in College of Arts & Letters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVCAzC_YZqk On October 14, 2020, MSU College of Arts & Letters alumni heard from Senta Goertler, Associate Professor of German and Second Language Studies,…Read now »
Students Spend Year Abroad Studying, Interning, Exploring
Published October 19, 2018 in College of Arts & Letters
For more than 50 years, students from Michigan State University have had the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany, where they are fully…Read now »
German Alumna Works with Big Cats in Africa
Published April 10, 2018 in College of Arts & Letters
a girl with long brown hair holding a lion paw next to her face
MSU alumna Kelsey Prediger works with cheetahs in Namibia, Africa, as the Conservation and Tour Manager of the Solitaire Activity Centre for the Solitaire Land Trust. Prediger graduated from…Read now »