Colette van Kerckvoorde

German and Linguistics

Division: Languages and Literature

Year Appointed: 1986

Education:
Kandidate in de Germaanse Philologie, Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (Belgium); Licentiate in de Germaanse Philologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium); M.A. in German Literature, University of Massachusetts/Amherst; Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics, University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

Teaching:
Dr. Kerckvoorde started her teaching career in Europe, where she taught Dutch and English as a Foreign Language. Before joining the faculty at Bard College at Simon's Rock, she taught German at the University of Massachussetts at Amherst.

Research:
She is a native of Belgium and is fluent in Dutch, French, German, and English. Her main interests are in Germanic linguistics, Middle Dutch language and literature, and medieval literature.

Publications:
(a) Author of two books: An Introduction to Middle Dutch, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1992. A Descriptive Grammar of Jan Yperman's ‘Cyrurgie', New York: Lang, 1994. (b) She has published numerous reviews in Language, German Quarterly, Monatshefte, and Germanic Notes and Reviews.

Contact Information:
Office: Hall College Center, 2nd floor
Phone: (413)-528-7232
Fax: (413)-528-7365
Email: colette@simons-rock.edu