Laura Sacia Bonicatto received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and her undergraduate degree in English Language Pedagogy with minors in Germanic and English Linguistics at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Giessen, Germany. She has taught classes in Linguistics, German, Spanish, and English Composition at the University of Hawai’i, Stanford University, University of San Francisco, Kobe Women’s University, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, and Palacky University.
Dr. Sara Feldman will be a lecturer in Yiddish Studies at UC Berkeley starting in Fall 2026. She is committed to practicing a communicative language pedagogy that cultivates not only literacy, but also fluency in Yiddish as a spoken language. Her courses explore the diversity of Yiddish culture old and new, traditional and radical, inviting students to contribute to it through their own projects such as “Undzer Mishpokhe: A Queer Yiddish Curriculum Supplement” (In geveb, April 2022).
Feldman previously taught Yiddish at Harvard University and the University of Illinois at...
Esmée van der Hoeven is Continuing Lecturer in the Dutch Studies Program at the Department of German. She has an MA degree in Language and Culture Studies from Utrecht University (2004), and received her certification in teaching Dutch as a Foreign Language from VU University Amsterdam (2006). She is experienced in teaching Dutch language courses on all levels and has a special focus on conversation practice and writing skills. At UC Berkeley, she is responsible for the Dutch Language Program. She was Program Director in the Berkeley Summer Abroad Program to the Netherlands and Belgium...
