John Paluch
Distinguished Senior
Lecturer
2-545 Kresge Hall
1880 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2203
847-491-8081
paluch@northwestern.edu
Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences • Northwestern University
John Paluch is a Distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of German and has been teaching elementary and intermediate German at Northwestern since 1990. His effective teaching methods earned him nomination to the Faculty Honor Roll in 2003 and 2004 and he also received the Northwestern Alumni Association Teaching Award in 2002.As the departmental Study Abroad Adviser, he works with students to integrate overseas study into their undergraduate curriculum and also helps students to identify additional opportunities to return to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland following graduation. As a member of the campus Fulbright Committee, he works with students as they prepare Fulbright and DAAD grant applications.
He is the Associate Master at the International Studies Residential College, where he supports the executive council and residents as they create opportunities to learn about the diversity of human experience worldwide.
Since 1992, he has served on the Executive Committee of the Northern Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German, and is currently completing his term as Immediate Past President. In his work as project coordinator for AATG and Teacher Trainer with the Goethe Institute, he is involved with a broad range of projects that support the teaching of German in Northern Illinois.
John Paluch earned his A.B. in Art History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his M.A. in German Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has studied and traveled extensively in Europe.
