Denise M. Meuser is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of German. She received her B.A. in German from DePaul University and a M.A. in Germanic Studies from Indiana University. She has taught elementary and intermediate courses for the college since 1991 and is currently the Coordinator for the Elementary German program. She teaches two conversation courses each year that focus on improving skills at the intermediate level. She has co-produced, with Ingrid Zeller and Franziska Lys, an interactive architecture tour of Chicago for students of German entitled Bauhaus and Beyond.

She is an active member of the Council on Language Instruction and serves on the Funds committee.

She is interested in the study of second language acquisition and regularly attends workshops and conferences that focus on such topics as technology in the classroom, content-based instruction, and oral language assessment.

In her role as a Freshmen Adviser to students in the combined Weinberg College – School of Music Program, she hopes to make the task of creating a balanced program in two schools less daunting.

She is the proud mother of two children, an active PTA member and an avid gardener.