#  American Association of Teachers of German Recognizes Harvard Alumni 

 





November 06, 2020

 

 

 The [American Association of Teachers of German](https://www.aatg.org/) (AATG) has announced the winners of its [2020 awards](https://www.aatg.org/news/531566/Congratulations-to-the-2020-AATG-award-winners.htm) for "outstanding contributions to the teaching and learning of German in the US." Among this year's recipients are three Harvard graduates.

   ![2020 AATG Award Recipients](/sites/g/files/omnuum6781/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/germanic/files/aatg_2020_award_recipients.png?itok=Vh2jExCH) 

 

   
The German language program at Montclair State University (Montclair, New Jersey), led by Associate Professor and Coordinator of the German Program [Thomas Herold](http://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=heroldt) '10 and by Assistant Professor [Pascale LaFountain '11](http://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=lafountainp), is one of two programs designated as a German Center of Excellence this year (alongside the program at University of Massachusetts Amherst). This distinction is presented to "well-established and growing German programs with demonstrated excellence in instruction and strong support from administration, professional colleagues, alumni, and students."

 [Seth Peabody](https://www.carleton.edu/directory/speabody/) '15 (Assistant Professor at Carleton College, Minnesota) has received the award for the 'best article on advances in scholarship in German language teaching and learning" in *Die Unterrichtspraxi*s*/Teaching German*.



 

 

 



 

 

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