Faculty Affiliates
Meet Our Academic Year 2024/2025 Faculty Affiliate
Lucian Rothe, PhD, is a trained secondary school teacher for English, history and German
as a foreign language. He received his PhD in German (PhD minor in second language acquisition) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2020, he joined the University of Louisville as an Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages.
His current work—at the intersection of mixed-methods research in applied linguistics and education—explores (stereotypical) perceptions of communities, approaches to engaging language programming and teacher training frameworks.
Lucian has taught a variety of face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses in the United States and Germany. Additionally, he served as a mentor for novice K-12 instructors and university-level educators in both countries. He also worked for the University of Wisconsin Collaborative Language Program to support online- and hybrid-course offerings and improve state-wide collaborations between smaller departments. Dr. Rothe is currently the Reviews Editor of instructional materials for the leading journal in German language pedagogy (Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German).
In collaboration with his colleagues at UofL, he has built a growing university program that promotes a sense of community, is grounded in diversity and equity principles, and adjusts teaching practices based on consistent feedback, reflections and evaluations.
For his innovative instruction and programming efforts, he received the university-wide TILL Teaching Innovation Award in 2023 and the 2024 Diversity Champion Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. His publications on diversifying curricula earned him a prestigious international research honor—the 2024 Stephen A. Freeman Award for Best Published Article about “teaching techniques to have appeared in a professional journal during the preceding year."
Lucian Rothe is delighted to serve as a Delphi Center Faculty Affiliate, and we are excited to have him at the Delphi Center! He is looking forward to sharing his experiences and facilitating conversations among educators from all fields and other university stakeholders to enhance the educational experience on campus.
Upcoming Programs
Join Dr. Rothe as he leads the following programs for the Delphi Center:
Transforming Curricula Workshop Series: As higher education faces growing demands for affordability, relevance and student success, university instructors and administrators should review program curricula to ensure they still meet their learners’ needs and prepare them for personal and professional growth. This workshop series invites UofL administrators and instructors from all ranks, fields and modalities to engage in conversations with experts about evidence-based approaches, practices and resources contributing to student success and thriving academic units.