After receiving her PhD in Germanic Language and Literatures from Washington University in St. Louis, Jane Sokolosky was a Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Middlebury College before coming to Brown in 1998. She is co-author of the second-year German language textbook, Denk mal! (4th Edition, 2024).
After being promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Dr. Sokolosky became the Director of Brown's Center for Language Studies, a position she held from 2018-2024. While at the CLS, she coordinated programming for undergrads, graduate students and faculty in order to promote the teaching and learning of all languages at Brown, mentored faculty in World Languages and Cultures, and spearheaded the successful initiatives for an undergraduate certificate in intercultural competence and a graduate certificate in language pedagogy.
In German Studies, Sokolosky teaches beginning and intermediate German and mentors and advises graduate student teaching assistants. She regularly advises the German Club and German Studies DUG and has served as the department’s concentration advisor and study abroad advisor. Her research focuses on the integration of language learning and intercultural competence, language pedagogy, and the application of new technologies in language learning. She regularly presents at conferences and has received Brown's Teaching with Technology Award and the Sheridan Award for Teaching and Learning.
