Bozena Tieszen

  • Senior Teaching Faculty, Linguistics
  • Senior Teaching Faculty, German
  • Senior Teaching Faculty, Classics

Education

  • PhD in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MA in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MA in Swedish and German Philology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title
CLASSIC 101-201 Words Matter: How Greek and Latin Shape Our Language
GERMAN 112-201 German Life and Civilization: Part II: Berlin Calling
LINGUIS 210-404 Power of Words
LINGUIS 210-601 Power of Words
LINGUIS 210-602 Power of Words
LINGUIS 210-603 Power of Words

Courses Taught

  • CLASSIC 101 - Greek and Latin Roots in English Vocabulary
  • CLASSIC 304 - Graeco-Roman World: Proto Indo-European Language and Culture
  • CLASSIC 370 - Hittite Myth and History

Teaching Interests

  • History of English Words
  • Hittite Language Myth and History
  • Proto-Indo-European Language and Culture

Research Interests

  • Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (Greek, Latin, Hittite, Germanic, Slavic)
  • Mythology, History and Languages of Ancient Near East
  • Ethnolinguistics, Experimental Phonology