Background
Schlunk, Jurgen Eckart was born on May 26, 1944 in Marburg, Hesse, Germany. Son of Hans-Joachim and Hildegard (Elsasser) Schlunk.
Schlunk, Jurgen Eckart was born on May 26, 1944 in Marburg, Hesse, Germany. Son of Hans-Joachim and Hildegard (Elsasser) Schlunk.
Master of Arts, University New Hampshire, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Philipps Universitat, Marburg, Germany, 1970.
Dramaturg, Municipal Theatre, Marburg, 1970-1971;
resident director junior year abroad, Davidson College, Marburg, 1972-1973;
visiting assistant professor, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1973-1974;
assistant professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1974-1980;
dramaturg and actor, Theater Tri-Buhne, Stuttgart, Germany, 1976-1977, 80-81;
associate professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1981;
visiting professor, Padagogische Hochschule, Heidelberg, Germany, 1985-1986. Director Foreign Language Residence Hall Program, West Virginia University, 1984-1988, steering committee member Humanites Center, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, 1988-1994,board directors, since 1994. Member Executive Committee Southern Humanities Media Fund Board, chairman, 1997-1998.
Director summer study abroad program Otto-Friedrich- U., Bamberg, Germany, since 1994.
Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German (chapter secretary-treasurer 1978-1980, 95—, president 1983-1985), West Virginia Foreign Language Teachers Association (vice president since 2000, Outstanding Teacher award 2000), Delta Phi Alpha.
Married Sharon Marie Hemelt, October 18, 1979. 1 child, Andrea Dora.