Paul Roggendorff

assistant professor of Spanish

on faculty since 2003

Phone: 708.239.4864
Fax: 708.239.3987
E-mail: paul.roggendorff@trnty.edu

Education

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2007
M.A., University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, 1996
B.S., Institute for Christian Studies, Austin, Texas, 1993
B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1992

Professional and Personal Interests

There is nothing quite as satisfying to Paul Roggendorff as seeing the sudden look of understanding appear on a student’s face. It is one way the professor knows he has achieved his aim of helping students love their neighbors as themselves.
   
“By sharing what I know about Hispanic language, literature, history, and culture, I am equipping students for the intellectual journey to love their neighbor, which begins with demystifying the ‘other.’ Demystification leads to acceptance, inclusion, and ultimately, love.
    
“Through God’s love, we help his work of reconciling us to Him by bringing down the ethnic, racial, cultural, national, linguistic, and religious barriers so that through our diversity, we are one under God.”
   
After earning a master’s degree in Hispanic studies and completing Ph.D. work in Spanish literature, Roggendorff taught for one year at Northern Kentucky University. He joined Trinity in 2003.

“I teach at Trinity because I wanted the freedom to teach Spanish and Spanish-American literature from a Christian worldview. My main goal is to build up the foreign language program.”
   
Roggendorff has several hobbies including woodworking and reading. He and his wife, Shelly, are the parents of two young boys. The Roggendorffs live in Romeoville, Illinois, and attend Naperville United Church of Christ.

Courses Taught

• Advanced Grammar and Composition
• Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
• Elementary Spanish
• Intermediate Spanish
• Spanish American Literature I
• Spanish American Literature II
• Special Topics in Literature

Professional Society Membership

• American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Conference on Christianity and Literature
• North American Christian Foreign Language Association

Papers Published and/or Presented

• “State of Fear: Reading Spanish American Literature Through Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan.” 16th NACFLA Conference, Baylor University. April 2006.
• “Curriculum Revision: The Language Major and Minor.” 16th NACFLA Conference, Baylor University. April 2006.