In Memoriam

Susan Cernyak-Spatz
Associate Professor Emerita of German

Ph.D. and M.A., University of Kansas, 1972, B.A., Southwest Missouri State College, 1968 German Biography: Dr. Cernyak-Spatz lived in Berlin from 1929-1936, attending grade school until age 10 and then attending Lyceum (higher education girls’ school). In 1936 her parents moved to Vienna where the family business had a branch. Hitler’s occupation of Austria in […]

Robert Gleaves
Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Faculty Website Spanish Robert Gleaves, Ph.D., passed away on August 16, 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish from Vanderbilt University. Bob taught at the University of South Florida, before coming to UNC Charlotte in 1969. He served as Chair of the department from 1982-1988 and as Associate Chair from 2000 until his retirement in […]