Active with the TGDP: Around 2006
MA in Germanic Studies (UT Austin), BScEcon in European Union Studies (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Kersten’s first encounter with Texas German was at the Vereinskirche museum in Fredricksburg, TX, where his conversation with a local native-speaker of German intrigued him. Kersten’s interest in German as a subject of study and intellectual inquiry dates back to his school days in Germany, where he was exposed to a great variety of German literary works.
Kersten has worked as a Assistant Teaching Professor of German at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, a German teacher at Lutheran High School South, St. Louis, MO, a Language and Internationalization Specialist (Cendant Intercultural), and since 2020, he has been the Director of Special Projects at Bilingual International Assistant Services.
