Washington & Jefferson College

Shaughnessy, Michael

Areas of Study

• German

Michael Shaughnessy is an associate professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages. In addition to German language, literature, and culture, Dr. Shaughnessy has a professional interest in educational technology. He is particularly interested in the perception of technology within education and the role it plays within the humanities. 

He has published a CD-ROM for introductory German, written numerous articles on the subject, does educational and commercial consulting for computer assisted language learning, and has given lectures on the subject of educational technology and humanities computing. His latest project involves creating the first multi-lingual authentic photo dictionary. The Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon (CAPL) provides free access to high quality authentic images to the language learning community worldwide. Dr. Shaughnessy is a strong advocate for foreign language education, an active member in the American Association of Teachers of German, and a lifelong member of the Society for German American Studies. He is an expert on the subject of German speaking immigrants to Pittsburgh and published the book German Pittsburgh in 2007.