Frances Jaeger
Frances Jaeger is an associate professor of Spanish at Northern Illinois University. Her research interests include Latin American contemporary poetry as well as Caribbean and Central American literature.
She is a director of a faculty-led summer program in Mendoza, Argentina, and has led programs in Costa Rica in the past. Before coming to NIU in 2000, she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and taught at the Universitat de Barcelona, University of Puget Sound and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Given her experiences as a child growing up bilingual (German and English), she strives to pass on these language skills to her son who is growing up trilingual (German, Spanish and English) and learning his first foreign language (Chinese).
When not busy with work or family activities, she tries to practice for her music lessons, learn to ride horseback, and keep up with an ever-growing pile of books on her bedside table.
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Frances Jaeger introduces us to Friederich Wilhelm Von Steuben, a man who set the U.S. military on the right path 250 years ago. -
No A.I.-generated reading list for our listeners! Frances Jaeger compiled a baker's dozen of her favorite summertime reads. Share your additions on WNIJ's social media pages. -
Frances Jaeger rage-reads against the AI machine to kick off our summer reading list. What's on your list? Share it on social with #WNIJReads -
Memories of an Argentine film are stirred when Frances Jaeger watches Bishop Budde's speech this week. -
Frances Jaeger wonders how people can enjoy football, and has some alternative entertainment ideas. -
Frances Jaeger cuenta un resumen del libro Momo por Michael Ende. -
Frances Jaeger picks up a book and heads to her literary home.
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Frances Jaeger knows when a cup of coffee is not just a cup of coffee. -
El 10 de octubre, el artista Alberto Moreno dio una presentación en la biblioteca Founders de Northern Illinois University. Moreno, de la Ciudad de México, es uno de los artistas cuyos alebrijes están en la exposición en la biblioteca hasta el 8 de noviembre. -
Sometimes, life is like a Hieronymus Bosch painting. And Frances Jaeger says it's not so bad on top of the hay wagon.
