Nikolaus Euba is Senior Lecturer and Director of Language Instruction in the German Department at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches German language courses and mentors Graduate Student Instructors. His research focuses on integrating literary texts into the language-learning curriculum and he is the co-author of several college-level German textbooks, including Stationen: Ein Kursbuch für die Mittelstufe (Cengage), Welten: Beginning German (Cengage), and Literatur Lesen Lernen: Lesewerkstatt Deutsch 2 (Klett). Mr. Euba serves as a senior reviewer for the College Board’s AP German Language and Culture program and is a recipient of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Outstanding German Educator Award. Having served as Language Coordinator for FUBiS since 2010, he is excited to join the FU-BEST team in a similar capacity.