Patrick Schultz

Patrick Schultz received degrees from Dartmouth, Salamanca, UT Austin, Venice, and Binghamton in a very non-linear fashion.  Along the way, he taught in the US and Germany at various levels and managed to work at a software startup, a private bank, an HVAC company, and a Fortune 100 corporation.  In the business world, he learned how to perform custody banking, control expense accounts, test software, repair gas leaks, inspect furnaces, design ductwork, and fix some plumbing.  During myriad hours as a student and academic, he sought intersections in literature, culture, pedagogy, linguistics, translation, and Walter Benjamin.  In his current peripatetic research, Professor Schultz continues to seek Benjamin’s Rat (counsel, advice) in the radio work from the Weimar period.

With the exception of an academic year in Munich, Professor Schultz has been teaching at Oswego since 2017.  He particularly enjoys working with students at the beginning of their language discovery.  From his own experience, he knows that study abroad brings not only greater language ability but also cultural awareness, self-growth, and interpersonal skills.  He researches programs, scholarships, and financial aid so he can better advise and assist his students during and after their undergraduate years.  Feel free to reach out to him for some help.