Judith Kesserű Némethy
New York University

Judith Kesserű Némethy is Clinical Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in History (Hispanic Studies) from the University of Szeged. At NYU, she has taught courses in Spanish language, Latin American literature, and Spanish dialectology. Related to Hungarian studies, she has designed and taught Hungarian language courses at Cornell University, as well as History of the Hungarian emigration to Latin America at the University of Szeged. Her research interests are in Hungarian diaspora studies, Hungarian language, bilingualism, education, teaching methodology. She has published “Szabadságom lett a börtönöm” – Az argentínai magyar emigráció története1948-1968 [“My Freedom Became My Prison”: A History of Argentinian-Hungarian Emigration, 1948-1968] (2003), and several articles on the above mentioned areas. She is past president of AHEA and administrator of scholarship applications to the Balassi Institute's Hungarian Language and Cultural Studies program for students of Hungarian descent. She is member of the Executive Committee of the Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris.