Mark Ferguson is Program Director of the Junior Year in Munich - the oldest U.S. college-sponsored study abroad program in Germany - and Senior Lecturer in German at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in German from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His interest in education abroad began at a young age beginning with his participation in the American Field Service program to Thailand while in high school. Throughout his college career - both undergraduate and graduate - he gained extensive international experience by living, studying, working and teaching in Europe