She received her B.A. degree from Baylor University in German and chemistry, and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas in German. She has done graduate work at Cornell University and, as a Fulbright scholar, at the Eberhard-Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany. Her recent research interests include the editing of a medical textbook, and a study of Coleridge and the early German Romantics. Dr. Martin's special interests include music (as a teacher and church organist-choirmaster), German Lieder, and medieval and eighteenth century literature. Courses Taught