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With deep sadness, we mourn the loss of Professor Elizabeth Bernhardt, a distinguished scholar, educator, and cherished member of the DLCL community. Elizabeth was a pioneering figure in second-language acquisition and literacy, shaping the academic lives of countless students and colleagues.

Elizabeth Bernhardt was Professor of German Studies and the John Roberts Hale Director of the Language Center at èצӰÏñ.  Her book, Reading Development in a Second Language (1991), earned the Modern Language Association’s Mildenberger Prize as well as the Edward Fry Award from the National Reading Conference as an outstanding contribution to literacy research.  She was also the author of Understanding Advanced Second-language Reading (2010). Her research has appeared in the Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Debating Issues in American Education; and in the International Encyclopedia of Education. She has published in the Modern Language Journal, Applied Linguistics, the ADFL Bulletin, Foreign Language Annals, and Reading Research Quarterly. In 2014 she received the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession and in 2015 was elected Honorary Member, American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). In 2018 she received the Wilga Rivers Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education (Postsecondary).  Her most recent book is Conducting Second-language Reading Research: A Methodological Guide (Routledge, 2022).