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is not yet present. The // classes are added to so styling immediately reflects the current // toolbar state. The classes are removed after the toolbar completes // initialization. const classesToAdd = ['toolbar-loading', 'toolbar-anti-flicker']; if (toolbarState) { const { orientation, hasActiveTab, isFixed, activeTray, activeTabId, isOriented, userButtonMinWidth } = toolbarState; classesToAdd.push( orientation ? `toolbar-` + orientation + `` : 'toolbar-horizontal', ); if (hasActiveTab !== false) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-tray-open'); } if (isFixed) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-fixed'); } if (isOriented) { classesToAdd.push('toolbar-oriented'); } if (activeTray) { // These styles are added so the active tab/tray styles are present // immediately instead of "flickering" on as the toolbar initializes. In // instances where a tray is lazy loaded, these styles facilitate the // lazy loaded tray appearing gracefully and without reflow. const styleContent = ` .toolbar-loading #` + activeTabId + ` { background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 20%, transparent 200%); } .toolbar-loading #` + activeTabId + `-tray { display: block; box-shadow: -1px 0 5px 2px rgb(0 0 0 / 33%); border-right: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f5f5f5; z-index: 0; } .toolbar-loading.toolbar-vertical.toolbar-tray-open #` + activeTabId + `-tray { width: 15rem; height: 100vh; } .toolbar-loading.toolbar-horizontal :not(#` + activeTray + `) > .toolbar-lining {opacity: 0}`; const style = document.createElement('style'); style.textContent = styleContent; style.setAttribute('data-toolbar-anti-flicker-loading', true); document.querySelector('head').appendChild(style); if (userButtonMinWidth) { const userButtonStyle = document.createElement('style'); userButtonStyle.textContent = `#toolbar-item-user {min-width: ` + userButtonMinWidth +`px;}` document.querySelector('head').appendChild(userButtonStyle); } } } document.querySelector('html').classList.add(...classesToAdd); })(); Herman De Vries | ÃÛÌÒapp

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Dr. Herman De Vries

Professor, Dutch and German | Frederik Meijer Chair in Dutch Language and Culture

Education

  • BA ÃÛÌÒapp College 1988 (German)
  • MA University of Cincinnati 1990 (German)
  • PhD University of Cincinnati 1996 (Germanic Languages and Literatures)
    • (Dissertation: Nicolaus Selnecker's Psalter Commentary (1565): A Documentary Study on Psalm Versification)

Academic Interests

  • Early-modern German literature
  • German Enlightenment
  • Current trends in the Dutch language

Professional Services

Books, journals, and newsletters edited

  • EUROTECH Newsletter (UConn) vols. 1 (1996) & 2 (1997) 16 pp.
  • Assistant Editor, Focus on Literatur: a journal for German-language literature 2.1 (1995) 124 pp.
  • Assistant Editor, Focus on Literatur 1.2 (1994) 122 pp.
  • Editor, Focus on Literatur 1.1 (1994) 110 pp.
  • Editorial assistant, Lessing Yearbook 25 (1993) 306 pp.

Professional Associations

  • Professor De Vries teaches Dutch, German, and German literature Romanticism, 18th-20th century.
  • President of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS) 2021-present