Assistant Professor of German in World Languages and Cultures
Hoyt-Reichman Scholar of German-American Studies and German Language and Culture
Director, Max Kade German-American Resource and Research Center
Department: World Languages and Cultures, German, Max Kade German-American Center
PhD, Germanic Studies, minor in Moving Image Studies, University of Minnesota
MA, Arts and Cultural Leadership, minor in Museum Studies, University of Minnesota
MA, Germanic Studies, University of Minnesota
Teaching
Teaching
Language sequence (1st-4th semester German)
German Cinema/Der deutsche Film
Oberstufe Grammatik
Schreiben und Sprechen
Fifth Semester German
Publications
Publications
Publications include single and co-authored texts in the edited volume Becoming TransGerman: Cultural Identity Beyond Geography and the journals The Moving Image, German Studies Review, Seminar, and Applied Linguistics.
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
20th and 21st century German and German-American cultural studies
cinema studies, cinema archives
representations of identity
Service
Service
Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum collective member; Mutual Aid action group
Board Member, Athenaeum Foundation (2023-2022) in DAAD
Board Member, Indiana German Heritage Society (2019 – present)
Book Review Editor (German) for Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature (2016-present)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Ambassador (2019 – present)
Encyclopedia entries on Media and Popular Culture for Modern Germany (ABC-CLIO) and book review for Society for German-American Studies