CV & Research Fields
- Lektorin für besondere Aufgaben, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, (2000-present)
Department of English and American Studies. Berlin, Germany
- Education Specialist, University of Minnesota (1997-2000)
Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch Studies. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
TA Coordinator, Second- and Third-Year German instruction. 1998-2000.
- TEFL Certificate, Hamline University (2000)
St. Paul, Minnesota
- M.A. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in German Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
TA Coordinator, First-Year German instruction 1994-1995
- B.A. in German and English, Williams College, Williamstown Massachusetts (1991)
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Prizes:
Preis für gute Lehre der Philosophische Fakultät II, HU Berlin 2003
DAAD Dissertation Scholarship ( FU Berlin) 1995-1997
UMASS University Fellowship, 1994-95
Erastus C. Benedict Prize for foreign languages, German ( Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1991)
Courses taught in previous semesters:
HU Berlin 2000-2009:
Advanced Writing I –US Topics (Civil Liberties in the US)
Advanced Writing I – US Topics (Regional Differences and Issues in the US)
Advanced Writing II for Staatsexamenskandidaten ( US Topics and US/UK Topics)
Advanced German-English Translation I
Advanced German-English Translation II for Staatsexamenskandidaten
Classroom Discourse
Creative Writing
English in the Classroom
English Play
Plays performed: The Whole Shebang ( Rich Orloff)
Oedi ( Rich Orloff)
Wyrd Sisters ( Terry Pratchett)
Guards!Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Pride and Prejudice ( Jane Austen)
Dracula ( John Mattera)
Murder at Play ( Simon Brett – planned Winter term 2009-2010)
Arsenic and Old Lace ( planned Summer Term 2010)
Non-Fiction Writing
Phonetic Exercises in American English
Presentations
US Culture and Society – Discussion
University of Minnesota-Minneapolis 1997-2000:
All courses in the first, second, and third-year German language Program
Feminist Literature in Germany ( as guided independent study)
TA coordinator, Second- and Third-year German courses, 1998-2000.
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 1992-1995:
All courses in the first and second- year German language program.
Reading German
TA Coordinator, Second-year German program, 1994-95.
TA, 19th Century German Thought (Lennox) 1994
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Drama in the Classroom, US politics