2022-present Assistant Professor of German at Wittenberg University Department of World Languages and Cultures
Courses Taught: GERM 111 Beginning German I (Fall 2022; Spring 2023) GERM 112 Beginning German II (Fall 2022; Spring 2023) GERM 260 Aktuelle Fragen der Kultur und Politik (Fall 2022 1/2 Semester Course) GERM 263 Film und Kultur (Fall 2022 1/2 Semester Course) GER 264 Deutsche Geschichte und Historische Quellen (Spring 2023 ½ Semester) GER 265 Nationale Identität und kulturelle Vielfalt (Spring 2023 ½ Semester)
2019-2022 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow & Assistant Professor of German at Lawrence University Appleton, WI German Department, Ethnic Studies and Global Studies Affiliate Faculty
Courses Taught: FRST 100 First Year (previously Freshman) Studies (Fall 2020/remote; Fall 2021) GER 101 Beginning German I (Fall 2020/remote; Fall 2021) GER 102 Beginning German II (Winter 2021/remote; Winter 2022) GER 201 Intermediate German I (Spring 2021/remote) GER 202 Intermediate German II (Fall 2019) GER 276 Grim(m) Stories: Comparative Fairy Tales in English Translation (Winter 2020) GER 285 Advanced Conversation and Composition (Winter 2021/remote) GER/GLST/ETST 378 Black Europe: Resistance, Performance, & Self Making GER 390 Fairy and Folktale History Tutorial in German (Winter 2020) GER 390 Post-War German-Jewish Identity Tutorial in German (Fall 2020/remote) GER 417 Deutsche? Demokratische? Republik? (Spring 2021/remote) GER 418 Special Topics: Wien um die Jahrhundertwende (Winter 2022) GER 418 Special Topics: Heimat & Belonging (Spring 2022) GER 431 Moderne deutsch-jüdische Identitäten (Spring 2020/remote)
2015-2019 German Lecturer and Program Coordinator at SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures Faculty Affiliate, Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Jewish Studies
Courses Taught: GER 101 Elementary German I (Fall 15 [2 sections], Fall 16, Fall 17 [3 sections], Fall 18) GER 102 Elementary German II (Spring 16) GER 201 Intermediate German (Fall 15, Fall 16, Fall 17, Fall 18) GER 202 Intermediate German (Spring 16, Spring 17, Spring 18, Spring 19) GER 311 German Conversation & Composition I (Fall 16) GER 312 German Conversation & Composition II (Spring 17) GER 316 Germany Today (Spring 16, Spring 17, Spring 18, Summer 18, Spring 19, Summer 19 {2 sections]) GER 317 Classic German Lit. (& Adaptations) (Spring 16, Spring 17) GER 318 20th Century German Literature (Spring 18) GER 319 Women in German Film & Lit. (Fall 16, Fall 18) GER 320 The Jews of Germany (Fall 15, Fall 16, Fall 17, Spring 19) GER 321 German Cinema (Fall 18 [2 sections]) HON 377 Cigarettes & Nylons: Postwar Realities in Occupied Germany after WWII (Spring 18, Spring 19) GER 495 Ind. Study: Queer German Culture (Spring 17), German Cinema (Fall 17, 7 students) HON 495 Ind. Study: Second Language Acquisition Among Immigrants in Contemporary Germany (Spring 18); The Evolution of Nazi Racial Hygiene (Spring 18); Thomas Mann’s Politics, Ethics, & Writings (Fall 18); German Monuments & Collective Memory (Spring 19)
2010-2015 German Teaching Assistant Cincinnati, OH University of Cincinnati (Dept. of German Studies)
Courses Taught: GERM 101 Beginning Level German 101 (Fall Quarter 2010) GERM 102 Beginning Level German 102 (Winter Quarter 2011; Summer Session II 2012) GERM 103 Beginning Level German 103 (Spring Quarter 2011) GERM 101-009 Beginning Level German 101-902 (Night course; Fall Quarter 2011) GERM 185 Introduction to Film (Winter Quarter 2012) GERM 2001 Intermediate German (Fall Semester 2012; Fall Semester 2013; Spring Semester 2015) GERM 2002 Intermediate German 2002 (Spring Semester 2013) GERM 2010 Over-Which-Rhine?: German-American Cincinnati (Self-Developed) (Maymester 2013) GERM 2001/2002 Combined Intensive Course in Munich, Germany (Summer 2015) - 4-Week Study Abroad Immersion Program co-taught with Eckard Rademann
2008-2010 German Teaching Assistant Lexington, KY University of Kentucky
Courses taught: GER 102 Beginning German II (Fall 2008) GER 201 Intermediate German I (Spring 2009; Summer Session 2009; Spring 2010) GER 201/202 Combined Intensive Summer Course in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (Summer 2010) -6-Week UK Education Abroad Immersion Program
2007-2008 English Fulbright Teaching Assistant Kiel, Germany Ernst-Barlach-Gymnasium