Directory

Education

• 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

• Language sequence (1st-4th semester German)
• German Cinema/Der deutsche Film
• Oberstufe Grammatik
• Schreiben und Sprechen
• Fifth Semester German

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

• 20th and 21st century German and German-American cultural studies
• cinema studies, cinema archives
• representations of identity

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 20^th and 21^st 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
• Events for Max Kade German-American Center (https://liberalarts.indianapolis.iu.edu/maxkade/), IUPUI, Kansas State University, University of Minnesota
• student study abroad (IUPUI, Kansas State University)