• PHD Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of California at Los Angeles 2004
World Area Of Focus:
• Western Europe/European Union (EU) 100%
Languages:
• Dutch (Flemish) (limited working proficiency) • French (limited working proficiency) • German (native/bilingual proficiency)
Specialization:
Theater, Drama, and Performance Studies; Pedagogy and Textbook Writing; Classical and Modern Music in the Language Classroom
Relevant Experience:
Teaching Experience at the Middlebury College German Summer School since 2003; Associate Director and Director of the German Language Programs at both the University of Kentucky and UNC
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
5
Relevant Courses Taught:
• GERM 089 FYS: Performance in America • GERM 203 Intermediate German • GERM 204 Advanced Intermediate German • GERM 301 Conversation and Composition • GERM 302 Language and Culture • GERM 303 Introduction to German Literature • GERM 373 German Lyrical Poetry • GERM 374 German Theater • GERM 381 Berlin: Modern Metropolis • GERM 390 Young Rebels with(out) a Cause • GERM 400 Advanced German Grammar • GERM 700 Foreign Language Pedagogy
Recent Publications:
• 2015 Auf geht’s. Beginning German Language and Culture. 3rd fully revised edition. Oakland, CA: Live Oak
Multimedia, 2015. Co-Author: Student Workbook
• 2011 “Analyzing Dramatic Texts on the Big Screen: Teaching Theater through Cinematic Adaptations.” In:
Dramatic Interactions: Teaching Literature, Culture, and Language through Theater. Ed. by Colleen
Ryan-Scheutz and Nicoletta Marini-Maio. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. 219-243.
• 2009 Auf geht’s. Beginning German Language and Culture. 2nd revised edition. Oakland, CA: Live Oak
Multimedia, 2009. Co-Author: Student Workbook; Teacher Edition; Grammar Explanations; Grammar
Worksheets; Contributor: Interactive Software.
• 2008 Weiter geht’s. Intermediate German Language and Culture. Oakland, CA: Live Oak Multimedia, 2008.
Author: Handouts; Co-Author: Teacher Edition; Grammar Explanations; Grammar Worksheets;
Contributor: Interactive Software.
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