Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2003
• Staatsexamen, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena/Germany, 1993

Specialties, Teaching and Research Interests

• Contemporary German literature & culture
• East German history and literature
• German Separation & Unification
• Business German
• Study Abroad Teaching

Courses

• Introduction to German I & II (German 110 & 111)
• Intermediate Structure & Expression I & II (German 203 & 204)
• Intermediate Conversation I & II (German 207 & 208)
• Advanced Composition & Conversation I & II (German 301 & 304)
• Landeskunde: Introduction to the German-Speaking World (German 306)
• Introduction to German Literature (German 308)
• Advanced Grammar (German 312)
• Business German (German 313)
• German Literature from the Twentieth Century to the Present (German 321)
• Multicultural Germany  (German 323)
• Special Topic: East Germany after Unification (German 360)
• Interdisciplinary/International Studies - Modern Germany: From Division to Unification (taught as part of the European Odyssey in Germany)
• Germany: From Local to Global (Quest I: FL124)

Curriculum Vitae