PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003-present Assistant Professor of German, Western Kentucky University

2002-2003 Fulbright Scholar (Junior Researcher) in Berlin, Germany

2002 Guest lecturer at Mercator School of Business, Gent, Belgium (1 week)

1998-2002 Assistant Professor of German, Western Kentucky University

1998 Summer Faculty, Kentucky Institute for International Studies, Bregenz, Austria

1997-98 Visiting Assistant Professor of German, Western Kentucky University

1996-97 Visiting Assistant Professor of German, Washington University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Post-unification German film

Web-based Instruction

Foreign Language Pedagogy

Post World War II Literature by Women in German

20^th Century German Literature

EDUCATION

1996 Ph.D. in German literature, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Dissertation: “Negotiating Identity: Mother-daughter Relationships in Novels by Jutta

Heinrich, Elfriede Jelinek, Anna Mitgutsch and Helga Novak,” directed by Sabine Wilke

1995 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dissertation Research Fellowship, Berlin, Germany (6 months)

1993 DAAD Summer Seminar in German Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1991 M.A. in German language and literature, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1990 Graduate Intern, Middlebury College Summer Language School

1986 B.A. in German literature, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

1984-85 Junior Year Abroad in Marburg, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES

“Andreas Dresen, Gentle Subversive.” Special feature for the DVD of Changing Skins (Raus aus der

Haut), directed by Andreas Dresen. (Forthcoming in November 2004).

“Space, Place and Identity in Andreas Dresen’s Night Shapes (1999), the Last German ‘City Film’ of the 20^th Century.” Forthcoming in selected proceedings of the European Cinema Research Forum III.

Co-authored With Dagmar Hoffman. “Cultural and Social Aspects of Smoking on Adolescence – New Strategies for a Media Non-Smoking Campaign.” Co-authored with Dagmar Hoffmann of the Academy for Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Forthcoming in the series “Research and Practice of Health Promotion” published by the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung [The Federal Center for Health Education http://www.bzga.de/bzga_stat/fachpubl/efh/aus-efh.html].

“Revolution in the Studio? The DEFA’s Fourth Generation of Film Directors and their Reform Efforts

in the Last Decade of the GDR.” Film History: An International Journal 15:4 (2003) 444-464.

“Ich wollte ewig einen richtigen Film machen! Und als es soweit war, konnte ich’s nicht!: The End Phase of the GDR in three films by DEFA Nachwuchsregisseure.” German Studies Review 26:2 (May 2003): 315-332.

“Building Community and Posting Projects: Creating “Student Pages” in Web-Based and Web-Enhanced Courses.” Foreign Language Annals 34:6 (2001): 534-549.

“Gespräch mit Andreas Höntsch und Carmen Blazejewski.” The GDR Bulletin (Spring 1998): 59-68.

“ 'Creating the Statue out of the Mass of Clay' – Interview with Ursula Hegi.” Focus on Literatur 3.1 (1996).

LITERARY TRANSLATION

Translation of essays by Günter de Bruyn, Stefan Heym, Günter Kunert and Gert Prokop in German Unification and Its Discontents: Documents from the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany, ed. Richard T. Gray and Sabine Wilke, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, pp. 102-106, 86-90, 292-300, 48-49.

PEDAGOGY BRIEFS

“Discovering the Dictionary.” Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German 36:1 (Spring 2003): 84.

“Passport to Professional Use of German.”Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German 35:2 (Summer 2002) 122.

BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS

Changing Skins (Raus aus der Haut) by dir. Andreas Dresen. ORB, 1997. DVD. DEFA Film Library, 2004. With special features, 90 minutes, in German Studies Review (forthcoming in 2004).

Stasiland: Stories from behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder. London: Granta, 2003 for H-German [History and German] Discussion List, July 2004. [http://www.h-net.org/].

Zertifikat Deutsch – Der schnelle Weg by Cornelia Gick and Reiner Schmidt. Berlin and Munich: Langenscheidt, 2000, for Die Unterrichtspraxis 34:2 (Fall 2001): 199.

Eine Schifffahrt mit drei f: Positives zur Rechtschreibreform by Florian Kranz. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998, for Colloquia Germanica 34:1 (2001): 66-68.

In vollen Zügen. Rück-sichten by Brigitte Struzyk. Berlin:Aufbau,1994, for Focus on Literatur 2.2 (1995): 207-210.

Wie du und ganz anders (1994) by Marie Frise. Frankfurt: Fischer, 1994, for Frauen in der Literaturwissenschaft 43.12 (1994): 61-3.

Erfindung einer Liebe (1993) by Natascha Wodin. Leipzig: Reclam, 1993, for Focus on Literatur 1.1 (1994): 67-69.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES

“What’s Hot, What’s Not: German Pop Culture in the Classroom.” Kentucky World Languages Association Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, September 2004.

“Growing German Programs Across the State. Advocacy and Articulation.” Co-presented with Linda Zins-Adams. Kentucky World Languages Association Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, September 2004.

“German Culture and Management Styles.” Guest Lecture in Marketing 324: International Marketing, Western Kentucky University, September 20, 2004.

“An East German Success Story: Andreas Dresen’s Balancing Act Between (He)Art and the Market.”

European Cinema Research Forum IV at the University of Northumbria, England in July 2004.

“East German Identity in Post-Wall Cinema.” University of Kentucky, January 2004. [Invited lecture].

“East German Identity in Post-Wall Cinema.” Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of German in Philadelphia, November 2003.

“East German Identity in Post-Wall Cinema.” Western Kentucky University, September 2003.

“Contested Identities in Contemporary Berlin: Dogma, Reality Cinema and the Navigation of Urban Space.” European Cinema Research Forum III, University of Bath, England in March 2003.

“East Germany’s Last Generation of Film Directors: Where Are They Now?” Fulbright Annual Berlin
Seminar 2003: The Fulbright Experience – Education for Leaders. Berlin, Germany, Spring 2003.

“Revolution in the Studio? The DEFA’s Youngest Generation of Directors and their Agitation for Reform in the Last Decade of the GDR.” European Cinema Research Forum II, U of Wales Aberystwyth, 2002.

“Applying Language Skills and Learning about Culture: The Internet as Resource and Medium.”
Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Meeting 21^st Century Challenges: Annual Conference of the Council on Postsecondary Education. Louisville, KY, Spring 2002.

“Germany and Austria.” Powerpoint presentation delivered as part of the series “Far Away Places” at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Bowling Green, KY, April 2001.

“Teaching and Learning Styles in the Online Environment: What We Can Learn from Distance Learning.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Washington DC, 2000.

“Exploring East German Experience in Post-Unification Film: Michael Gwisdek’s Abschied von Agnes
and Andreas Kleinert’s Neben der Zeit.” East Germany Revisited: Research Perspectives Ten Years After Unification, Berlin, Germany, 2000.

“Ich wollte ewig einen richtigen Film machen! Und als es soweit war, konnte ich’s nicht! Parables of Failure in Three Films from the DEFA Nachwuchsgeneration in 1989-1990.” The Power of Images: Representing Germany Ten Years After Reunification at U Mass Amherst, MA, 1999.

“Teaching Culture and Civilization on the Web: Redesigning a Third Year German Course for the Virtual Classroom.” Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Louisville, KY, 1999.

“German Unification – Have(n’t) We Talked About it Enough?” The New Europe at the Crossroads III, Berlin, Germany, 1999.

“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Language.” Potter College Colloquium, Western Kentucky University, 1998.

“'Ich hab' dich verraten!' GDR History in Film Five Years After Unification.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, 1997.

“Dresses Make the Woman -- or Do They? Gendering the Body in Jutta Heinrich's Das Geschlecht der Gedanken.” Graduate Student Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1996

“Muttersprache, Vaterland: Frauen schreiben über Familie und Staat im Nationalsozialismus.”
IX. Congress of the IVG in Vancouver, BC, 1995.

“Hohn auf das Seiende und das Bestehende: Anti-Utopia(s) and Female Aggression in Elfriede Jelinek's
Die Klavierspieleri and Jutta Heinrich's Das Geschlecht der Gedanken.” Department of Germanics Winter Lecture Series, University of Washington, Seattle, 1995.

“Die Züchtigung: Pedagogical Practice and German History.” Western Humanities Conference,
Eugene, Oregon, 1994.

WORKSHOPS PRESENTED

Webquesting Workshop for Instructors and Faculty in Modern Languages. Western Kentucky University, 2002.

“Bring the World to Your Classroom! Webquesting in the Foreign Language Curriculum.” CIBER 2002: Global Interdependence and Language, Culture and Business, Duke / UNC Chapel Hill, 2002.

“More Talk – and More Fun – Through the Web.” E-Train Express Technology Conference, Western Kentucky University, Spring 2002.

“Webquesting! An Introduction to Online Culture- and Language-Based Tasks.” Professional Development Workshop for Teachers, Western Kentucky University, 2001.

“Sie fahren bald nach Berlin. Das Internet hilft Ihnen, die Reise zu planen!” Kentucky AATG Berlin Hands-on Workshop: Berlin - damals und heute, 2001.

“Going Virtual Without Pain.” Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies Teaching Forum, 2001.

“Encouraging Electronic Discussion.” Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop, Western Kentucky University, 2000.

“Building Community and Posting Projects: Using Student Pages in Web-Based or Web-Enhanced Courses.” 2nd Summer Instruction and Technology Institute. Western Kentucky University, 2000.

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

Eastern German Identity in Post-Unification German Film (book project with videotaped interviews)

“What’s Hot, What’s Not: German Pop Culture in the Classroom” (workshop) and “Growing German Programs Across the State: Advocacy and Articulation” (presentation) in preparation for the Kentucky World Languages Conference in Louisville, KY, September 24-25, 2004

“East Germany’s Last Generation of Film Directors – Where Have They Gone? Researching and Teaching Film” (poster session) in preparation for the Annual Conference of the Coalition of Women in German, in Carrollton, KY, October 21-24, 2004

“Exploring East German Experience in Post-Unification Film: Phase III - Michael Gwisdek’s Abschied von Agnes and Andreas Kleinert’s Neben der Zeit” (article manuscript)

“Interview with Evelyn Schmidt” (transcription and translation)

“Berlin ist eine Reise wert: Taskonomy of a Virtual Journey” (thematic webquests for submission to the “Web Activities” Section of http://www.aatg.org, a refereed collection)

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

Fulbright Research Grant, 2002-2003

Action Agenda Proposal, Multimedia-Based Beginning German Course, May 2002

Participant in “Preparing a Global Workforce” Title VI Grant, 2000-2002

Nomination for a University-Wide Teaching Award, Western Kentucky University, 2001-2002

Recognition as a “Point of Excellence,” Western Kentucky University, 2002

Junior Faculty Research Scholarship, Western Kentucky University, Summer 1999

Faculty Development Grant, Western Kentucky University, August 1998

Faculty Research Grant, Western Kentucky University, July 1998

DAAD Dissertation Research Fellowship in Berlin, 1995 (6 months)

David T. Fowler Travel Grant, University of Washington, 1995

Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington, 1995

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

NATIONAL

Women in German Steering Committee, 2003-2006

Reader / Evaluator for German Studies Review (2004 – present)

Reader / Evaluator for Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German (2004 – present)

Textbook consultant for McGraw-Hill Publishing 2002 (Review of Kontakte)

Textbook consultant for McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1997 (Review of Deutsch, na klar!)

STATE

President, Kentucky Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German, 2004-2006

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE

Study Abroad Advisory Committee, 2003-2004

Teaching Resource Faculty Award Committee, 2001-2002

Study Abroad Advisor Search Committee, Fall 2001

Dean’s Advisory Council, 2001-2002

Student Ratings Instrument for Online Courses Task Force, 2000

Potter College Technology Consultant Search Committee, 1998-99

International Business Task Force, 1997-1999

International Business Task Force Curriculum Subcommittee, 1997-98

Kentucky Institute for International Studies Board Member/Representative, 1998

DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM

German Club Advisor, 1999-Spring 2002, Fall 2003 - present

Advisor, Direct Exchange WKU-Vienna, 1999-Spring 2002, Fall 2003 - present

Potter College Professional Development Committee, 1999-2002

Curriculum Committee, College of Business Administration, 1998-99

Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies Equipment & Technology Comm., 1998-2001

Second Language Competency Committee, Fall 1998

Search committees (Spanish, German, Department Head, Study Abroad Advisor, Folk Studies) 1997-

present

Undergraduate Committee, Washington University, 1996-97

Faculty Advisor to Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society, Washington University, 1996 - 1997

Examiner for the Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International, University of Washington, 1996 and

Washington University 1997

Editorial assistant in the manuscript preparation of Interpreting Goethe’s Faust Today, ed. Jane Brown,

Meredith Lee and Thomas P. Saine. Columbia SC: Camden House, 1994, University of

Washington, 1993

Editorial assistant, Distance Learning Curriculum for Beginning German, 1993

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Deutsche Popkultur, Goethe Institute Seminar for Teachers, Berlin, Germany, 2004 (stipend from TRAINDAF)

TRAINDAF Leadership Program (Transatlantisches interkulturelles Nachwuchsförderungsprogramm
Deutsch als Fremdsprache), Sponsored by the AATG, Class of 2004, stipends for two trips to professional meetings in the US and one course of professional development in Germany [http://www.aatg.org/programs/profdev/TraiNDaf/index.htm]

ACTFL OPI Full Workshop, Salt Lake City, 2002

Using the Internet to Teach German as a Foreign Language II (Advanced), Institute for Intercultural Communication, Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, 2001

Using the Internet to Teach German as a Foreign Language I, Institute for Intercultural Communication, Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, 2000

Wakonse Conference on College Teaching, Michigan, 2000

Completion of Psychology 501: Issues in Internet Instruction, Western Kentucky University, 1999

German Film Institute for Faculty at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1998

AATG Business German Seminar, Institute for Intercultural Communication, Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, 1997

Loyola College Berlin Writers Seminar, Berlin, Germany, 1997