Current Position |
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September 2005 to present | Assistant Professor of American Studies, Department for English and American Studies, University of Regensburg, Germany |
Education |
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University Regensburg | |
2014 | PD Dr. Habilitationsschrift: “Yellow Fever in U.S.-American Literature and Culture of the Nineteenth Century” |
2005 | Ph.D. Dissertation: From Sites of Memory to Cybersights: (Re)Framing Japanese American Experiences |
Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz | |
March 2000 | First State Exam in English, History (majors), and Education (minor) |
Nov. 1999 | M.A. in American Studies (major), Ancient and Medieval / Modern History (minors) Thesis: Kollektive Erinnerung als Katharsis? Das Vietnam Veterans Memorial in der öffentlichen Kontroverse. [Collective Memory as Catharsis? The Public Controversy on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.] Advisor: Professor Dr. Winfried Herget |
Academic Teaching Experience |
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May 2001 – August 2005 | Instructor (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft), American Studies, University of Regensburg |
August 2000 – April 2001 | Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
April 2000 – July 2000 | Instructor (Lehrauftrag), American Studies Department, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
Research and Current Projects |
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Cultural Memory Studies, Visual Culture Studies, Medical Humanities, Gender Studies, American Literary History, American Studies and the Digital Humanities, Transnational American Studies, Eco-Photography, Japanese American Literature and Culture, Teaching American Studies
Current Projects: Transnational 9/11 Memorials European-American War and Peace Studies |
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Administration and Academic Service |
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April 2014 to present | Member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s and Gender Network of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) |
May 2013 to present | Reader, Current Objectives in Postgraduate American Studies in Germany (COPAS), an e-journal |
September 2002 to March 2009 | Assistant Editor, Amerikastudien / American Studies |
October 2002 to October 2004 | Deputy Women’s representative, Fakultät IV (Language and Literature), University of Regensburg |
May 2001 to October 2012 | Co-editor and coordinator, Current Objectives in Postgraduate American Studies in Germany (COPAS), an e-journal |
Memberships |
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien / German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA) |
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Awards and Grants |
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(see list of awards and grants)
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Publications and Manuscripts |
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Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures
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(see list of presentations and talks) |