Education
PhD in Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
Dissertation title: "Deranged Doctors and Panicked Patients: The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Fin de Siècle Literature"
Dissertation advisor: Anke Pinkert
Co-Director of research: Anna Stenport
Graduate Minor: Cinema Studies
MA in Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
Thesis title: “The Business of Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks: Social Critique Through the Decline of a Firm”
Thesis adviser: Anke Pinkert
BA in German and Commercial Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
BS in Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Study Abroad
Major Fellowships / Financial Support:
Goethe Institut Program Scholarship, 2012
Swedish Institute Research Fellowship, 2010
Max Kade Fellowship, 2009-2010
College Research Fellowship, 2009
Swedish Institute Program for Study in Sweden, 2008
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS), U.S. Department of Education in Stockholm, Sweden, 2007
Departmental Research Fellowship, 2006
Dissertation title: "Deranged Doctors and Panicked Patients: The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Fin de Siècle Literature"
Dissertation advisor: Anke Pinkert
Co-Director of research: Anna Stenport
Graduate Minor: Cinema Studies
MA in Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
Thesis title: “The Business of Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks: Social Critique Through the Decline of a Firm”
Thesis adviser: Anke Pinkert
BA in German and Commercial Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
BS in Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Study Abroad
- Swedish Summer Institute, Swedish Institute, Malung, Sweden, 2008
- Folkuniversitetet, Summer ultra-intensive Swedish, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Year abroad, Heidelberg, Germany, 2004-2005
- Christian-Albrecht-Universität, Summer Business Program, Kiel, Germany, 2001
Major Fellowships / Financial Support:
Goethe Institut Program Scholarship, 2012
Swedish Institute Research Fellowship, 2010
Max Kade Fellowship, 2009-2010
College Research Fellowship, 2009
Swedish Institute Program for Study in Sweden, 2008
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS), U.S. Department of Education in Stockholm, Sweden, 2007
Departmental Research Fellowship, 2006
