PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
REVIEWS
- Sheffer, Amanda. "Applying the Country of Origin Effect in Teaching a German-Austrian Business Case" Global Business Languages 22 (2022): 37-54.
- Sheffer, A. "The Country of Origin Effect & Airlines." GW CIBER Business Case Clearinghouse. 2020.
- Bornholdt, C. & Sheffer, A. “Integrating Language and Culture Studies within a Multidisciplinary Framework of European Studies.” NECTFL Review 79. 2017. Pp. 13-34.
- Sheffer, A. "German for Specific Purposes in the Basic Language Sequence: A Case Study for Implementation During Curricular Reform" Unterrichtspraxis 50.1 2017. Pp. 91-99.
- Sheffer, Amanda. “Using Crime Scene Fiction for STEM” Teaching STEM in German. American Association of Teachers of German (2015): 50-62.
PRESENTATIONS
- “From Fellow to Mentor: Exploring the Business Language Case Study” "Using Case Studies at the Intermediate Level: Intercultural Competence within the German-speaking Countries". ISLSP-CIBER, University of Chicago, April 22, 2022
- “Zeitgeist Literary Showcase: Isabel Fargo Cole & Naomi Ayala” Moderator, Goethe Institut Washington, On Demand, December 2021.
- "Teaching Austria: Moving Beyond Stereotypes in the Language Curriculum". ACTFL, Online On-Demand. November, 2020.
- "Doctor Authors & Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Perspectives in Criminality & Medicine". German Studies Association, Online. October, 2020.
- "Using Case Studies at the Intermediate Level: Intercultural Competence within the German-speaking Countries". ISLSP-CIBER, Charlotte, NC, March 7, 2020.
- "Multiculturalism and Notions of Citizenship in Austria". ACTFL, Washington, DC. November 23, 2019.
- AATG FL-A-CH Webinar Series: "Swiss and Austrian Films in the Classroom". with Karin Baumgartner October 29, 2019. Available on Demand
- “Alternate Words: Language and Identity in German Transnational Literature and Cinema”. Panel Organizer. NeMLA, Washington, D.C., March 22, 2019.
- “Teaching Migration within Austria in the Basic Language Classroom” Diversity, Decolonialization in the German Curriculum, St. Olaf College, MN, March 2, 2019.
- C. Arnaud, A. Sheffer, “Incorporating STEM in the Language Classroom” MFLA, Arnold, MD, October 22, 2018.
- “Teaching Modern Austria: Culture, Literature, & Language”. Panel Organizer. NeMLA, Pittsburgh, April 14, 2018.
- "Exploring Intertextuality in Kehlmann's die Vermessug der Welt: Critiquing the Present through the Past". Austrian Studies Association, Chicago, March 18, 2017.
- "Smartphone Apps that Engage and Inspire” with C. McMahon (CUA), M. Kassen (CUA), ACTFL, Boston, November 20, 2016.
- “Teaching from the Headlines: European Migration in the Language Classroom” with C. McMahon (Spanish, CUA), MFLA, Columbia, MD, October 22, 2016.
- “Measuring the World: The Intersection of Science, Adventure, and the Narrative” CUA Inaugural Research Day, April 15, 2016.
- “Building a New European Curriculum: European Studies and Liberal Arts Education” with D. Garcia-Donoso, C. Bornholdt, S. Lucamante, A. von Klimo, D. Hellmuth, T. Sias (CUA), Council for European Studies, Philadelphia, April 16, 2016.
- “Into the Woods: Background on the Fairy Tale Genre” Invited Lecture to CUA Musical Theater students doing a production of Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” February 22, 2016.
- “Beyond the Apple: “Snow White” from a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective” with J. Shepperd (CUA, Media Studies) & A. Barba-Kay (CUA, Philosophy) October 5, 2015.
- “German for Professional Purposes: from Introductory to Advanced Levels” with M. Gongelwski (George Washington U), A. Weigert (Georgetown U) ACTFL, San Diego, November 21, 2015.
- “App Adventure: Student-Driven Language and Cultural Exploration” with K. Rudolf (CUA), C. McMahon (CUA), and R. Romaniuc (George Mason U) MFLA, Columbia, MD October 10, 2015.
- "German for College + Career: The Basic Language Classroom" MFLA, Baltimore,MD, October 11, 2014.
- AATG Webinar Series: "German for the Professional Setting in the Basic Language Classroom" March 25, 2014. Available on Demand
- Panel Organizer: Northeast Modern Languages Association (NeMLA) "German Identity in the 20th & 21st Centuries" Harrisburg, PA; April 3-6, 2014.
- "The Rebel with a Cause: The Intersection of Afro-German and Youth Culture in the German Classroom" MLA, Chicago, IL, January 9-12, 2014.
- "Implementing German for Professional Purposes in the Beginning Language Classroom" ACTFL, Orlando, FL, November 22-24, 2013.
- "Language Means Business: [Preparing] Beginning-Advanced Students for the Global Marketplace, " Banu, Anamaria and Sheffer, Amanda, NECTFL, Baltimore, March 8-9, 2013.
- "German National Identity, Afro-German Culture, and Leroy: Leroy räumt auf in the Intermediate Classroom," ACTFL, Philadelphia, Nov 16-18, 2012.
- "Märchenwelten: die Plakatausstelllung und zehn neue Märchen-Filme vom Goethe-Institut," & Craig Childers (Goethe Institut Washington), MFLA, Baltimore, Oct 12-13, 2012.
- "Deutsch(land) vor! Using Soccer to Teach German Interactively," NECTFL, Baltimore, MD, April 21-22, 2012.
- "Leroy: Locating Self and National Identity through Popular Culture," MMLA, St. Louis, Nov 3-6, 2011.
- “Using the European Common Framework: Advantages and Challenges, “ MFLA, Baltimore, Oct 21-22, 2011.
- "Nurses, Patients, and a Professor: The Female Medical Relationship in Skram’s Professor Hieronimus & På St. Jørgen," SASS, Chicago, IL, April 29-May 1, 2011.
- "Contemporary Intercultural Literature in Germany and Austria," Bornholdt, Claudia and Sheffer, Amanda. Conference Presentation. NECTFL, Baltimore, MD, April 2, 2011.
- "Remapping the Historical Landscape: Reading Sissi as a Post-World War Film,” Colloquium on Literature and Film, West Virginia University, October 1-2, 2010.
- "Sissi: teaching cultural competence through “Heimatfilm” at the intermediate language level,” Dwyer, Carola and Sheffer, Amanda. ACTFL, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2009.
- "Medicine, Masculinity and Monstrosity: Narrative Voice in Kafka’s “Ein Landarzt”,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA, November 6-8, 2009.
- "Madness and Murder: The Narrative Function of Voice in Söderberg’s Doktor Glas,” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Madison, WI, April 30 – May 1, 2009.
- "Navigating Madness: The Narrative Function of Voice in Schnitzler’s Flucht in die Finsternis,” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 16-18, 2009.
- "Using film to develop interpersonal language: Kebab Connection for beginning L2 German instruction," Crane, Corinne and Sheffer, Amanda. Conference Presentation, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Louisville, KY, November 8-10, 2008
- “Harry, Heinrich or Henri Heine? Culture, Ethnicity and Identity in Heine’s Travel Writings,” Indiana University, Bloomington, Feb. 16-18, 2007.
- "Harry, Heinrich or Henri Heine? A Hybrid Approach to Culture, Ethnicity & Identity in Heine’s Travel Writings,” Department Lecture Series: Deutsches Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana, Nov. 14, 2006.
REVIEWS
- Rev. of Impuls Deutsch Chapter 7 (1st Edition). Klett, 2020.
- Reviewer: Korb, Richard. German for Reading Knowledge (7th Edition). Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014.
- Rev. of The Patient as Text: The Role of the Narrator in Psychiatric Case Notes, 1890-1990. by Petter Aaslestad. Social History of Medicine. Oxford UP (2011).
- Rev. of German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust. Kafka’s kitsch, by David Brenner. New German Review: A Journal of Germanic Studies 24.1 (2011): 129-130.
- Rev. of Wrist: Gedichte, by Heinrich Detering. Focus on German Studies 17 (2010). (accepted)
- "Counter Images: GDR-Underground Films 1983-1989 The Nonconformist Super-8 Scene," EDGE - A Graduate Journal for German and Scandinavian Studies: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 7 (2009).
- Peer Reviewer, EDGE - A Graduate Journal for German and Scandinavian Studies: Vol. 2: Iss. 1 (2010).