UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  

Board Member: AATG Maryland / DC Metro Chapter, 2011-13
  • Plan Business German Career Fair & engage in executive committee meetings


Conference Planning, "Future of German Studies," 

     hosted by Catholic University, 2011

German Club Faculty Sponsor, German Section of Modern Languages Department, 

     Catholic University, 2010

  • Directly working with students who speak German or those with a cultural interest in the German speaking lands. 

  • Organized World Cup with other languages and coached in German.

  • Ran a film series and led discussions about the films afterwards



  • Participated in "Do Deutsch" and "Think Transatlantic" initiatives from the German Info Center

Curriculum Committee, Modern Languages: 2012-13
  • Plan Modern Language and Literature Department's curriculum and approve course proposals


 Alumni Relations Committee: 2012-13
  • Created communication materials in electronic formats (facebook and e-mail) with alumni


 Website Development Committee: 2011-2012

 Language Teaching Committee, Modern Languages, Catholic University, 2010 
  • Met with other coordinators to develop stronger goals across the FL curriculum such as in the area of placement testing and graduation requirements

   Executive Committee Member: Member at Large, AATG Southern Illinois Chapter, 2010
  • Aid in planning & activities as well as engage in executive committee meetings
 

 Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, German Department, 2009-2010
  • Reviewed graduate application forms and organized prospective student visits
  Capricious Grading Committee, German Department, 2008-2009
  • Reviewed student complaints to make sure rules and regulations are followed
 

 Awards Committee Member, German Department, 2007-2008
  • Selected undergraduate students for departmental awards for excellence in their German Studies
 

 Graduate Representative to Faculty Advisory Committee, German Department, 2006-2007
  • Served as liaison between graduate students and faculty at departmental meetings
 

 Mediation and Grievance Committee Member, German Department, 2005-2006
  • Served on committee to hear undergraduate student concerns about fair practices in grading
 

 German Club Graduate Sponsor, German Department, 2006-present
  • Work with undergraduate students with an interest in German to plan cultural events
 

 Ein deutscher Filmabend: organizer of German Departmental Film Series, 2005-2008
  • Selected and showed four German language films a semester
  • Created flyers, organized room requests and got refreshments for students
 

 Scandinavian Film Series co-organizer, German Department, 2007-2008
  • Worked with the European Union Center in film selection
 

 Middle High German Reading Group, German Department, 2005-present
  • Selected texts to be read and organized meetings



RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Doctoral Student, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, UIUC, 2003-2010

  • Primary research in German and Scandinavian Fin-de-Siècle literature and culture
 

Graduate Assistant for Symposium “Choosing Change: A Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall”, UIUC, 2009

  • Publicized departmental events and arranged technical aspects for guest speakers
 

Graduate Assistant for Corinne Crane, UIUC, 2007-2008

·      Researched film’s use for the basic language classroom and developed materials for instructional staff

  • Presented results at major conferences
 

Research Assistant for Andrea Golato, German for Business, UIUC, 2008

  • Developed and constructed online quizzes and exercises
  • Created vocabulary lists and audio file podcasts available on course webpage
 

Research Assistant for Anke Pinkert, The Holocaust in Context, 2007

  • Authored worksheets & handouts on critical concepts for students to help them read the texts
  • Began indexing project for a book on East German cinema
 

Research Assistant for Peter Paul Schnierer, University of Heidelberg, 2004-2005

Edited and formatted professor’s scholarship