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
Research / Professional Development Grants Awarded through:
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
Research / Professional Development Grants Awarded through:
- DAAD
- German Fulbright Commission
- Goethe Institut
- Max Kade Foundation
- Swedish Institute
- U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language Area Studies Grant
- University of Illinois LAS Research Fellowship