M.A. The Ohio State University (Germanic Languages and Literatures), 2016
B.A. The Ohio State University (German), 2013
B.A. The Ohio State University (Russian), 2013

Courses Taught

At Ohio State, Columbus, OH

• Individualized Instruction – SU16-SP17
• German 1103.01 – 2015-16, SU15
• German 1102.01 – 2014-15
• German 1101.01 – 2013-14

Research Interests

• The films of Wim Wenders and Ozu Yasujirō.
• Relationships of German film to Japanese and Russian film.
• The influence of Zen on the West.
• Other topics concerning film, visuality, and visual culture.

Study Abroad Experience

• Dresden, Germany: Summer 2010
• Moscow, Russia: Summer 2012
• Dresden, Germany: Summer 2014
• Berlin, Germany: 2017-18

Conferences and Presentations:

“Der ‘Akt des Sehens’ in den Filmen von Wim Wenders und Ozu Yasujirō” Mori-Ōgai

Gedankstätte, Berlin, Feb. 2018.

“Blandness and ‘Just Seeing’ in the Films of Wim Wenders.” Conference “Change is Possible and Necessary: New Perspectives on Wim Wenders as a Filmmaker and Visual Critic,” University of Richmond, Feb. 2017.

“The Physical in the Documentary Drama of Peter Weiss.” Germanic Graduate Student Association Conference at Ohio State University, Feb. 2015.

Articles:

2019    “Blandness and ‘Just Seeing’ in the Films of Wim Wenders.” (under review)

University Service at Ohio State:

2016–2017  President of the Germanic Graduate Student Association
2015–2016  Vice-President of the Germanic Graduate Student Association
2014–2015  Secretary of the Germanic Graduate Student Association

Employment:
2013 –         Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2014            Research Assistant, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany