Education 

The Ohio State University, Ph.D., in progress
Germanic Languages and Literatures spec. Applied Linguistics
Dissertation – Building Instructor-Student Rapport in the Undergraduate German as aa Foreign Language Classroom via Contextually Dominant Shared Language (CDSL) Use

The Ohio State University, M.A., 2021
Germanic Languages and Literatures spec. Minority Literature
Exam – Dritter Raum: A Case Study of Postcolonial Subjectivity in Contemporary Austrian Literature

The University of Chicago, A.B. with General Honors, 2019
Germanic Studies, Minor in Human Rights
Thesis – Sieben Rosen: Auffinden der Kanarischen Inseln im germanischen Kulturbild (Seven Roses: Locating the Canary Islands in the Germanic Cultural Imaginary) 

Research Interests

Contextually Dominant Shared Language (CDSL) use in the world language classroom and associated ideologies and practices; Applied linguistics; Second Language Acquisition (SLA); Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) bzw. Deutsch als Zielsprache (DaZ); World language pedagogy; Sociolinguistics; Multilingualism and multiculturalism; Language politics/policy; Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL); Corpus linguistics; Multimodal language education; Instructor-student relationship development; Positive psychology in L2 education. 

Courses Taught 

as Instructor of Record – Undergraduate

GER 1101.01 (German 1) – SP22
GER 1101.61 (German 1 Distance Learning Self-Paced) – SU21
GER 1102.01 (German 2) – AU19, SP20, SP21, AU21
GER 1102.02 (German 2 Distance Learning) – SU24
GER 1102.61 (German 2 Distance Learning Self-Paced) – SU21
GER 1103.01 (German 3) – AU24, SP25, AU26
GER 1103.01 (German 3 Accelerated Pace) – AU20
GER 1103.61 (German 3 Distance Learning Self-Paced) – SU21

as Instructor of Record – Graduate

GER 6101.02 (German for Research Competency) – SU25, SU26

as Grader

GER 3252.02 (The Holocaust in German Literature and Film) – SU20

Refereed Research Presentations

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2026). Es muss nicht immer alles auf Deutsch sein: How University-Level German Instructors Use Not-German to Build Rapport with Their Students. American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Conference. Boston, MA.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2026). Building Instructor-Student Rapport through Contextually Dominant Shared Language (CDSL) Use in University-Level German L2 Classrooms. Enseñanza de lenguas/Language Pedagogy (9). 43rd International Congress of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA). Universidad de Granada. Granada, Spain.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2026). Building Instructor-Student Rapport through Contextually Dominant Shared Language (CDSL) Use in the Undergraduate German L2 Classroom. The Lifeworld of German Studies: Change, Upheaval, and (In)visibility – 18^th Annual Germanic Graduate Student Association (GGSA) Conference. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2025). Building Instructor-Student Rapport through L1 Use in the German L2 Classroom: Practices and Perspectives. Linguistics and Language Studies (1): Linguistic Approaches to Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in the Germanophone World. German Studies Association (GSA) 49^th Annual Conference. Arlington, VA. 

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2025). Verwendung englischer Sprache als Lehrmittel im US-amerikanischen DaF/DaZ-Universitätskontext (Use of English as a Pedagogical Tool in the Context of US-American University Instruction of German as a World Language). Transformation and Multilingualism: German Speakers and Writers in Contact Zones – 17^th Germanic Graduate Student Association (GGSA) Conference. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2024). Instructor Use of English in the German L2 Classroom: How, When, and Why? Sponsored Session: American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention. Philadelphia, PA.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. & Vith, J. (2020). Penalising Queerness: The Lasting Impact of § 175 StGB. Becoming Visible – 12^th Germanic Graduate Student Association Conference. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.

Invited Talks and Professional Workshops

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2025). Routine, Rapport, and Recognition: Strategies for First Day of Classes (FDOC) Management. Language Instruction Training (LIT) Workshop. Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures / Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (CLLC), The Ohio State University.

Clavo Abbass, J.E. (2025). Instructor Use of English in the German L2 Classroom: How, When, and Why? Language Instruction Training (LIT) Workshop. Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures / Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (CLLC), The Ohio State University.

Clavo Abbass, J.E., & Soulié, M. (2024). Rassismus in Bildungskontexten: Perspektiven aus den USA und Deutschland – Rassismuskritischer Deutschunterricht: Fortbildung für Deutschlehrkräfte. (Racism in Educational Contexts: Perspectives from the USA and Germany – Race-Critical German Language Instruction: Professional Development for German Language Instructors). Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD) / Goethe-Institut Chicago.

Professional Development

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
Explorative Praxis auf Deutsch (EPaD)
Virtual, 2026-2027.

Universität Heidelberg
Internationaler Ferienkurs – Fortbildungskurs für nichtmüttersprachliche DaF-Lehrkräfte und Germanist:innen – Grammatik und Grammatikdidaktik, Fachsprache und -übersetzung, Phonetik und Phonologie. (International Summer School - Certificate Program for Instructors of German as a Foreign Language and Germanists – Grammar and Grammar Instruction, Academic Language and Academic Language Translation, Phonetics and Phonology. International Summer School for German Language and Culture.)
Heidelberg, Germany, 2026.

Goethe-Institut e.V.
Fortbildung: Deutsch Lehren Lernen DLL 5 – Lehr- und Lernmedien (Certificate Program: Learning How to Teach German DLL 5 – Teaching and Learning Materials). 
Virtual, 2025.

Goethe-Institut e.V. / Ministry of Economy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Sommerakademie: Globales Lernen und Lehren (Summer Academy: Global Teaching and Learning).
Cologne, Germany, 2025.

Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) – University of Arizona / Michigan State University / Texas Tech University
Professional Learning Circle: Multiliteracies Language Teaching in World Language Classrooms.
Virtual, 2025.

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service) / Goethe-Institut Chicago
Rassismuskritischer Deutschunterricht: Fortbildung für Deutschlehrkräfte (Race-Critical German Language Instruction: Professional Development for German Language Instructors).
Chicago, IL, 2024.

National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS)
Legislative Action Days and Advocacy Summit
Washington, DC, 2023.

Division of Student Affairs, University of Notre Dame / Office of Student Life, The Ohio State University
Student Life Administration and Leadership Exchange
South Bend, IN, 2023.

Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (CLLC), The Ohio State University
Language Instruction Training Workshop
Columbus, OH, 2019.

Service

To the Profession

2025 – present: Co-Coordinator, Linguistics and Language Studies Network, German Studies Association (GSA)

2025: Reviewer ad hoc, Foreign Language Annals

To The Ohio State University

Germanic Graduate Student Association (GGSA)

2025 – 2026: President 
2025 – 2026: Chair, Conference Steering Committee, 18th Annual GGSA Conference
2024 – 2025: Treasurer
2024 – 2025: Executive Board and Organizing Committee, 17th Annual GGSA Conference
2023 – 2024: Organizing Committee, 16th Annual GGSA Conference 
2021 – 2022: Treasurer
2021 – 2022: Executive Board and Organizing Committee, 14th Annual GGSA Conference

University Senate

2024 – present: Rules Committee
2024 – 2025: Graduate Senator At-Large
2022 – 2024: Chair, Graduate Student Compensation and Benefits Committee (GCBC)
2022 – 2024: Member ex officio, Steering Committee
2022 – 2024: Member ex officio, Faculty Cabinet
2022 – 2024: Observer, Faculty Council
2022: Allocations Committee, Council on Student Affairs (CSA)

Search Committees

2023 – 2024: Provost and Executive Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs
2024: Graduate/Professional Student Trustee, Board of Trustees
2023: University Advisory Subcommittee and Position Profile Subcommittee, President of the University
2023: Vice Provost of International Affairs, Office of International Affairs
2023: Associate Dean for Excellence in Graduate and Postdoctoral Training, The Graduate School
2023: Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
2022: Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School

Office of Academic Affairs

2023: Free Speech Policy Advisory Group
2022: Doctoral Funding Task Force

The Graduate School

2022 – 2024: Member ex officio (non-voting), Graduate Council
2021 – 2022: Graduate Council 

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

2023 – 2024: Graduate Representative, Graduate Advisory Committee
2021 – 2023: Graduate Representative, Departmental Council 
2019 – 2021: Graduate Representative, Undergraduate Studies Committee

Council of Graduate Students (CGS)

2022 – 2024: President (50% Graduate Associate appointment, Office of Student Life)
2022 – 2024: Chair ex officio, Executive Committee
2022 –2024: Member ex officio, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Department of Public Safety
2022 –2024: Member ex officio, Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy Committee, Office of Student Life
2023: Framework 3.0 Scenario Planning; Planning, Architecture and Real Estate (PARE)
2019, 2020, 2022, 2023: Judge, Ray Travel Award
2019 – 2020, 2021 – 2022: Delegate, Germanic Languages & Literatures
2021 – 2022: International Student Affairs Committee
2019 – 2020: Diversity and Inclusion Committee
2019 – 2020: Ray Travel Award Committee

Migration and Global Mediterranean Forum (MGMF)

2019 –2020: Vice President

To the University of Chicago

2025: Careers in Germany: Alumni Panel, Office of Career Advancement
2023 – 2024: Class of 2019 5th Reunion Committee
2024: Careers in Languages: Alumni Panel, Office of Career Advancement
2020: First Things First: First-Gen Young Alumni Panel, Office of College Admissions

To the Community

University Area Commission – City of Columbus, Ohio

2024 – 2025: Commissioner
2025: Governance Committee
2024: Planning and Development Committee

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) – Ohio Chapter
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics, AESLA)
German Studies Association (GSA)
International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)
Delta Phi Alpha

Conferences and Presentations

“Instructor English Ideologies and Practices in the Undergraduate German L2 Classroom: How, When, and Why?”
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention.
Philadelphia, forthcoming.

Written and Oral Testimony in Opposition to HB151/SB83, Higher Education Committee, Ohio House of Representatives, May 2023.

“Penalising Queerness: The Lasting Impact of § 175 StGB.” 
Becoming Visible: 12^th Germanic Graduate Students Association Conference. 
The Ohio State University, January 2020.

Relevant Experience 

Government of Spain – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation – Permanent Mission of Spain to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Vienna, Austria, Summer 2018
Collaborator in the 1st and 2nd Dimensions (Politico-Military and Economic-Environmental)

Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria, Autumn 2017
Exchange Student, Faculty of History
Schlussarbeit – Das politische System Österreichs: Wirkung, Ergänzung von Kompetenzen und Beziehung zur Europäischen Union