Research Interests

• Monuments and sites of memory
• Media- and visual literacy
• Nationalism (current movements, and historical conceptions of nationality in North America and Europe)
• Narrative Theory
• Semiotics
• Translation and translation theory
• Visual Narratology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Germanic Languages and Literatures
 Dissertation Title: Reading Double: A Semiotically Informed Analysis of Myth and Master Narrative in Children's Picturebooks from 1929-1945.

 Academic Leave AU22-SP24
 The Ohio State University, expected 2025

Master of Arts, Germanic Languages and Literatures
 M.A. Thesis
 Study Abroad AU18-SP19    
The Ohio State University, 2020                                                     

Bachelor of Arts, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures + Double Major English Linguistics
 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017

Academic Publications

M.A. Thesis. “‘Man stellt Denkmäler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt’ – Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative “Siegfried” Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany.” Ohio Link May 2020

Coauthor. “Attention to “Cirrhosis” in the News Media in 36 Countries Worldwide: Insufficient Awareness of Non-alcoholic Compared to Alcoholic Liver Disease.” American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases May 2016

Non-academic Publications

“Is Columbus becoming a safe space for neo-Nazis?” The Columbus Dispatch. 25. November 2024.

Translation Projects

Compiled Writings and Memoirs of Gisela Steinbach. 160+ page memoir translated for  the family of the late Ms. Steinbach; prose, poetry, and archival materials. 2023

Co-translator: Dr. Ann-Sophie Röhm. Nazi Experiments on Extreme Cooling and Warming Effects on the Body. Translation for Dr. Med. Pedro Weisleder, Nationwide Children’s Hospital. 2020

Presentations

“The Persistence of Memory and a Decaying Monument—What Denazification Left Behind” Presentation at the 2022 2nd Annual European Languages and Transcultural Studies Conference, Then University of California Los Angeles Permanence and Decay. May 2022

“Memories, Monuments, and the Remnants of Denazification” Presentation at the 2022 14th Annual GGSA Conference, The Ohio State University Traditions: A Survey into the Past, Present and Future in German-speaking Cultures. February 2022

Awards and Grants

2024 Max Kade Dissertation Fellowship

2022 Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants

2021 Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Research

2020 Dr. Henry J. Kratz Graduate Student Research Scholarship

2019 Freunde und Förderer der TU Dresden 

2018 Dr. Henry J. Kratz Graduate Student Research Scholarship

2018 Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst 

2018 Erasmus+

2015 Foreign Language Area Studies Grant in Russian

University Service

2024 – 2025 Grad Representative, Search Committee for Professor of Yiddish Literature and Ashkenazic Culture

2021 – 2022 Vice President of the Germanic Graduate Student Association

2020 – 2021 Council of Graduate Students, Member of Graduate Compensation and Benefits Committee 

2020 – 2021 German House Liaison

2017 – 2018 Member of the Kaffeestunde Committee

Professional Experience

Academic Publications

M.A. Thesis. “‘Man stellt Denkmäler nicht auf den flachen Asphalt’ – Nationalism and Narrative in Commemorative “Siegfried” Monuments in Weimar- and Nazi Germany.” Ohio Link May 2020

Coauthor. “Attention to “Cirrhosis” in the News Media in 36 Countries Worldwide: Insufficient Awareness of Non-alcoholic Compared to Alcoholic Liver Disease.” American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases May 2016

Non-academic Publications

“Is Columbus becoming a safe space for neo-Nazis?” The Columbus Dispatch. 25. November 2024.

Translation Projects

Compiled Writings and Memoirs of Gisela Steinbach. 160+ page memoir translated for  the family of the late Ms. Steinbach; prose, poetry, and archival materials. 2023

Co-translator: Dr. Ann-Sophie Röhm. Nazi Experiments on Extreme Cooling and Warming Effects on the Body. Translation for Dr. Med. Pedro Weisleder, Nationwide Children’s Hospital. 2020

Presentations

“The Persistence of Memory and a Decaying Monument—What Denazification Left Behind” Presentation at the 2022 2nd Annual European Languages and Transcultural Studies Conference, Then University of California Los Angeles Permanence and Decay. May 2022

“Memories, Monuments, and the Remnants of Denazification” Presentation at the 2022 14th Annual GGSA Conference, The Ohio State University Traditions: A Survey into the Past, Present and Future in German-speaking Cultures. February 2022

Awards and Grants

2024 Max Kade Dissertation Fellowship

2022 Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants

2021 Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Research

2020 Dr. Henry J. Kratz Graduate Student Research Scholarship

2019 Freunde und Förderer der TU Dresden 

2018 Dr. Henry J. Kratz Graduate Student Research Scholarship

2018 Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst 

2018 Erasmus+

2015 Foreign Language Area Studies Grant in Russian

University Service

2024 – 2025 Grad Representative, Search Committee for Professor of Yiddish Literature and Ashkenazic Culture

2021 – 2022 Vice President of the Germanic Graduate Student Association

2020 – 2021 Council of Graduate Students, Member of Graduate Compensation and Benefits Committee 

2020 – 2021 German House Liaison

2017 – 2018 Member of the Kaffeestunde Committee

Professional Experience

2024 –         Graduate Research Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus USA

2024 – 2024 Resident Director, Global May Germany Program, The Ohio State University, Berlin DE

2023 – 2024 Student Life Program Assistant, New York University Berlin, Berlin DE
2022 – 2023 Freelance Translator and Interpreter at Booka Local, UG, Berlin DE

2022 – 2023 Freelance German Instructor at German Language School (GLS), Berlin DE

2022 – 2022 Project Manager, German-English translator at „Alpha Translation Service“ GmbH, Berlin DE

2020 –          Independent Translator of German

2019 – 2022 Graduate Teaching Associate and Grader at the Ohio State University, Columbus USA

2019 – 2019 English Trainer, „Fremd Sprachen Akademie“ GmbH, Dresden DE

2019 – 2019 English Trainer, „Berufsförderungswerk,“ Dresden DE

2018 – 2018 Camp Counselor and Intern at „Deutsche Akademie für Sprachen,“ Berlin DE

2017 – 2018 Graduate Teaching Associate at the Ohio State University, Columbus USA

2017 – 2022 Independent Tutor of German for high school and university students

2016 – 2016 Media and Translation Intern at „Medienbüro am Reichstag“ GmbH, Berlin DE

Courses Taught at The Ohio State University

German 6101 (Instructor), German for Reading Knowledge (Enrollment ~28)
Graduate language course
SU21; SU22

German 3798 (Resident Director and Guest Lecturer), Global May Germany
General Education faculty-led study abroad course (Enrollment ~20)
SU24

German 3254H (Co-instructor), Holocaust Film, 
Honor’s general education course (Enrollment ~25)
AU24

German 3252 (Grader), The Holocaust in Film and Literature
General education course (Enrollment ~200-400)
SP21; SP24

German 2254 (Grader and Guest Lecturer), Grimms’ Fairy Tales and their Afterlives
General education course (Enrollment ~100-300)
AU19; AU20; AU21; SP22

German 1103 (Instructor)
Intermediate language course (Enrollment ~18)
AU20; SP21; AU21; SP22; SP24

German 1102 (Instructor)
Basic to intermediate language course (Enrollment ~21)
AU19; SP20

German 1101 (Instructor), Elementary language course (Enrollment ~20)
AU17; SP18      

Courses Taught at The Ohio State University

German 6101 (Instructor)
German for Reading Knowledge (Enrollment ~28)
Graduate language course
SU21; SU22

German 3798 (Resident Director and Guest Lecturer)
Global May Germany
General Education faculty-led study abroad course (Enrollment ~20)
SU24

German 3254H (Co-instructor)
Holocaust Film
Honor’s general education course (Enrollment ~25)
AU24

German 3252 (Grader)
The Holocaust in Film and Literature
General education course (Enrollment ~200-400)
SP21; SP24

German 2254 (Grader and Guest Lecturer)
Grimms’ Fairy Tales and their Afterlives
General education course (Enrollment ~100-300)
AU19; AU20; AU21; SP22

German 1103 (Instructor)
Intermediate language course (Enrollment ~18)
AU20; SP21; AU21; SP22; SP24

German 1102 (Instructor)
Basic to intermediate language course (Enrollment ~21)
AU19; SP20

German 1101 (Instructor)
Elementary language course (Enrollment ~20)
AU17; SP18