EDUCATION

Master of Arts – Germanic Languages and Literatures

Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Second Language Studies
Master’s Thesis: L1 Question Design in German Conversations-for-Learning: a conversation analytic approach
The Ohio State University, 2023

Bachelor of Arts – German, History, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Honors Thesis: The Nuremberg Chronica: Recording Serious Crime and Capital Punishment in the Sixteenth Century
The Ohio State University, 2021

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Second Language Acquisition

• Applied Linguistics

• Conversation Analysis

• Interactional Competence

• Early Modern History

• Manuscripts and Paleography

COURSES TAUGHT AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

German 3798 (Resident Director and Guest Lecturer) Global May Germany
General Education faculty-led study abroad course
SU25

Yiddish 3399 (Grader and Web Developer) Holocaust in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Literature and Film
Hybrid General Education Course, Integrative Practice: Research and Creative Inquiry
AU24, SP25, AU25

German 3252.02 (Grader) The Holocaust in Literature and Film
Online General Education Course
AU23, SP24

German 2254.02 (Grader) Grimms‘ Fairy Tales and Their Afterlives
Online General Education Course
AU22, SP23

German 1103 (Instructor)
Intermediate Language Course
SP25, AU25

German 1102 (Instructor)
Basic to Intermediate Language Course
AU22, SP23, AU24
SU23, AU23 (DL)

German 1101 (Instructor)
Elementary Language Course
AU21, SP22, SP24
SU22, SU24 (DL)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2025: Advanced Language Institute (ALI) Graduate Research Grant
2025: Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA)
2024: GLL Graduate Service Award
2021: Dieter Cunz Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
2019: Wolfe Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Germanic Graduate Students Association (GGSA)
2023 – 2025: President
2022 – 2023: Vice President

Council of Graduate Students (CGS)

2023 – 2024: GLL Delegate
2023 – 2024: ASC Dean’s Student Advisory Board

Departmental Service

2024 – 2025: Undergraduate Studies Committee
2023 – 2024: Departmental Movie + Event Coordinator
2022 – 2025: Outreach Committee, K-12 Visit Liaison
2021 – 2022: Graduate Representative to the Departmental Council
2021 – 2022: Kaffeestunde Committee

PRESENTATIONS

“Waste Not, Learn a Lot: Sustainability in the German Language Classroom” ACTFL Practice-Oriented Paper Presentation, New Orleans, LA. November 2025.

“Beyond the Classroom: Virtual Reality as a Gateway to German Language and Culture” Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) Conference, Online. March 2025.

“Conversation or Interrogation? Question Design in TalkAbroad Conversations” ACTFL Research-Oriented Paper Presentation, Philadelphia, PA. November 2024.

“Enhancing Intercultural Communication Skills in Introductory German Courses by Using TalkAbroad” Joint Presentation with Dr. Budimka Uskokovic. Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE). Online. October 2024.

“Managing Information-Seeking Questions in L2 German Conversations-for-Learning” Online Joint Presentation with Dr. Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm at the University of Waterloo for Dr. Emma Betz’ seminar “Topics in Discourse Analysis: Questions and Answers in Social Interaction.” October 2023.

“Interrogation or Conversation? And/Und-Prefacing in L2 German Interaction” The Ohio State University & University of Waterloo Joint CA Conference, Online. April 2022.

“Böser Herbst und Kalter Winter: Exploring the Tradition of Chronicle Writing through the Nuremberg Chronica.” Traditions: 14th Annual Germanic Graduate Students Association Conference, The Ohio State University. February 2022.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Ohio Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)

Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)