Education

University of Cincinnati
  BA in German Studies 2015
  BA in History 2015
  MA in German Studies 2015
  MA Thesis: People as Propaganda: Personifications of Homeland in Nazi German and Soviet Russian Cinema

University of Pennsylvania
  MA in Germanic Languages and Literature 2018

Research Interests

Intersections of Heimat, Language, and Identity
Comparative Studies of Afro-German and Afro-Russian History and Culture
English-German (Meta)Translation in J.R.R. Tolkien's works and mythos
Comparative Focuses on Nazi German and Soviet Cinema

International Education

2008-2009 CBYX Scholar
  Gymnasium Borghorst
  Steinfurt, Germany

2017 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
  (Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте)
  Russian Language and Philology

Work Experience

Jan-August 2023
  Dayton, Ohio
  Adjunct Instructor Wright State University
  Courses Taught: Intermediate German I & II

June 2022 -
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Affordable Language Services, LLC
  German Interpreter

Sep 2018 - May 2019
  Philadelphia, PA
  Teaching Fellow University of Pennsylvania
  Elementary German I & II

2016-2023
  Cincinnati, OH
  Cincinnati Public Schools
  German Teacher
  Grades and Levels Taught: 6th-12th, German 1-4