I am currently a first-year MA student in the German Studies Department. My Bachelor’s degree is from the University of California, Irvine, in Literary Journalism with a minor in German. During my undergraduate study I acted as a chaperone for a GAPP summer exchange program in Bremen, Germany. After completing my BA, I traveled to Trier, Germany to complete a 6-month DSH-Vorbereitungskurs....
Christina is currently a second-year Masters student in the University of Arizona’s German Studies Department. She received her BA in German Studies and Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2006, and studied abroad for one year at the Ruprecht-Karls Universität in Heidelberg. Her research interests include immigration issues in Germany and in the US Southwest, study...
Antonella Cassia was born in New York City and raised in Rome, Italy. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Roma Tre (Italy) with a MA in Foreign languages and literature (major in German studies and minor in Scandinavian studies and History of the Mediterranean region). She has also studied at the universities of Osnabrück (Germany), Wien (Austria), TUM, München (Germany...
Before joining the Transcultural German Studies doctoral program at the University of Arizona, Agnes taught German language, culture and literature for several years. Currently she is teaching GER 101. Agnes is a native of Hungary. She earned a B.A. in German and English and an M.A. in German from the California State University at Fullerton. While her literary studies are rooted in early...
I graduated in May 2008 with a BA in German studies with Art Thematic Minor from the UA. When I started my MA in August 2008, I discovered with my research paper that Goethe’s Faust I had influenced and penetrated South Korean pop culture and congealed into a new product. This fusion of two very different cultures into one new kind of literature captivated my interest and prompted me to...
Alexander Ganz studied American Studies and Communication / Media at the Universität Leipzig, Germany and holds an M.A. in German Literature from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He is currently working on a Ph.D. degree in Transcultural German Studies at the University of Arizona / University of Leipzig. His research interests include pop-culture in the foreign language class room...
James is a Ph.D. candidate who studies German culture and literature. He received both his BA and MA from the University of Arizona, as well as completing a year abroad at the University of Konstanz. James has taught GER 101 through GER 202, has been a TA for TRAD 104 (Eroticism and Love in the Middle Ages), and has taught for an University of Arizona sponsored summer program at the University of...
Mariia Khorosheva is currently a first-year MA student at the German Studies Department. She holds a BA/MA degree in the “Theory and Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures, English and German”from the Vologda State Pedagogical University in Russia. In her thesis, she focused on literature, making a detailed comparison of the King Arthur legend to the Harry...
Sabine Köhler-Curry received her B.A. in German Studies and Art History from the University of Arizona. After working for world wide known cultural institutions such as Frankfurt Fair (Messe Frankfurt GmbH), the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, she decided to round up her practically cultural knowledge with an academic background...
Mein Magisterstudium in Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Amerikanistik habe ich 2006 an der Universität Leipzig abgeschlossen. Nach einer anschließenden Sprachassistenz des DAAD an der Yonsei University in Seoul / Südkorea, begann ich 2007 mit dem Promotionsstudium in Transcultural German Studies/ Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Seit 2008 forsche, unterrichte und studiere ich in besagtem...
Kristin Lange is enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the interdisciplinary doctoral program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) at the University of Arizona. She received her B.A. and M.Ed. in English, German, and Pedagogy from the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2008-2009, Kristin worked as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at Saint Louis University in...
I was raised in Seattle by two wonderful, caring parents, and a host of supportive relatives and friends, who have always strongly encouraged my continuing fascination with German. While in high school, I was an exchange student for a year in Germany in the state of Northrhein-Westfalia. I have since studied Linguistics, Education, and German Literature. My research interests include study abroad...
Ich habe 2004 mein Magisterstudium in Germanistik, Kunstgeschichte und Geschichte an der Universität des Saarlandes mit Auszeichnung abgeschlossen; 2005 habe ich mein Aufbaustudium im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache beendet. Nach einer zweijährigen Lehrtätigkeit an der Universität des Saarlandes und an der Universität Leipzig habe ich für den DAAD von 10/2007-8/...
Kerry chose to learn German in high school because her brother assured her it was the coolest language offered, and German has been a huge part of her life since the very first day of first-year German class. In 2005 she was awarded a full scholarship by the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program to spend a year attending high school in Bramsche, Niedersachsen. She...
Born and raised in southern Germany, Nina Meyerhöffer started her studies at the University of Trier where she received her B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education) degree in 2012, with majors in English, biology and education. As a prospective high school teacher, she enjoys the opportunity to work with young adults at the University of Arizona in her German 101 class and hopes to be able to...
Jupp Möhring hat sein Magisterstudium an der Universität Leipzig in den Fächern Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Journalistik und Soziologie im Jahr 2008 abgeschlossen. Von 2008 bis 2009 unterrichtete er an der Aristoteles Universität in Thessaloniki/Griechenland als DAAD Sprachasssistent. In den Jahren 2009 bis 2011 war Jupp Möhring als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Herder-...
Charles is originally from Daytona beach, Florida and moved to Arizona when he was eight years old. Growing up in a multilingual English-Dutch environment, languages have always played an important role in his life. After beginning his academic career at Yavapai College in nearby Prescott, Arizona, he moved to Tucson in 2008 to continue his studies at the University of...
Janett Münch is a second year Ph.D. student in the binational program Transcultural German Studies between the Herder-Institut of the University of Leipzig and the University of Arizona. She received her B.A. and her M.Ed. in German and English from the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Although it is her first time in the United States, Janett has had the chance to experience foreign...
After earning my BA in French, German, and International Relations at Bucknell University in 2004 and living/interning in Germany, I began working on my MA in German Studies at the UA in 2006. In 2008, I started the PhD program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching here at the UA. I have been fortunate enough to stay on in the German department to teach! My areas of interest include Study...
I was raised in Wermsdorf, a little village close to Leipzig in Germany. I received my BA degree from the University of Leipzig in 2012, with a major in American Studies and a minor in German as a Foreign Language. In my BA thesis I focused on the movie "Loose Change" as a pop-culture conspiracy narrative and its influence on young people and their opinion-forming about 9/11. ...
After finishing high school in Michigan, Diane relocated to Germany and did an additional school year at the Gymnasium in Köthen, Sachsen-Anhalt with the organization Youth for Understanding. She was so captivated by the German language, culture and lifestyle that she decided to stay there for her studies and earned her B.A. at Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg in the program...
I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and German Studies in 2012 from the University of Arizona. In Fall 2012, I began my MA in German Studies here at the U of A. Currently, I teach German 101 as a Graduate Assistant for the Department of German Studies. As the acting President of the Deutscher Studenten Club, I promote and encourage undergraduate and graduate involvement through...
