ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
August 2017 - present
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GERMAN
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
August 2016 - May 2017
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GERMAN
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
August 2015 - May 2016
ANDREW W. MELLON DOCTORAL FELLOW
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
September 2014-August 2015
FULBRIGHT DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
GERMAN-AMERICAN FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN / MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR BILDUNGSFORSCHUNG
EDUCATION
2016
PHD IN GERMAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Doctoral-Level Certificate in Cultural Studies, 2014
Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Doctoral Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin, 2014-2015
2012
MA IN GERMAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
2010
BA IN GERMAN, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Summa cum laude. Honors program diploma.
DAAD Undergraduate Scholar at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2008-2009
AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
College of Arts & Letters Mini Grant, James Madison University, 2021
College of Arts & Letters Educational Leave, James Madison University, 2019
Edna T. Shaeffer Humanist Award, James Madison University, 2018
European Studies Center Small Grant for Faculty Research and Travel, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Speaking in the Disciplines Faculty Seminar Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2015-2016
Cultural Studies Small Grant for Summer Research, 2015
Fulbright U.S. Student Graduate Research Fellowship, Berlin, Germany, 2014-2015
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Long-Term Research Grant, award declined, 2014-2015
German Historical Institute (GHI) Archival Summer Seminar in Germany, 2014
Cultural Studies Small Grant for Summer Research, 2014
Graduate School Experience in German Studies Program Fellow at Ohio State University, 2009
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Undergraduate Scholarship, Heidelberg, Germany, 2008-2009