TEACHING INTERESTS
My teaching includes courses in North American and British Literature and Culture. Particular interests of mine are:
- Early North American Studies
- 19th-Century U.S.-American Prose Fiction
- Multi-Ethnic and Transnational American Studies
- 20th and 21st-Century U.S. American Drama
- U.S. American Popular Culture
COURSES TAUGHT
Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University, Germany, B.A. / M.Ed. Programs in British and American Studies
Summer Term 2018
- Analyzing and Interpreting Literary Texts: American Literature
- “Murder, My Sweet:” Crime and Crime Fiction in the United States
Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of Wuppertal, Germany, B.A. Program in English and American Studies
Summer Term 2017
- 3 Courses: Survey Lecture in American Literary History
- The Lure of the Mediterranean in 19th-Century American Literature
- The American Southwest
- Sport and the Sport Film in the United States
Winter Term 2016-17
- Survey Lecture American Literary History
- 2 Courses: Introduction to Literary Studies (UK, US, Caribbean)
- In Slavery and Freedom: Early African American Autobiography
- American Crime Fiction
- Canadian Literatures
- American Artists in Paris
Summer Term 2016
- Survey Lecture American Literary History
- American Letters of the Revolutionary Period
- American Travel Writing
- 20th-Century American Drama
- Mexican America
- Gender and American Modernism
Winter Term 2015-16
- Survey Lecture American Literary History
- 3 Courses: Introduction to Literary Studies (UK, US, Caribbean)
- Writing the North American Colonies
- Literature and Science in 19th-Century America
- The U.S. American City: Visions, Discourses, Representations
Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University, Germany, B.A. / M.A. / M.Ed. Programs in British and American Studies, M.A. Programs in Inter-American Studies and in Literary Studies
Summer Term 2015
- (En)Gendering American Modernism: Gender and American Literature and Culture, 1920-1940
- American Political Theater and Drama
Winter Term 2014-15
- Early African American Autobiography
Summer Term 2013
- The Mediterranean in 19th-Century American Literature
Summer Term 2012
- American Sports Cultures
Summer Term 2011
- From Colony to Republic: Early American Literature and Politics, 1770-1820
Winter Term 2010-11
- Brave New World(s)? Literatures and Cultures in Colonial North America
Summer Term 2010
- Science and Narrative in 19th-Century America
Summer Term 2009
- The U.S.-American City: Visions, Discourses, Representations
Winter Term 2008-09
- Broadway and Beyond: 20th-Century American Theater and Drama
English Seminar, University of Münster, Germany, Integrated B.A. – M.A. / M.Ed. Programs in English and American Studies
Winter Term 2004-05
- Literatur und Geschlecht