My research and curricular work have had a significant impact on my teaching. I happily teach all levels in the curriculum and look to implement a text-based, theme-oriented pedagogical approach regardless of the curricular level. Whether I am teaching German 101 or a senior seminar, I see texts – defined broadly to include any purposeful language use – as the carriers of content and the vehicles of instruction; they provide models for language use as well as meaningful content for conducting cultural inquiry. Such an approach calls for conscious attention to the textual language and content, and benefits greatly from an integrated and coherent curriculum that has a clear sequence of courses that logically build upon each other, both in terms of content and language. Ultimately, it is hoped that exposing students to this method for approaching texts can be transferred to their own surroundings and culture for the purpose of better understanding which behaviors and ideas a particular culture values or marginalizes.
German Studies and Linguistics courses taught over the last several years:
German 101 (Fall 2019): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 102 (Spring 2020): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 201: Coming of Age through the Ages (Fall 2021)
German 202: Coming of Age through the Ages (Spring 2016 & 2023): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 301: Süße Pein: Love and Hate in 20th and 21st-century Germany (Fall 2013): Syllabus
German 302: America, the Beautiful? America-Bilder in der deutschsprachigen Welt (Spring 2022): Syllabus
German 370A: multikulturelles Österreich (Vienna, Summer 2018): Syllabus / Weekly schedule / Course website
German 370A: Lebenswertes Wien (Vienna, Summer 2019): Syllabus / Weekly schedule / Walking tour
German 370A: Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit (Vienna, Summer 2023): Syllabus / Walking tour
German 380: iGerman (Fall 2015): Syllabus / Course website
German 380: First 100 Days of National Socialist Germany (Spring 2017): Course website
German 380: Emory auf Deutsch (Spring 2021): Walking tour
German 409: Issues and Trends in Contemporary Germany (Fall 2015): Syllabus / Weekly schedule
German 470: CyberGerman (Spring 2014): Syllabus
German 470: German in Georgia (Fall 2017): Syllabus / Course website
German 470: Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit (Fall 2019): Syllabus
German 470: Green Germany (Fall 2022): Syllabus
Linguistics 190: Reading Atlanta (Spring 2018)
Linguistics 201: Foundations of Linguistics (Fall 2021)
Linguistics 318: Second Language Acquisition (Spring 2021): Syllabus
Linguistics 385: Languages across Metro Atlanta (Spring 2022 & 2023): Course website
Linguistics 385: Multilingual Atlanta (Spring 2020): Syllabus
Linguistics 385: Literacy, Language, and Education (Fall 2010): Syllabus
Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics, University of Vienna (Fall 2018): Syllabus
German Studies and Linguistics courses taught over the last several years:
German 101 (Fall 2019): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 102 (Spring 2020): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 201: Coming of Age through the Ages (Fall 2021)
German 202: Coming of Age through the Ages (Spring 2016 & 2023): Syllabus / Unit goals
German 301: Süße Pein: Love and Hate in 20th and 21st-century Germany (Fall 2013): Syllabus
German 302: America, the Beautiful? America-Bilder in der deutschsprachigen Welt (Spring 2022): Syllabus
German 370A: multikulturelles Österreich (Vienna, Summer 2018): Syllabus / Weekly schedule / Course website
German 370A: Lebenswertes Wien (Vienna, Summer 2019): Syllabus / Weekly schedule / Walking tour
German 370A: Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit (Vienna, Summer 2023): Syllabus / Walking tour
German 380: iGerman (Fall 2015): Syllabus / Course website
German 380: First 100 Days of National Socialist Germany (Spring 2017): Course website
German 380: Emory auf Deutsch (Spring 2021): Walking tour
German 409: Issues and Trends in Contemporary Germany (Fall 2015): Syllabus / Weekly schedule
German 470: CyberGerman (Spring 2014): Syllabus
German 470: German in Georgia (Fall 2017): Syllabus / Course website
German 470: Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit (Fall 2019): Syllabus
German 470: Green Germany (Fall 2022): Syllabus
Linguistics 190: Reading Atlanta (Spring 2018)
Linguistics 201: Foundations of Linguistics (Fall 2021)
Linguistics 318: Second Language Acquisition (Spring 2021): Syllabus
Linguistics 385: Languages across Metro Atlanta (Spring 2022 & 2023): Course website
Linguistics 385: Multilingual Atlanta (Spring 2020): Syllabus
Linguistics 385: Literacy, Language, and Education (Fall 2010): Syllabus
Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics, University of Vienna (Fall 2018): Syllabus
