EDUCATION:
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2005: "Introduction to Museum Work," University of Arizona
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2000: Ph.D., English, Brandeis
University
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2000: Online Teaching Certificate,
UCLA
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1993: M.A., English, Brandeis University
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1988: M.A., English, SUNY
Oneonta
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1986-87: University of Kent at Canterbury,
England
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1984-86: University of
Würzburg, Germany
DISSERTATION:
"From Remembering Accurately Towards a Hermeneutics of Memory:
Representations of the Holocaust in Contemporary Fiction." The
dissertation examines how individual memory of the Holocaust is being supplanted
by cultural memory and provides a moral taxonomy of different representational
instantiations. Dissertation director: Professor John Burt.
CONFERENCES:
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"Virtus and Volumnia's Role in Coriolanus' Construction,"
Feminist Theory
Colloquium, Brandeis University, October 1992 (presentation)
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"History Without Telos," POSTFACTION,
University of Warwick, England, November 1995 (presentation)
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"Emplotments of History: E. L. Doctorow's Vision of American History in
The Book of Daniel," NEMLA Conference, Montréal, Canada,
April 1996 (presentation)
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"Adult Education and the Internet," Fifteenth and Sixteenth Annual Faculty
Development Conference, Graduate School, USDA, Washington, DC,
April 1996 and April 1997 (presentation)
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Presenting the Unpresentable: Postmodern Mimesis. Topic: The Postmodern
U.S. Novel and the Holocaust. NEMLA Conference, Philadelphia, April
1997 (panel chair)
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"Self-Narration and Postmodern Time," The Criticism
of the Future Conference, University of Kent at Canterbury, July
1997
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"Historical Ontology in a Postmodern Dispensation: The Case of the Contemporary
Holocaust Novel," 20th-Century Literature Conference, University
of Louisville, KY, February 1998
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"Collective Memory and Postmodern Narrative Form--the Holocaust as a Paradigm
for the Reconciliation of Ostensible Opposites," (RE)Presenting
the Holocaust: An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Colloquium, Ohio
State University, February 1998
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"Teleology Undone: History and Fiction in Jewish-American Fiction,"
NEMLA
Conference, Baltimore, April 1998
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Writing the Disaster: Fictional Responses to the Holocaust, NEMLA Conference,
Baltimore, April 1998 (panel chair)
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"Postmodern Form and the Hermeneutics of Memory: Recent Holocaust Fiction,"
(Re)covering
the Past Conference, Binghamton, NY, April 1998
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"Memory Transmission and Postmodern Narratology," Legacy of the Holocaust:
Its Meaning in Today's World Conference, University of Nebraska at
Omaha, April 1998
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"Postmodern Form and the Hermeneutics of Memory in the Novels of D.M. Thomas
and W.G. Sebald," 1999 Biennial Conference of the
Southern American Studies Association, The University of North
Carolina at Wilmington, February 1999
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"Representing the Unspeakable: Ethics and the Holocaust Novel,"
12th Annual Conference of the
Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Michigan State University,
September 2000
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"The Holocaust in Novels: A Taxonomy of Representational Responses,"
The London 2000 Postgraduate Student Conference
in Jewish Studies, University College London,
September 2000
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"Epistemologies of Postmodern Memory: The Case of the Contemporary Holocaust
Novel and the Question of a Representational Ethics,"
98th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, UCLA,
November 2000
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"Joseph Skibell's 'A Blessing on the Moon'--Retelling the Holocaust in the Continuum of Jewish Folk
Literature, and the Repercussions for Contemporary Jewish Identity,"
13th Annual Conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Chicago, IL,
October 2001
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"The Use of Tropes of Jewish Folk Literature in Contemporary Literature:
The Case of Joseph Skibell's 'A Blessing on the Moon',"
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA,
November 2001
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"The Holocaust as the Still Point of the World in the Work of W. G. Sebald,"
W.G. Sebald:
Works & Influences. The Third Occasional Davidson Symposium on German Studies
, Davidson, NC, March 2003
PUBLICATIONS:
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"The Holocaust as the Still Point of the World in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants" in: W. G. Sebald: History - Memory - Trauma
, ed. by Scott Denham and Mark McCulloh.
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Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature,
Entries on: Walter Abish, Bernhard Schlink, W.G. Sebald, Art Spiegelman, How German Is It, "The
English Garden," The Reader, The Emigrants, Maus
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"Dissolving Worlds," Review, The Stories
of David Bergelson: Yiddish Short Fiction from Russia,
H-JUDAIC
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Review, Politik mit der Erinnerung: Gedächtnisorte
im Streit um die Nationalsozialistische Vergangenheit, H-GERMAN
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"Too Close for Comfort," Review, Ruined by the Reich: Memoir of an East
Prussian Family, 1916-1945, H-GERMAN
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"The Shoah--Theorizing the Boundaries of Representation and Tracking
Pluridisciplinary Representations,"
Review, Verbot der Bilder--Gebot
der Erinnerung: Mediale Repräsentationen der Schoah,
H-GERMAN
- "The Vagaries of Memory and Memorialization," Review, Facing The Lion / The Tiger in the Attic,
H-GERMAN
ACADEMIC HONORS:
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Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations passed with Distinction, 1995
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Sachar Fellowship, Brandeis University, 1993
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Leaderman Teaching Fellow, Brandeis University, 1994
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Hirschfield Teaching Fellow, Brandeis University, 1993
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Ross Teaching Fellow, Brandeis University, 1992
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Recipient, English as a Second Language Teaching Associate Prize for Academic
Year 1995/96
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
(1) ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
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2007 - 2008: Adjunct Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
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2004 - 2005: Adjunct Professor, Western International University,
Effective Persuasive Writing
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2001 - 2004: Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland University College,
Critical Approaches to Literature,
The Novel in America Since 1914
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1995: Instructor, Curry College,
Contemporary American Literature
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1994-1995: Instructor, Brandeis
University Writing Center
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1993: Teaching Assistant, Brandeis University, Introduction
to Literary Method
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1992-1994: Instructor, Brandeis University, First-year Student Writing
Seminar
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1993: Visiting Lecturer, Tufts
University, An Introduction to Postmodernism
(2) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
(3) GERMAN
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
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1993: Research Assistant, Professor John Burt, Brandeis University. Research
for The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren (Baton Rouge: Louisiana
State UP, 1998)
TEACHING INTERESTS:
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Contemporary/Postmodern American novel
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Modernism
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Modern Drama
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Shakespeare
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Composition
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Cultural Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Holocaust Literature
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Theory of the Novel
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Aesthetics
ACADEMIC SERVICE:
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Member, International Students Advisory Committee, Office of International Education,
SUNY Oneonta, 1987-88
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Program Coordinator, Graduate School, USDA,
Washington, DC, 1988-1991
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Program Manager, Graduate School, USDA,
Washington, DC, 1995-2003
- Director, Academic and Enrollment Services, Johns Hopkins University, Advanced Academic Programs,
Baltimore, MD, 2003-2005
- Learning Technologies Project Manager, Federation of American Scientists,
Washington, DC, 2005
- Board Member, Jewish Study Center,
Washington, DC, 2006-2007
- Member, Board of Trustees, University of Northern Virginia,
Manassas, VA, 2006-2007
- Director of Summer Sessions, The George Washington University,
Washington, DC, 2006-2008
- Director of Program Development, University of Virginia, School of Continuing and Professional Studies,
Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church, VA, 2008
- Executive Director Global Pathways, Kaplan Aspect,
Washington, DC, 2008-present
LANGUAGES:
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German: native fluency
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Italian: excellent reading and writing ability
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French: reading ability
RECOMMENDATIONS:
CREDENTIALS:
My dossier is available from the English
Department, Box 9110, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 (tel.
781-736-2130; fax. 781-736-2179)
