Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Assisted in developing teaching materials and assignments while managing and updating curriculum materials and assignments on Canvas, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and timely distribution. - Tracked and updated student grades and enrollment changes in university systems and Excel, ensuring accurate and up-to-date reporting. - Supervised teaching staff, facilitated onboarding, and provided ongoing pedagogical support. - Coordinated logistics and facilitated communication among faculty, teaching staff, and students to ensure a seamless learning experience. - Served as the primary contact for students, addressing inquiries on course policies. - Managed budget for instructional meeting fund.
- Planned and executed programming for students, applied research-based pedagogical principles to communicate educational content effectively and adapt delivery to diverse audiences, improving academic performance and enhancing mastery of course content. - Designed and led student engagement initiatives that foster community, inclusivity, and academic success through interactive programming. - Managed course administration by tracking student progress, provided feedback, ensured policy compliance, and submited grades, ensuring accurate tracking of requirements and progress toward course completion.
- Investigated core questions of memory and forgetting by analyzing German literary texts from the late 19th to the 20th century, culminating in a doctoral dissertation. - Synthesized interdisciplinary scholarship—from literary theory to gender and sexuality studies—to develop a novel framework on ellipses as a textual expression of forgetting. - Authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and chapters, contributing fresh insights into Germanic literature and cultural studies. - Examined primary and archival materials to support original arguments, applying rigorous methodologies in close textual analysis. - Collaborated with peers and faculty on edited volumes, ensuring high-quality scholarly standards and advancing dialogue within the field.
- Designed a rigorous, student-centered curriculum compressing 13 weeks of content into a 7-week intensive beginning German course. - Facilitated interactive, communicative lessons to enhance reading, writing, speaking, and listening proficiency in German. - Evaluated student progress through innovative assessments and real-life language activities. Provided targeted feedback and individualized support to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs. - Fostered a collaborative classroom environment that encouraged active participation and cultural engagement.
- Managed the preparation of scholarly publications, oversaw copy-editing, content revisions, and complicity with various style guides such as MLA and Chicago Manual of Style. - Communicated and collaborated with authors and editors to ensure high-quality academic output. - Conducted background research on scholars. - Developed a searchable archive by cataloguing and sorting materials from a decade-long research project, enhancing data retrieval efficiency. - Updated and maintained reference databases (Zotero, Endnote, Citavi). - Coordinated administrative tasks, including event planning, logistical support, and library account management, ensuring efficient operations and resource accessibility.