Expertise

At Colby, he teaches all levels of German, from beginning language courses through senior seminars. With an emphasis on modern literary and cultural studies, he has published a book on national and regional identities, a co-edited volume on E.M. Arndt.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Modern German literature and culture
  • Nineteenth-century German culture
  • German popular culture and film
  • Language pedagogy
  • Soccer
  • Human-Animal Relations

I am presently working on a book project on multiculturalism, questions of identity, and Ultra groups at all levels of German soccer.

Communities
German
Degrees
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature, 2001
MA, Pennsylvania State University, German Literature, 1997
BA, Kenyon College, German Area Studies, 1995