Fields of interest:
- Foreign language pedagogy and outreach
- Germanic philology
- Vikings and Sagas
- Low German language and culture
- 'liver-rhyme' poetry and 'Gesellschaftslyrik'
He has taught German both here at IU and at DePauw University, and his academic interests include performative pedagogy, outreach, historical linguistics, Old Norse literature and Middle Low German 'liver-rhymes'.