Academic Degrees
1985, Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
1978, A.M., German Literature, University of Michigan
1977, B.A., German, Michigan State University

Positions
Department
Director, Academic Year Abroad in Austria, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1998-99, 2002-03
Graduate Coordinator, 1994-96; 1998; 1999-2002
Undergraduate Advisor, 1988-89; 1990-1992; 2003-2005

College of Arts and Sciences
Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 2002-03; 2006-07
Arts & Sciences Council 2001-2004

University
Program Review Committee, 2003-2005
Graduate Council, 1994-2000
President, Xi of Ohio chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, 1996
Scholar in Residence, Center for the Study of Culture and Society, 1997

Profession
Co-Editor, Modern Austrian Literature, 2000-2005
Member at Large, Executive Council, Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association, 2006-

Courses Taught
German language, levels I-graduate
Contemporary Germany and German Culture and Civilization, undergraduate
and graduate levels
German literature, level III-graduate
German-American Heritage
Research Interests
Austrian Literature and Culture
Twentieth-Century German-Language Literature

Research Interests
Austrian Literature and Culture
Twentieth-Century German-Language Literature

Scholarly Projects
The Representation of Madness in Austrian Fiction (book project)
Translations of Peter Rosei, Doron Rabinovici, Gerhard Kofler, Lilian
Faschinger, Margret Kreidl, Elfriede Czurda, Erwin Einzinger, Lucas Cejpek

Publications
Articles on Robert Musil, Joseph Roth, Michael Scharang, Peter Rosei,
Christine Lavant, Lilian Faschinger, Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Turrini,
recent Austrian essays, Karl Kraus and Robert Menasse, Elfriede Czurda,
Nikolaus Leytner, Austrian "Volksst¸ck," Austria and the EC, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Djuna Barnes, Bertolt Brecht, and Austrian literary history.