| | Contract Academic Staff, German, Wilfrid Laurier University A brief bio will be added here |
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| | Associate Professor of Geography, Ryerson University A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Lecturer in German, Brock University A brief bio will be added here.
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| Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo Professor Boehringer's research interests lie mainly in the 19th century, with a special focus on narrative theory and gender studies. He has also published in the areas of intercultural communication and applied language teaching, and has developed the Business German program in the German department at the University of Waterloo. He is currently a member of the WCGS Executive Committee. |
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 | Associate Professor of History, University of Waterloo Gary Bruce, History, UW, Ph D (McGill), since 2007 Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo. Undergraduate teaching in modern German History and contemporary East European History. Graduate teaching and supervision of 20th century German history. Monographs on resistance and repression in East Germany.
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| Librarian, Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo Helena Calogeridis, German liaison, Porter Library, MLS (McGill), since 1994 Liaison Librarian for Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo. She ensures that the Library resources for German match the teaching, learning, and research needs and provides library instruction. Other activities include: co-creator of UW Library's web-based Subject Guide for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies (with Jane Forgay and Susan Saunders Bellingham), bibliographer for the MLA International Bibliography since 1996 (indexing for six journals devoted to German language and literature), and co-creator of a bibliographic database German Canadiana in Ontario (with Jane Forgay) - a current project.
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| | PhD in German candidate, Universityof Waterloo Allison Cattell is currently a PhD student in German in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo, where she also earned her MA in German. The title of her MA thesis was "Re-evaluating Communicative Language Teaching: Wittgenstein and Postmethod Pedagogy". Her research interests include language learning and teaching, and her dissertation project will explore these topics in Canadian educational settings. | Return to the list of members.
| | MA in German candidate, Universityof Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| Associate Professor of History and Peace & Conflict Studies,University of Waterloo Marlene Epp, History and Peace & Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University College, PhD (University of Toronto, 1996). Primary areas of teaching and research are in Mennonite history, gender studies, the history of immigration and ethnicity in Canada, and the history of peace. Publications include numerous articles, especially on the history of women and gender in Mennonite communities, and a monograph titled Women without Men: Mennonite Refugees of the Second World War (University of Toronto Press, 2000). More recently, she was chief editor (with Franca Iacovetta and Frances Swyripa) of the essay collection, Sisters or Strangers? Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History (University of Toronto Press, 2004).
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| | PhD in German candidate, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Librarian, Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo Jane Forgay, History liaison, Porter Library, MA (McMaster); MLIS (University of Western Ontario), since 1992, Librarian at the University of Waterloo Library. Currently Liaison Librarian for History, Independent Studies, and Political Science. Activities relating to German studies include co-creator of German Canadian in Ontario(with Helena Calogeridis), a bibliographic database - a current project; co-creator of the UW Library's web-based Subject Guide for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies (with Helena Calogeridis and Susan Saunders Bellingham); and translator of the L.J. Breithaupt diaries (German into English), 1991-2.
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| | Adjunct Professor of History, University of Western Ontario A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Associate Professor of History, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| Professor of German, Founding Director of the WCGS, University of Waterloo David G. John, German, UW, PhD (Toronto), since 1974 Professor of German, University of Waterloo. Undergraduate teaching in German language and literature at all levels. Graduate teaching and supervision on enlightenment and classical German literature, theatre, Goethe, Schiller, intercultural performance, scholarly methods and critical approaches. Monographs on Johann Christian Krüger, the German Nachspiel, Goethe and Schiller's Egmont, three edited collections, articles on German literature and drama from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, and on German language. | Return to the list of members.
 | MA in German candidate, University of Waterloo Christine Kampen Robinson is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests focus on applied linguistics, with special attention to second language acquisition and bilingualism, particularly German in North American settings. Her current project involves code-switching in bilingual elementary school students. She completed her B.A.Honours at the University of Winnipeg, part of the student designed major program offered there. Her program was entitled "Language and Culture in Literary Translation. | Return to the list of members.
 | PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo Belinda Kleinhans is at the moment a PhD candidate in German Studies at the University of Waterloo (ON). She is mostly interested in German literature after 1945 (mainly Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Günter Eich, Ilse Aichinger), Austrian literature, and the connection between literature and philosophy. She holds a Magister Artium in German Studies and Philosophy from the Universität Mannheim (2008) and a MA in German Studies from the University of Waterloo (2007). The title of the Master Thesis is "Geworfen in Welt, Gesellschaft und Sprache. Existentialismus und Identität in Ingeborg Bachmanns Erzählband 'Das dreißigste Jahr'". For her dissertation she will work on the topic of emotions in the poetry of Paul Celan. |
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 | Professor of German, University of Waterloo Professor Kuzniar has published books on subjects ranging from German Romanticism to The Queer German Cinema.Her recent turn to environmental and animal studies can be seen in Melancholia's Dog: Reflections on Our Animal Kinship. She teaches a variety of classes in cinema, literary and cultural theory, women and gender studies, and Romanticism.
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| Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo Grit Liebscher, German, UW, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin), Associate Professor of German at the University of Waterloo, teaches German language and applied linguistics at all levels. She supervises and teaches graduate students in discourse analysis (esp. conversation analysis and interactional sociolinguistics), bilingualism, and second language acquisition. Her current research includes a research project on language and identity among German immigrant in Canada and their descendants. She has published on language practices among East and West Germans, code-switching in the classroom, narrative structure, language use among German-Canadians, and learners' online communication.
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| | Associate Professor of German, Wilfrid Laurier University A brief bio will be added here.
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| Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo Paul Malone, German, UW, is an Associate Professor of German in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He holds a Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia and is a certified translator. In addition to his book, Franz Kafka's The Trial: Four Stage Adaptations (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003), he has published on literature, film, theatre/performance theory, and virtual reality computer technology, and is currently the editor of Germano-Slavica: A Canadian Journal of Germanic and Slavic Comparative and Interdisciplinary Studies. He is also a member of the World Languages Editorial Board of MERLOT, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. | Return to the list of members.
| | Acting Director, Arts Advancement Office, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Department Head, Special Collections, Dana Porter LIbrary, University of Waterloo Susan Mavor, Special Collections, Porter Library MLS (UWO) has been Head of Special Collections in the Dana Porter Library of the University of Waterloo since 1976. Collections and collecting activity in the department include early editions and rare books, collections of archives and manuscripts, and other material which requires special care and handling because of its early publication date, association interest, physical condition, aesthetic value, or unusual format. Now numbering over 50,000 volumes, the rare book collections have particular subject strengths in the following areas: women's studies, local history, the history of mathematics (especially Euclid's Elements of Geometry), architecture, dance and ballet, fine printing, and urban planning. Historical and literary archives are maintained in a variety of subject areas which, for the most part, complement the book collections. The collections are considered working collections which have been developed systematically around subjects that reflect the goals of the University of Waterloo's major teaching and research programmes.
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| Associate Professor of German, University of Guelph Professor Mayer’s research interests are: German Romantic literature and thought, myth and fairy tales in German culture 18th -19th century, the uncanny and fantastic in German literature and theory. Her publications include a monograph, Jena Romanticism and its Appropriation of Jacob Böhme: Theosophy – Hagiography – Literature (Kingston & Montreal: McGill-Queen’s UP, 1999) and an edition (with Marianne Henn and Anita Runge) of Benedikte Naubert’s fairy tales. Her current project is a book on the uncanny in German literature of the Romantic period. | Return to the list of members.
| | Professor emeritus of History, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies, York University David T. Mc Nabb is a Metis historian who has worked for more than a quarter century on Aboriginal land and treaty rights issues in Canada. David teaches in the School of Arts and Letters in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies at York University in Toronto where he is Associate Professor of Native Studies. He has also been a claims advisor for Nin.Da.Waab.Jig., Walpole Island Heritage Center, Bkejwanong First Nations since 1992. In addition to more than sixty published articles, David has published seven books including Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory (editor) (1998); Circles of Time: Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario (1999) as well as the co-edited Blockades and Resistance: Studies in Actions of Peace and the Temagami Blockades of 1988-89 (2003), Walking a Tightrope: Aboriginal People and their Representations (2005), all with WLU Press. His latest co-edited book (with Ute Lischke) The Long Journey of Canada's Forgotten People: MÈtis Identities and Family Histories will be published early in 2007 with WLU Press. | Return to the list of members.
| | Assistant Professor of German, York University. Gabriele Mueller teaches German Studies. Her main areas of research interest include German cinema, film history, cultural studies, discourses on East German identity and cultural memory. She was co-organizer of the conference Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria in 2008, which was hosted by the WCGS. | Return to the list of members.
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| | MA in German candidate, University of Waterloo Jillian is currently a Masters student at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests focus on applied linguistics with a concentration on Austrian identity and media. She completed a B.A. Honors Degree in German Language and Literature at the University of Alberta. | Return to the list of members.
 | PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo I am a PhD student in the Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo. I received my MA in German at the University of Waterloo in 2005. My research background is in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), conversation analysis and discourse analysis. In my PhD dissertation, which is at the intersection of SLA and interactional sociolinguistics, I focus on language learning in peer-to-peer small group interactions in pedagogy-related contexts. Understanding the social, linguistic and cognitive dimensions of learning in social interaction using conversation analysis and activity theory is at the centre of my current research interests. I taught a variety of undergraduate language courses in German during my graduate studies, including distance education online courses in German language and culture. |
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| | PhD in German candidate, University of Waterloo Tanja Scherer is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo. She did her MA in German Cultural Studies, Translation, and Literature at the University of Alberta. Her current research interests include the depiction of memory in Holocaust and contemporary Postwar Literature which she will further explore in her dissertation. | Return to the list of members.
| Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo Barbara Schmenk, German, UW, joined the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo in 2004. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in 2000. Before coming to UW, she has held appointments at Ruhr-Universität Bochum/Germany, Trinity College Dublin/Ireland, and Clemson University, SC/USA. Her research interests include language education, Gender Studies, and cultural theory. | Return to the list of members.
| MA Candidate, University of Waterloo Kyle Scholz is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo. His research interests focus on applied linguistics, specializing in second language acquisition and the anxiety associated with this process. He completed his B.A. at the University of Waterloo as well, completing a double major in Honours German and English Literature. |
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| Associate Professor of German, Director of the WCGS, University of Waterloo PhD (UMIST/Manchester), Assistant Professor of German, University of Waterloo. Undergraduate teaching in German language and linguistics at all levels. Graduate teaching and supervision in German linguistics, second language acquisition and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Monograph on the application of artificial intelligence techniques in CALL (in press), three edited collections on CALL, articles on German morphology and syntax, German in the Waterloo region, and CALL.
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 | Adjunct Professor of History, University of Waterloo D.Phil. (Oxford.) in 1988, sessional instructor 1989-1999 teaching on modern European and world history in universities across Canada. Dissertation edited into monograph, Lower Silesia from Nazi Germany to communist Poland, 1942-1949, published simultaneously in London and New York, 1994. Translated version of English edition to be published in German in 2006. Research interests on national identities and interrelationships in central and east-central Europe. M.B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University) in 1999 with focus on organisational behaviour, management, and marketing. Since 2007 engaged in sessional instructing.
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 | Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo James Skidmore is interested in the representation of cultural identity in literature and film. His main areas of inquiry are recent German film, comparative literature (German and Canadian), and the culture of the Weimar Republic. He has also done work on curriculum development and the integration of information literacy in online learning environments. More information on James Skidmore's Homepage.
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| | Administrative Assistant, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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 | Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, McMaster University Dr. Wilson, a member of the Dept. of Linguistics and Languages, pursues research and teaching interests in German literature, Comparative Literature, and interdisciplinary studies. She is cross-appointed to McMaster’s interdisciplinary Arts & Science Program, and also contributes to English & Cultural Studies, Peace Studies, and Gender Studies & Feminist Research. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Wilson offers courses in Comparative Literary Studies, European Drama, European Romanticism, and Literature as Peace Research. |
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| | PhD in German candidate, University of Waterloo / Assistant Professor of German, University of Sasketchewan A brief bio will be added here.
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| | Wage and Salary Analyst, University of Waterloo A brief bio will be added here.
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| Contract Academic Staff, German, Wilfrid Laurier University Alexandra Zimmermann, German, WLU, Dr. Phil. (Munich), Areas of teaching and research: Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Linguistics, (Inter)cultural Studies, Drama Pedagogy. Various publications in these fields. Previous teaching venues include the Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprache at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Institut für Interkulturelle Germanistik of the Universität Bayreuth. Present research on Food, Language and Cultural Identity. Public Drama performances in German, many of them in cooperation with Laurier’s Faculty of Music: “Die Befreiung der Träume” (Rafik Schami) (1999), “Der Ohrenzeuge” (Elias Canetti) (2002), “Wer war Mozart?” (2003), “E.T.A. Hoffmann-Fest“ (2006) and “Die Macht der Nixen” (2008). Most recently cooperation with the Waterloo Centre for German Studies and the Shadow Puppet Theatre of Kitchener- Waterloo in the production of “Faust” (2008). |
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