General Research Interests

• 20th and 21st Century German and Austrian Literature, Theater, and Film
• Feminist Literature, Theater, and Film
• Queer and Feminist Narrative Theory
• Anti-mimetic Narrative Theory
• Feminist Theories of Language
• Feminist Film Theory

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Articles in Progress

"Is #metoo sexy? Or What Does it Mean for Women to Act Politically?"
“Living Dirty: The Pregnant Body and the State in Birgit Vanderbeke’s Die Frau mit dem Hund”
"Sisters Overshadowed: Political Doubling in Brecht's Antigone Play"

Current Book Project

Murderous Mothers: Mythology Becoming Melodrama in German Literature and Film (1970-2000)
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Based on my dissertation, Murderous Mothers: Feminist Violence in German Literature and Film (1970-2000)
Advisor: Kata Gellen, Duke University

Dissertation Abstract

Graduate Research 

Fulbright Research Project (Sept. 2011-Sept. 2012)
Examined conceptions of Heimat in memoirs detailing the postwar experiences of German-Jewish women
Advisor: Michael Brenner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Honors Thesis (2011)
Encountering Soviet Soldiers: Women’s Changing Narratives of the Sexual Violence of the Immediate Postwar Period
Advisor: Irene Kacandes, Dartmouth College