I am a PhD student in the Germanic Studies Department at Indiana University. I have taught German at the university for two years. I have studied modern and medieval Germanic languages in depth. My C.V. is below.


EDUCATION

Indiana University Department of Germanic Studies, Bloomington, IN
PhD Student, 2006-present
- Major: Germanic Linguistics and Philology; 81 graduate credit hours; G.P.A: 3.98
- Area Certificate in English and Germanic Philology
- Area Certificate in Medieval Studies
- A.B.D. status projected for August 2009
- Honors: Foster Blaisdell Award for Germanic Philology, 2008

Indiana University Department of Germanic Studies, Bloomington, IN
Honors M.A. in Germanic Studies, 2006
- Honors: Max Kade Fellowship, 2004-2005; Foster Blaisdell Award for Germanic Philology, 2004.

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Honors B.A. in Germanic Studies and Psychology, December 2003
- Summa cum Laude; G.P.A: 3.93

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Indiana University Department of Germanic Studies, Bloomington, IN
Associate Instructor of German, 2005-2006, 2008-2009
- Taught six German courses at the beginning and intermediate levels. Created multimedia classroom activities to creatively engage students in German culture and grammar.

Indiana University Department of Germanic Studies, Bloomington, IN
Research Assistant to Professor Kari Gade, 2006-2008
- Edited, translated, and annotated poems for a comprehensive scholarly edition of Medieval Norse-Icelandic poetry (Skaldic Poetry in the Scandinavian Middle Ages). Collaborated with an international body of scholars to establish editorial guidelines for the project. Managed data for the edition’s electronic format.

PUBLICATIONS
2009. “Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson: Hrynhenda, Poem about Hákon, Lausavísur 1-2”. Skaldic Poetry in the Scandinavian Middle Ages. Vol. 2. Ed. Kari Gade. Brepols.
2007. “Greek Influence on Gothic Complex Verbs with Pleonastic Prepositions.” The Journal of Germanic Linguistics: 19.4. 311-350.
2006. “Drengr and Þegn in the Viking Age.” Scandinavian Studies: 78.4. 375-404.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Particle Verbs with Pleonastic Prepositions in Gothic,” Philologists in Germanic Studies at Illinois and Indiana. November, 2006.
“Advertisements in the Classroom,” Indiana University Language Share Fair. October, 2005.
“Drengr and Þegn in the Viking Age,” Philologists in Germanic Studies at Illinois and Indiana. November, 2004.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Germanic historical linguistics and philology, comparative semantics, medieval culture and literature, manuscript culture, Old Norse poetry, Germanic mythology, modern German language and culture