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1 Maria Reger Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages University of Connecticut Storrs, CT EDUCATION PhD candidate, Literatures, Cultures and Languages (Concentration: German Studies / German Literature), University of Connecticut, USA (PhD expected May 2019) Master of Arts, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2014) o Literature and Media in Practice / German Language and Culture Studies o Thesis: Wenn Literatur zum Politikum wird. Am Beispiel von Heinrich Bölls Erzählung Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum und Günther Grass Gedicht Was gesagt werden muss ( When literature becomes a political issue. On the example of example of Heinrich Böll s narration Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum and Günther Grass s poem Was gesagt werden muss ) Bachelor of Arts, RWTH Aachen, Germany (2011) o Political Science / German and General Literature o Thesis: Diese Kette von Rätseln Untersuchung des hermetischen Charakters der Nachkriegslyrik von Nelly Sachs anhand ausgewählter Beispiele ( Diese Kette von Rätseln Study of the hermetic character of Nelly Sachs post-war lyric on the basis of selected examples ) Participation in the EU exchange program ERASMUS as a student at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Fall 2010) RESEARCH INTERESTS Contemporary German Literature, Intercultural Literature, Reality and Fiction, Deconstruction, Discourse Theory, Human Rights, Literature in Practice, Intermediality, Digital Humanities, Web Literature 1

Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2014) o Literature and Media in Practice / German Language and Culture Studies o Thesis: Wenn Literatur zum Politikum wird.

2 EMPLOYMENT Academic Employment Teaching Assistant, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, USA (2014 present) Student assistant at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology at the University Hospital in Essen (06/ /2014) Non-Academic Employment Museum guide in the International Museum of the Newspaper Aachen (07/ /2011) Proofreading at the Aachener Zeitung (10/ /2010) INTERNSHIPS Guest auditor/teaching assistant in different German language classes, Alphabetization and levels A1-B2 (Elementary I to Intermediate II), Volkshochschule Essen, Germany (02/ /2014) Volkshochschule Essen in the department of German as a foreign language (02/2013) International Museum of the Newspaper Aachen ( /2011) Parliamentary group of the political party Alliance 90/The Greens in the Landtag of North-Rhine-Westphalia in the section of children, youth, family, elderly people, migration and one-world politics (03/2010) TEACHING EXPERIENCE German Language and Culture GERM 1131: Elementary German I (Fall 2014) GERM 1133: Intermediate German I (Fall 2014) GERM 1134: Intermediate German II (2x Spring 2015) GERM 3233: Building Language Skills Through Culture / Kultur in der Praxis (Fall 2015) Online Courses GERM 1131: Elementary German I Online (Summer 2015) Co-instructor GERM 1132: Elementary German II Online, with Manuela Wagner (Summer 2015) 2

Proofreading at the Aachener Zeitung (10/2009-01/2010) INTERNSHIPS Guest auditor/teaching assistant in different German language classes, Alphabetization and levels A1-B2 (Elementary I to

3 Courses assisted GERM 1171: German Culture through Film, taught by Katharina von Hammerstein (Fall 2015) ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS / CERTIFICATES Graduate certificate in Human Rights (03/2015 present) Principles and Concepts of Teaching German as a Foreign Language at the Goethe-Institute in cooperation with the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (10/ /2014) Zertifikat Internationales of the RWTH Aachen University, including intercultural trainings, language classes, and participation in a mentor program for international students (01/ /2011) Participation in Dean s List seminars at the Career Center of the RWTH Aachen ( ) o Presentation o Small Talk and Networking o Business Etiquette o Speedreading o Motivation AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Pre-doctoral Summer Fellowship, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut $1365 (2015) Graduate Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut (2015) Certificate in recognition of outstanding achievements in the study of the German Language and Literature, German Section of the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut (2015) CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations Aus der Kammer wird ein Kämmerlein. Walter Benjamins Berliner Kindheit um 1900 aus soziohistorischer Perspektive at the graduate student conference True Stories? Exploring Subjectivity, Non-Fiction and Truth Claims, University of Cincinnati (11/20-22/2015) 3

Internationales of the RWTH Aachen University, including intercultural trainings, language classes, and participation in a mentor program for international students (01/2011 09/2011) Participation in

4 Conferences organized VI Annual Languages Graduate Student Association Conference At the Crossraods: Mapping Dichotomies in Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut (11/06/2015) Panel Moderation Digitizing Translation: Technology and New Media Tools at the graduate conference Found in Translation, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut (11/07/2014) Invited Presentations German Holiday Traditions at Das Gingerbread Event, Honor Society, University of Connecticut (12/01/2014) ACADEMIC SERVICE Positions Treasurer, Languages Graduate Student Association (LANGSA), University of Connecticut (since 2015) Advisor, German Club, 11/2014 8/2015 Secondary Advisor, German Club, 08/ /2014 PUBLICATIONS open mike 2012 in Berlin, Germany international competition for young German-language writers of prose and poetry o Worum ging s da nochmal? Auf spurlosen Sohlen zum Sieg. Rezension zu Sandra Gugićs Text Junge Frau, undatiert (2012) Online: o Leben und Schreiben nach dem open mike - oder die Erntelesung. Ehemalige TeilnehmerInnen bei der Auftaktveranstaltung zum 20. open mike und ihr Erfolg im Literaturbetrieb. (2012) Online: Radio Report Alter und Fremdsprachenerwerb (Winter 2012/13) Video Bücherpartys (Summer 2012) Video Recklinghausen leuchtet (Winter 2011/12) 4

Connecticut (11/07/2014) Invited Presentations German Holiday Traditions at Das Gingerbread Event, Honor Society, University of Connecticut (12/01/2014) ACADEMIC SERVICE Positions Treasurer,

5 VOLUNTARY WORK Judging special prizes at the Connecticut State History Day, Central Connecticut State University (05/09/2015) Voluntary cooperation with the magazine of the parish St. Barbara in Rescheid (08/2009 present) Music theory training of the students of the Jugendblasorchester Rescheid (Youth Brass Orchestra) (04/ /2010) Committee member of the Jugendblasorchester Rescheid (01/ /2009) Voluntary service in the mining museum Grube Wohlfahrt Rescheid (04/ /2011) TECHNICAL SKILLS Blackboard and Blackboard Collaborate Classroom Management Producing Radio Records (Audacity, Wavelap) Producing Videos (AVID) LANGUAGES German: Native speaker English: Fluent in written and oral English Latin: Proficient knowledge Spanish: Working knowledge French: Working knowledge 5

Rescheid (01/2007 01/2009) Voluntary service in the mining museum Grube Wohlfahrt Rescheid (04/2004 08/2011) TECHNICAL SKILLS Blackboard and Blackboard Collaborate Classroom Management Producing

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