20th century German literature and culture, literature and history, and disability studies.

My general research interests in twentieth century German culture have to do with connections between literature and history, literature of the working world, socialist culture, drama, and disability studies.

Howard Foundation Fellowship (1999-2000)
ACLS Fellowship (1995-1996)
Wriston Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (1985)

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature, Modern Language Association (2008) and DAAD/German Studies Association Book Prize (2008), both for "Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture" (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007)

Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi

Modern Language Association
German Studies Association
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Disability Studies in Deutschland

German language, Twentieth Century German Literature and Culture including Weimar Republic, postwar literature, drama, GDR literature, cultural history of Berlin.