Organizers

Alison Behling, M.A. Student
abehling@german.umass.edu
Weimar literature and culture, female GDR authors, the portrayal and importance of nature and the environment in German literature, society, and politics

Juliette Brungs, Ph.D. Student
jbrungs@german.umass.edu

Florence Feiereisen, Ph.D. Candidate
ffeierei@german.umass.edu
Contemporary German literature, German “Popliteratur” 1968-2003 (from Rolf Dieter Brinkmann to Alexa Hennig von Lange)

Kyle E. Frackman, Ph.D. Student
frackman@german.umass.edu
Queer theory, feminist theory, gender studies, boarding schools, fin-de-siècle German and Austrian literature, film, uses and effects of time-space, Scandinavian studies, Swedish, Finnish

Melissa Gazo, Ph.D. Student
mgazo@german.umass.edu

Anne Hector, Ph.D. Candidate
ahector@german.umass.edu
Contemporary German literature

Alexandra Merley, Ph.D. Student
amerley@german.umass.edu
German art history (1890-present), contemporary German literature (post-Wende), film studies (especially DEFA film), GDR culture and society

Rachael Salyer, Ph.D. Student
rsalyer@german.umass.edu
Philology, medieval literature and culture, Weimar Germany

Evan Torner, M.A. Student
etorner@german.umass.edu
German film history, Utopian/Dystopian science fiction, teaching methods