Julia Feldhaus

Senior Lecturer in STEM German 

Director of iSTEP

Director of GICC 

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Julia Feldhaus teaches STEM German and directs the international Science Technology & Engineering Programs (iSTEP). She also has expertise in pedagogy, psychology, and fine arts. The main focus of her research is student-centered teaching and learning, career readiness skills in the world language classroom, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence for personalized learning.

Education

  • PhD German, 2010, Rutgers University
  • M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership and Administration, UMass, 2023
  • MA German, 2007, Rutgers University
  • Staatsexam Gymnasium, 2004, University of Osnabrück

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Career Readiness Skills
  • Self-directed learning
  • Fairy Tales
  • Weimar Republic

Publications

  • "Applying Makeup -- A Social Need or a True Art Form?  The Aesthetic Pursuit of the New Woman in Vicki Baum's Pariser Platz 13," Germanistik in Ireland 11 (2017).
  • "Not without My Mommy:  The New Woman's Mother Figure in Irmgard Keun's Novels Gilgi- eine von uns (1931) and Das kunstseidene Mädchen (1932)" Monatshefte 108 (2016).

Courses Recently Taught

  • FFYS 191: Bittersweet and Global: Chocolate from Bean to Bar
  • German 310: Advanced German I
  • German 312: Advanced STEM German I
  • German 322: Advanced STEM German II
  • German 111: STEM-German I
  • German 121: STEM-German II
  • German 231: Advanced STEM-German III
  • German 241: Advanced STEM-German IV

Awards and Honors

  • Chancellor's Leadership Fellowship in the HFA Dean's Office (2026-27)
    Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2023-24)