KRISTINA PILZ. (206) Condon Hall 710, Box Seattle, WA

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1 KRISTINA PILZ th AVE NE Department of Germanics Seattle, WA (206) Condon Hall 710, Box Seattle, WA EDUCATION Present Doctoral Student in the Department of Germanics,, Seattle, Washington Master of Arts in German Studies,, Lubbock, Texas Major Subject: German Studies Minor Subject: Applied Linguistics/Second Language Studies Thesis Topic: Starke Menschen in Starken Texten Die Darstellung von Identität und Geschlecht in Elke Heidenreichs Geschichten und Erzählungen Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Charles A. Grair Certificates: Certificate in Teaching English in International Contexts Master of Arts, University of Technology Dresden, Germany Major Subject: German as a Foreign Language 1 st Minor Subject: Sociology 2 nd Minor Subject: Educational Science Thesis Topic: Alphabetisierung in Zuwanderungskursen Deutsch als Zweitsprache für in Deutschland lebende Migranten Eine Bestandsaufnahme Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernt Ahrenholz TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Present Instructor German,, Seattle, Washington Courses taught: 1 st Year German, 1 st Year Summer Intensive Courses, 2 nd Year German, German for Reading Knowledge 2012 Instructor German,, Lubbock, Texas Courses taught: 3 rd Semester German, 4 th Semester German: Internship to German, supervising TTU students in teaching and service learning in community schools, supervising students while working on a translation project in cooperation with Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library TTU Graduate Instructor,, Lubbock, Texas Courses taught: 1 st Semester German, 1 st Year German Comprehensive Review, 3 rd Semester German Assisted in: 4 th Semester German, Northern Myths and Legends, German Language Studies, Contemporary German Study Abroad: Teaching Assistant to Dr. Marlen Selker during the Texas Tech German Study Abroad in Quedlinburg, Germany, Summer

2 Project Manager Sprachen unter einem Dach- der interkulturelle, kommunikative Weg des Sprachenlernens Developing new concepts of teaching English in an intercultural and communicative way Create a variety of different classes (4 to 6 people) Aquire new teachers for the project Supervising teachers Professional Teacher In cooperation with SRH Personaldienstleistungs-und Trainingszentrum Dresden German and English Language Instruction Assisting persons with mental health issues Students with a broad range of ages and educational backgrounds Developing teaching material Creating and administering written exams Professional Teacher Teaching English language classes Various levels; Beginners Advanced; level A1-B1 (Common European Framework) Students of different ages and various educational backgrounds Professional Teacher Volkshochschule Radebeul e.v., Radebeul, Germany Teaching German as a Foreign Language for immigrants Advanced level; level A2 (Common European Framework) 2003 Internship Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico Teaching German as a Foreign Language at the University s language center Teaching classes within various grade levels, creating teaching material and administering oral and written exams Tutor University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany Leadership of a conversation class in German as a Foreign Language, part of the DSH-program of the University of Technology Dresden AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Gender Studies Post-Colonial Studies 20 th Century German Literature and Culture Foreign Language Pedagogy 2

3 PUBLICATIONS 2009 Mein persönliches Sprachenportfolio B2 in Lackman/Loyd/Wright. First Choice: B2 Englisch für Erwachsene. Berlin: Cornelsen, PRESENTATIONS 2015 BlackWhite Narratives: Reading Afro-German Configurations of Identity, UIC Graduate Student Conference Converging Narratives: The Personal Meets the National, Chicago, IL, April 2013 Eva, devil s child and Lulu Unmasking bourgeois behavior through projections, 70 th Annual South Central MLA Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3-5 October 2012 Gut und Böse Frau und Mann!? Von Identität und Geschlecht in Heidenreichs Kinderund Jugendliteratur, 37 th Annual Women in German Conference, Shawnee on Delaware, PA, October SCHOLARSHIPS Max Kade Fellowship Awarded in support of Graduate Studies Department of Germanics, ($10,000) 2010 AT&T Chancellor s Fellowship Awarded in support of Graduate Studies, ($2000) ACADEMIC SERVICE Conference Organization 2015 UW Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference 2016, Chair of the Organizing Board,, Seattle, WA. Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Wilke Curriculum Design 2010 Curriculum and materials development for a German Cultural Studies Course,, Lubbock, TX. Supervisor: Dr. Stefanie Borst Extracurricular Activities Graduate and Professional Student Senate,, Seattle, WA Spring 2013 Winter 2013 Germanic Film Series: Thriller made in Germany,, Seattle, WA Germanic Film Series: Germany- Think transcultural,, Seattle, WA 3

4 2012 German Movie Night,, Lubbock, TX Fall 2010 DAAD Teaching Workshop, University of California, Berkeley, CA German Kaffeeklatsch,, Lubbock, TX PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS LANGUAGES REFERENCES Modern Language Association (MLA) South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Women in German (WiG) German native language English second language French third language, reading knowledge Spanish fourth Language, reading knowledge Italian fifth language, reading knowledge Stefanie Borst, Associate Academic Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Associate Professor of German (806) ext. 245 Charles A. Grair, Associate Professor of German (806) ext. 275 Anita McChesney, Assistant Professor of German (806) ext. 275 Brigitte Prutti, Associate Professor and Chair of German Department of Germanics (206)

5 Ellwood Wiggins, Assistant Professor of Germanics Department of Germanics (206)