Biography
TTh 1:30-2:30 p.m.
3031 JFSB
Commonly Taught Courses
Hum 202 Hum 490 Danish/Norwegian 340
Degrees
PhD, UCLA, 2005
Interests
Danish literature Norwegian literature European Modernism Memory Studies
Research Interests
Danish and Norwegian literary and cultural history, H.C. Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard, Trauma Studies, Memory Studies, European Modernism, Theory, Nationalism.Teaching Interests
Danish and Norwegian literary and cultural history, H.C. Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard, Trauma Studies, Memory Studies, European Modernism, Theory, Nationalism.Honors and Awards
- Alcuin Fellowship, General Education (2015 - 2017)
Memberships
- MSA Nordic (Nordic chapter of the Memory Studies Association (2022 - Present)
- Memory Studies Association (2017 - Present)
- Norwegian Teachers and Researchers Association of North America (NorTANA) (2012 - Present)
- Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (1999 - Present)
- Modern Language Association (2012 - 2024)
- American Comparative Literature Association (2016 - 2021)
- International Comparative Literature Association (2006 - 2008)
Professional Citizenship
- Other, Nordic Literary Histories Project (ICLA and Berkeley, BYU) (2017 - Present)
- Conference-Related Role, SASS Conference Stream Organizer (2016 - 2017)