My academic profile

I went into my studies of English and American literature and culture because I loved the language and was fascinated with North America. I pursued these interests throughout undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Kassel in Germany, where I recently finished my Masters degree with the equivalent of a 4.0 GPA.

The final thesis of my M.A. program, the basis for my doctoral research ambitions, is a 

reading of five critical postbellum novels about the American South based in Cultural Geography titled The Meaning of Southernness in Postbellum Fiction (you can read it here).

Now, two degrees, personal research projects, and several visits to the US and Canada later, I know I want to continue with academic research and writing after my time at the University of Kassel and pursue a PhD.