JULIA K. BAKER, Ph.D.
118 Big Springs Circle * Cookeville, TN * 38501-4881 * (931) 562-6886 * bakerju@uc.edu
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
2007 Ph.D. German Studies University of Cincinnati
2006 Certificate Holocaust Studies for Educators Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati
2002 Certificate Translation Technology University of Wales, Swansea
2000 M.A. Master of Arts (German Literature) Bowling Green State University
1999 Certificate Teaching English and German as a Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz
Foreign Language
1998 Mag. Phil. Magistra der Philosophie (Deutsch, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz
Englisch, Lehramt)
Teaching and Research Interests:
20th and 21st Century German, Austrian and American Literature; (Documentary) Film; Madness in German Literature; Transnational Literature; Austrian Writers; The City in Literature and Film; Translation; Holocaust Studies; Exile Studies; Theories of Memory, Postmemory, (Childhood) Trauma, and Transgenerational Trauma; Methodologies of Teaching German Language and Literature; Teaching with Technology and Computer-Assisted Language Learning; Second Language Acquisition.
EDUCATION:
2003-2007 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Department of German Studies
EDUCATION:
2003-2007 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Department of German Studies
Dissertation: "The Return of the Child Exile: Re-enactment of Childhood Trauma in Jewish Life-Writing and Documentary Film"
Dissertation advisor: Prof. Katharina Gerstenberger
Dissertation committee: Prof. Gerstenberger, Prof. Friedrichsmeyer, Prof. Herzog
2006 Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, USA
Holocaust Studies for Educators Certificate
2000-2002 University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Department of German
Postgraduate Certificate in Translation and Language Technology
1999-2000 Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages
Master of Arts (German Literature)
Dissertation committee: Prof. Gerstenberger, Prof. Friedrichsmeyer, Prof. Herzog
2006 Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, USA
Holocaust Studies for Educators Certificate
2000-2002 University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Department of German
Postgraduate Certificate in Translation and Language Technology
1999-2000 Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages
Master of Arts (German Literature)
Thesis: “Wahnsinn bei Ingeborg Bachmann und Charlotte Perkins Gilman unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sprachlich bedingten Außenseiterposition von Frauen in der österreichischen und amerikanischen Gesellschaft”(Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Howes)
1998-1999 Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria
Postgraduate Certificate in English as a Foreign Language
1997-1998 Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria
Postgraduate Certificate in German as a Foreign Language
1991-1997 Karl Franzens Universität, Austria
Magistra der Philosophie (Germanistik, Anglistik,
1998-1999 Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria
Postgraduate Certificate in English as a Foreign Language
1997-1998 Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria
Postgraduate Certificate in German as a Foreign Language
1991-1997 Karl Franzens Universität, Austria
Magistra der Philosophie (Germanistik, Anglistik,
Amerikanistik und Linguistik, Lehramt)
Thesis: “Female Aboriginality in Colonial Women’s Texts.” (Advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Zach)
1994 University of Queensland, Australia
Year abroad
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles:
Baker, Julia K. “Smiling bonds and laughter frees: Marginal Humor and Modern Strangers in the Works of Hung Gurst and Wladimir Kaminer.” Finding the Foreign: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. New York: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007. 47-58.
Baker, Julia K. “‘Where is the child I used to be?’ Childhood remembered - Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum, Christa Wolf’s A Model Childhood, and W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz.” Moveable Type 1 (2005). http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/issue/1_1/1_1.htm
Book Reviews:
Baker, Julia K. Review of Vienna by Eva Menasse. Focus on German Studies 13 (2006): 169-172.
Baker, Julia K. Review of Weggeküßt by Angela Krauss. Focus on German Studies 10 (2003): 239-242.
Interviews:
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Aine Zimmerman. On and Beyond Academic Journals, Globalization and Literary Canonization: A Conversation with Hans Adler. Focus on German Studies 11 (2004): 273-280.
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Laura Vas. Room for Curiosity. Interview with Liliane Weissberg. Focus on German Studies 12 (2005): 215-221.
Baker, Julia K. Creativity in the Midst of Cruelty. Interview with Michael A. Meyer and George Brady. Focus on German Studies 13 (2006): 197-205.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS:
Baker, Julia K. “Fragments and Beyond: Childhood Trauma in Binjamin Wilkomirski’s and Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt’s Holocaust Testimonies and Life-writing.” [accepted for publication by Cambridge Scholars Press].
Baker, Julia K. “Acknowledging Personal Presence in the Embodied Nature of Scholarship - A Conversation with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer.” Interview with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer [accepted for publication by Cambridge Scholars Press].
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Imelda Rohrbacher. Interview with documentary filmmakers Ruth Beckermann, Käthe Kratz and Mirjam Unger. [scheduled for March 2008].
TRANSLATIONS:
Mommertz, Monika.“The Invisible Economy of Science—A New Approach to the History of Gender and Astronomy at the Eighteenth-Century Berlin Academy of Sciences.” Translated by Julia Baker. Men, Women and the Birthing of Modern Science. Ed. Judith Zinsser. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005. 159-178.
Currently assisting a Holocaust survivor in gathering, editing and preparing his childhood memories for publication. Henry Blumenstein was the youngest passenger on the St. Louis. He fled to the Netherlands where he was hidden by a Dutch farmer´s family. After the war, Blumenstein reunited with his father in the United States.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
“Childhood in Exile and the Creative Product.” German Studies Association Annual Conference October 2- October 5, 2008 St. Paul, Minnesota 2008.
1994 University of Queensland, Australia
Year abroad
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles:
Baker, Julia K. “Smiling bonds and laughter frees: Marginal Humor and Modern Strangers in the Works of Hung Gurst and Wladimir Kaminer.” Finding the Foreign: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. New York: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007. 47-58.
Baker, Julia K. “‘Where is the child I used to be?’ Childhood remembered - Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum, Christa Wolf’s A Model Childhood, and W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz.” Moveable Type 1 (2005). http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/issue/1_1/1_1.htm
Book Reviews:
Baker, Julia K. Review of Vienna by Eva Menasse. Focus on German Studies 13 (2006): 169-172.
Baker, Julia K. Review of Weggeküßt by Angela Krauss. Focus on German Studies 10 (2003): 239-242.
Interviews:
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Aine Zimmerman. On and Beyond Academic Journals, Globalization and Literary Canonization: A Conversation with Hans Adler. Focus on German Studies 11 (2004): 273-280.
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Laura Vas. Room for Curiosity. Interview with Liliane Weissberg. Focus on German Studies 12 (2005): 215-221.
Baker, Julia K. Creativity in the Midst of Cruelty. Interview with Michael A. Meyer and George Brady. Focus on German Studies 13 (2006): 197-205.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS:
Baker, Julia K. “Fragments and Beyond: Childhood Trauma in Binjamin Wilkomirski’s and Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt’s Holocaust Testimonies and Life-writing.” [accepted for publication by Cambridge Scholars Press].
Baker, Julia K. “Acknowledging Personal Presence in the Embodied Nature of Scholarship - A Conversation with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer.” Interview with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer [accepted for publication by Cambridge Scholars Press].
Baker, Julia K. in cooperation with Imelda Rohrbacher. Interview with documentary filmmakers Ruth Beckermann, Käthe Kratz and Mirjam Unger. [scheduled for March 2008].
TRANSLATIONS:
Mommertz, Monika.“The Invisible Economy of Science—A New Approach to the History of Gender and Astronomy at the Eighteenth-Century Berlin Academy of Sciences.” Translated by Julia Baker. Men, Women and the Birthing of Modern Science. Ed. Judith Zinsser. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005. 159-178.
Currently assisting a Holocaust survivor in gathering, editing and preparing his childhood memories for publication. Henry Blumenstein was the youngest passenger on the St. Louis. He fled to the Netherlands where he was hidden by a Dutch farmer´s family. After the war, Blumenstein reunited with his father in the United States.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
“Childhood in Exile and the Creative Product.” German Studies Association Annual Conference October 2- October 5, 2008 St. Paul, Minnesota 2008.
“Postmemorable Family Stories: Reflections on Eva Menasse’s Vienna (2005).” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 28 September-1 October 2006.
“Could this be me? Reflections on Childhood Memory in Binjamin Wilkomirski’s Fragments and Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt’s Die Absonderung.” Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts. Bowling Green State University, Ohio, March 2006.
“The Return of the Child Exile – Remembering and Reinventing Childhood in Autobiographies by Survivors of the Holocaust.” M/MLA Milwaukee, November 2005.
“Where is the Child I used to be? - “Childhood remembered in Christa Wolf´s Patterns of Childhood and W.G. Sebald´s Austerlitz.” Third Annual Interdisciplinary University College London, March 2005.
“Wer sind hier die Exoten? - Alterität und interkulturelle Begegnungen in der zeitgenössischen
deutschen Literatur am Beispiel von Texten von Uwe Timm, Hung Gurst und Wladimir Kaminer.” Thirteenth Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University of California, Berkeley, March 2005.
“A Nightmare – America in the German and French mind.” Indiana University, Department of
Germanic Studies. Graduate Student Conference, Indiana University Germanic Studies, February 2005.
“Austria versus Germany: Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior.” Ohio Foreign Language Conference, Toledo, April 2000.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2008 - present Assistant Professor, Tennessee Technology University, USA
2007 Visiting Instructor, Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky, USA
German 320. Survey of German Literature
2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
German 321. Upper Level German Language and Culture
2005 Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
German Readings 897. Translation course for graduate students of all
German Readings 897. Translation course for graduate students of all
disciplines
2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Elementary and Intermediate German (101/104/201).
2000-2002 Lektor, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Elementary, intermediate and advanced German courses for
Elementary and Intermediate German (101/104/201).
2000-2002 Lektor, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Elementary, intermediate and advanced German courses for
undergraduate and international graduate students
Austrian Facts and Figures lecture
German Conversation Class for retired university employees
1999-2000 Teaching Assistant, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
Austrian Facts and Figures lecture
German Conversation Class for retired university employees
1999-2000 Teaching Assistant, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
Elementary and advanced German
Pedagogy class for high school teachers of German
1998-1999 German and English High School Teacher, Graz, Austria
German literature and English grammar and language classes for
Pedagogy class for high school teachers of German
1998-1999 German and English High School Teacher, Graz, Austria
German literature and English grammar and language classes for
seventh and ninth grade students
German as a Foreign Language Teacher, Karl-Franzens-Universität,
German as a Foreign Language Teacher, Karl-Franzens-Universität,
Graz, Austria
Elementary and advanced German courses for international students
English as a Foreign Language teacher, Adult Education Center, Graz,
Elementary and advanced German courses for international students
English as a Foreign Language teacher, Adult Education Center, Graz,
Austria
Elementary and intermediate English grammar and conversation
Responsibilities as Language Instructor and Teaching Assistant included:
Designing and collaborating on syllabi and weekly lesson plans; creating assignments, classroom and internet-activities; holding regular office hours; assisting students with their work and giving them written feedback; designing and grading tests and exams; creating essay and blog prompts, conducting oral exams; administering grades on Blackboard; organizing German film-nights, Christmas events, German Day, outreach programs and activities with high schools.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2006-2007 Editorial Assistant, Lessing Yearbook, University of Cincinnati.
2004-2005 Editor-in-Chief for Volume 12 of the journal Focus on German
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2006-2007 Editorial Assistant, Lessing Yearbook, University of Cincinnati.
2004-2005 Editor-in-Chief for Volume 12 of the journal Focus on German
Studies, University of Cincinnati.
2003-2004 Book Review Editor for Volume 11 of the journal Focus on
2003-2004 Book Review Editor for Volume 11 of the journal Focus on
German Studies, University of Cincinnati.
2003-2005 Copy editor for the journal Focus on German Studies, University
2003-2005 Copy editor for the journal Focus on German Studies, University
of Cincinnati.
2003-2007 Member of Editorial Board and Board of Referees. Focus on
German Studies. University of Cincinnati.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2003-2007 Member of Editorial Board and Board of Referees. Focus on
German Studies. University of Cincinnati.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 Moderator at the Thirty-Second Annual Conference October 2- October 5, 2008
St. Paul, Minnesota
2006-2007 Preparing Future Faculty Program at the University of Cincinnati
St. Paul, Minnesota
2006-2007 Preparing Future Faculty Program at the University of Cincinnati
for students considering an academic career in higher education.
2006 Moderator and Respondent at the Eleventh Annual Graduate
2006 Moderator and Respondent at the Eleventh Annual Graduate
Student Conference, University of Cincinnati.
Audiovisual Textbook Material
Designed, recorded and filmed dialogue on intercultural marriage
Audiovisual Textbook Material
Designed, recorded and filmed dialogue on intercultural marriage
for a German textbook.
2005 Moderator and Respondent at the Tenth Annual Graduate Student
2005 Moderator and Respondent at the Tenth Annual Graduate Student
Conference, University of Cincinnati.
Conference Coordinator. “Forgetting and Remembering – Memory
Conference Coordinator. “Forgetting and Remembering – Memory
Discourse in German Literature.” Ninth Annual Graduate Student
Conference. University of Cincinnati, October 2004.
2004-2005 Voice Recording
Designed and recorded (own voice for) dialogues between native
2004-2005 Voice Recording
Designed and recorded (own voice for) dialogues between native
speakers for the development of teaching material. Monterey
Institute of International Studies.
2003-2006 Member of Conference Organizing Committee. Focus on German
2003-2006 Member of Conference Organizing Committee. Focus on German
Studies, University of Cincinnati.
2003-2003 German Teacher
Teaching Business German at Private Language Schools
International Language Plus, Cincinnati and Cendant Mobility,
Employee Relocation Services, Chicago, USA.
1999-present Freelance Translator English>German translations in areas
1999-present Freelance Translator English>German translations in areas
including: Arts and Humanities, official documents, Marketing &
Advertising, Tourism, Literature & Publishing, Computer &
Software, Manuals & Employee Handbooks.
1998 Workshop Coordinator Kulturinstitut, Graz, Austria. Organized and
1998 Workshop Coordinator Kulturinstitut, Graz, Austria. Organized and
conducted a monthly workshop attended by 20-50 international
professionals: “Basic German and Austrian Culture in 60 minutes.”
SERVICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
2006 Member of a Jewish-Christian committee
Co-organized Rabbi Dr. Gottschalk’s visit to Oberwesel, Germany.
Coordinator of a school project in Oberwesel.
Translator/interpreter for Hebrew Union College and the
SERVICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
2006 Member of a Jewish-Christian committee
Co-organized Rabbi Dr. Gottschalk’s visit to Oberwesel, Germany.
Coordinator of a school project in Oberwesel.
Translator/interpreter for Hebrew Union College and the
University of Cincinnati.
2003 Project Coordinator, University of Cincinnati and The Academy of
2003 Project Coordinator, University of Cincinnati and The Academy of
World Languages, Outreach Program.
Co-organizer of German Day, University of Cincinnati
Co-organizer of German Day, University of Cincinnati
A traditional event hosted by the Graduate Students at the Department of
German Studies. Attended by 500 high school students, German Day offers
students and their teachers to get in touch with the German language and
culture.
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
2007 Max Kade Dissertation Summer Grant, Washington University in
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
2007 Max Kade Dissertation Summer Grant, Washington University in
St. Louis.
2006 Taft Graduate Enrichment Award, University of Cincinnati.
URC Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University
2006 Taft Graduate Enrichment Award, University of Cincinnati.
URC Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University
of Cincinnati.
2005-2006 Charles Phelps Taft Advanced Graduate Fellowship, University of
2005-2006 Charles Phelps Taft Advanced Graduate Fellowship, University of
Cincinnati.
2005 Charles Taft Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of
2005 Charles Taft Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of
Cincinnati.
Graduate Student Governance Association Travel Grant, University
Graduate Student Governance Association Travel Grant, University
of Cincinnati.
2003-2007 University Graduate Scholarships. Tuition Fellowship, University
2003-2007 University Graduate Scholarships. Tuition Fellowship, University
of Cincinnati.
2000-2002 Research Grant, Österreichkooperation, Austria/Wales, UK.
1999-2000 Fulbright Scholarship, Austria/USA.
1997 MA Thesis Research Grant (Australia), Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria.
1994-1995 Joint Study Scholarship (Australia), Karl-Franzens-Universität,
2000-2002 Research Grant, Österreichkooperation, Austria/Wales, UK.
1999-2000 Fulbright Scholarship, Austria/USA.
1997 MA Thesis Research Grant (Australia), Karl-Franzens-Universität, Austria.
1994-1995 Joint Study Scholarship (Australia), Karl-Franzens-Universität,
Austria.
LANGUAGES:
German native speaker
English near native proficiency
French intermediate (completed university language requirement)
Latin reading knowledge
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA)
German Studies Association (GSA)
American Association for Teachers of German (AATG)
Women in German (WiG)
CITIZENSHIP:
Austrian citizen; US Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) since December 2002.
REFERENCES:
Northern Kentucky University:
Thomas H. Leech
Associate Professor of German
Foreign Language Coordinator
Department of Literature and Language
Landrum 500
Phone: 859/572-5514
Fax: 859/572-6093
leech@nku.edu
University of Cincinnati:
Katharina Gerstenberger
LANGUAGES:
German native speaker
English near native proficiency
French intermediate (completed university language requirement)
Latin reading knowledge
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA)
German Studies Association (GSA)
American Association for Teachers of German (AATG)
Women in German (WiG)
CITIZENSHIP:
Austrian citizen; US Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) since December 2002.
REFERENCES:
Northern Kentucky University:
Thomas H. Leech
Associate Professor of German
Foreign Language Coordinator
Department of Literature and Language
Landrum 500
Phone: 859/572-5514
Fax: 859/572-6093
leech@nku.edu
University of Cincinnati:
Katharina Gerstenberger
Department Head, Associate Professor
730 Old Chemistry Building
513-556-2751 513-556-2750
gerstek@email.uc.edu
Todd Herzog
Todd Herzog
Associate Professor
731 Old Chemistry
513-556-2972
herzoghr@email.uc.edu 513-556-2746
513-556-2972
herzoghr@email.uc.edu 513-556-2746
Sara L Friedrichsmeyer
Graduate Director, ProfessorA&S
730 Old Chemistry Building
513-556-2750
Jennifer Kelley-Thierman
Assistant Professor and Director of Language Instruction
SWLCA&S Germanic Languages
742 Old Chemistry Building
513-556-2746
kelleyjr@ucmail.uc.edu
Monterey Institute of International Studies:
Dr. David L. Colclasure
david.colclasure@miis.edu
Bowling Green State University:
Geoffrey Howes
Professor
419-372-2268
Monterey Institute of International Studies:
Dr. David L. Colclasure
david.colclasure@miis.edu
Bowling Green State University:
Geoffrey Howes
Professor
419-372-2268
Christina Guenther
graduate coordinator
Shatzel Hall 111
419-372-7589
Temple University:
Dr. Racelle Weiman
Executive Director
Institute for Interreligious, Intercultural Dialogue
Temple University (022-38)215-204-7251 or 215-477-1080
rweiman@temple.edu
Dr. Racelle Weiman
Executive Director
Institute for Interreligious, Intercultural Dialogue
Temple University (022-38)215-204-7251 or 215-477-1080
rweiman@temple.edu
Additional Information available upon request or on my blog online at http://juliakarenbaker.blogspot.com/Teaching Portfolio including statement of teaching philosophy and scholarly interests; sample syllabi; sample teaching activities; materials prepared for courses and workshops, evidence of teaching excellence.
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she is relly genious and resourceful.
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