Lisa Steiner

Area(s) of Study: German literature.

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Hometown: Freiburg, Germany

About: Lisa is a German PhD candidate with a focus on German literature. Lisa graduated from the University of Education Freiburg in 2016 with the First State Examination – Europalehramt (Bilingual Teaching Certificate). She then did her M.A. at the University of Alabama in German Studies from 2016-2018, where she taught as a Teaching Assistant for German. Starting the PhD program at UW in Fall 2020, she successfully completed her prelims in 2022 and is now working on her dissertation “Vicissitudes of Heimat: Globalization, Migration, and Rural Germany in Contemporary German Novels.” To support the pursuit of her dissertation, she received a research assistantship from the Center for European Studies. She is currently in Freiburg, Germany, where she is a visiting PhD candidate at the University of Freiburg. She is Co-Chair of the focus group, “Dekolonisierung und Fremdheit” at the Graduate School of Humanities Freiburg. 

Education:

– University of Freiburg, Germany – Visiting PhD Candidate
– University of Wisconsin – PhD Student, since 2020
– Seminar for Teacher Education Freiburg – Second State Examination for Education (English, German, Biology, Geography) 2020
– University of Education Freiburg, Germany – First State Examination in Education (German) 2018
– University of Alabama – MA in German Studies 2018
– University of Education Freiburg, Germany – First State Examination – Europalehramt (Bilingual Teaching Certificate) in English, Biology, Geography, 2016

Courses Taught:

UW Madison:

– German 203 (Fall 2021)
– German 102 (Spring 2022)

University of Alabama:

– German 101 (2017)
– German 102 (2018)
– Intensive German 102 summer class (2017)

Szkola Podstawowa, Plewiska, Poland:

– Assistant German Teacher, Middle School (2018)

Goethe Institute Freiburg, Germany:

– Summer program B1 course (2018)
– Summer program A2 course (2022)

High School teacher (Realschule Herbolzheim, Germany):

– English, German, Biology, Geography (2019-20)

Awards:

• Dissertator Graduate School Summer Fellowship 2023
• Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Outstanding Student Award, first State Examination, University of Education, Freiburg (2016)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award in German; University of Alabama Honors Day (2018)
• Fellowship for the Schulwärts Program, Goethe Institute (2018)
• Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison (August 2020 – May 2021)
• Summer Academic Excellence Scholarship Award, Summer 2021.