Lauren Cassidy

Area(s) of Study: German & Eastern European Cold War Legacy, Media Studies, East German Secret Police

Pronouns: she/her

About Me: I am a German Studies graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the German, Nordic, and Slavic Department. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BA in 2018, I spent a year as a Fulbright English Language Assistant in Austria.  My previous research involved linguistic analysis of German and Russian news media.  Currently, my academic interests include Cold War history, East German literature, German-Russian relations, and language in the Stasi files.

Education:

– University of Wisconsin, MA in German Studies (2021)
– University of Kansas, BA in Global and International Studies and German Studies (2018)

Courses Taught:

– GERMAN 101: First Semester German
– GERMAN 102: Second Semester German
– GERMAN 203: Third Semester German
– GERMAN 204: Fourth Semester German
– GERMAN 258: Intermediate German Reading
– GERMAN/JEWISH 267: Yiddish Song and the Jewish Experience (Lecture TA and Communications B instructor)