Biography
Area(s) of Study: 20th century German and Austrian literature; history and culture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Addiction Studies; Disability Studies.
Pronouns: He/him
About: I am a PhD candidate in the German program and Editorial Assistant for Monatshefte as of 2026. I received B.A.s in German and English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 2020 and my M.A. in German from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2024. From 2020-2022 I worked as an English teaching assistant in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, through the Fulbright Austria program. In 2024 I received a FLAS scholarship to study Hungarian at the University of Pittsburgh and at Central European University in Budapest, through Indiana University. My dissertation examines depictions of disability and addiction in the literary work of Joseph Roth.
Education:
- M.A. in German, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2024)
- B.A. in German and B.A. in English and Creative Writing, University of Iowa (2020)
Courses taught:
- German 102 (Spring 2024)
- German 101 (Fall 2023)
- Yiddish Song and the Jewish Experience (Fall 2022)
- German 203 (Fall 2024)
- German 204 (Spring 2025)
- German 258 (Fall 2025)
Awards:
- Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Austria (2020-2022)
- Phi Beta Kappa (2018)
- FLAS Scholarship for Study of Hungarian (2024)
- Klaus Berghahn Award (2023)