1. Appointments and Teaching Roles
  2. Conferences
  3. Publications
  4. Bibliography of Educational Research

1. Appointments and Teaching Roles

  • Center for Teaching and Learning:
    • LTF: Fellowship “Lead Teaching Fellow” | 2020-2021
    • TOF: Fellowship “Teaching Observation Fellow” | 2021-2022
    • TC: Teaching Consultant | 2022-2023
  • Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
    • Elementary 1 | fall 2019
    • Elementary 2 | spring 2020
    • Intermediate 1 | spring 2021
    • Intermediate 2 | summer 2021
    • Intermediate Conversation 1 | fall 2021
    • Advanced Conversation and Composition | spring 2022
  • University of Göttingen
    • TA in logic, Department of Philosophy
    • TA in essay composition, Department of Philosophy
    • TA for literary analysis and history, Department of Literature (exchange at Tartu Univ., Estonia)

2. Conferences

  • NeMLA spring 2022: Panel “The Hospitable Syllabus”

3. Publications

Mattner, C. (2021). Critiquing the Syllabus: Inviting Student Assessment of Standardized Curricula. Teaching Citational Practice: Critical Feminist Approaches, 1. Retrieved from https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/citationalpractice/article/view/8652

4. Selective Bibliography of Educational Research

German and American
Women Poetry
German / American Guides on Learning Methods

ACTIVE LEARNING

Barkley, Elizabeth F. Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

Barkley, Elizabeth F., K. Patricia Cross, and Claire H. Major. Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Cao, Min. “Cristina Ros i Solé , The Personal World of the Language Learner. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Pp. XIII, 148. Hb. £37.99.” Language in Society 46, no. 3 (June 2017): 439–40. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404517000276.

Cavanagh, Sarah Rose. The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion. West Virginia University Press, 2016.

Deumert, Ana, and Christine Spratt. “Authentic Teaching as the Context for Language Learning.” Journal of Educational Technology & Society 8, no. 2 (2005): 83–93.

Freeman, Scott, Sarah L. Eddy, Miles McDonough, Michelle K. Smith, Nnadozie Okoroafor, Hannah Jordt, and Mary Pat Wenderoth. “Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, no. 23 (June 10, 2014): 8410–15. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319030111.

Gass, Susan. “DISCUSSION: Incidental Vocabulary Learning.” Studies in Second Language Acquisition 21, no. 2 (June 1999): 319–33. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263199002090.

Henderson, Dayton. “Tschirner, Erwin, Brigitte Nikolai, and Tracy D. Terrell. Kontakte: A Communicative Approach.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 41, no. 2 (September 22, 2008): 204–6.

Herman, Jennifer H., and Linda Burzotta Nilson. Creating Engaging Discussions: Strategies for “Avoiding Crickets” in Any Size Classroom and Online. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2018.

Howard, Jay R. Discussion in the College Classroom: Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Language Acts and Worldmaking: How and Why the Languages We Use Shape Our World and Our Lives. John Murray Press, 2022.

Linder, Kathryn E. The Blended Course Design Workbook: A Practical Guide. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2016.

Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter. Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-Authorship: Constructive-Developmental Pedagogy. Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.

Melzer, Dan, and John C. Bean. Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. John Wiley & Sons, 2021.

Prince, M. “Does Active Learning Work ?,” 2004. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Does-Active-Learning-Work-Prince/d150d7df4d4c05558d70d0690b4fadd779082fc6.

Rice, Gail Taylor. Hitting Pause: 65 Lecture Breaks to Refresh and Reinforce Learning. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017.

Rickheit, Gert, and Hans Strohner. Handbook of Communication Competence. Walter de Gruyter, 2008.

Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

DIVERSITY

Adams, Maurianne, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, and Ximena Zuniga. Readings for Diversity and Social Justice. Psychology Press, 2000.

Addy, Tracie Marcella, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, and Mallory SoRelle. What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching. Stylus Publishing, LLC., 2021.

Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New Press, 2020.

Asumah, Seth N., and Mechthild Nagel. Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Excellence: Transdisciplinary and Global Perspectives. SUNY Press, 2014.

Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Anthony G. Greenwald. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. Random House Publishing Group, 2016.

Brookfield, Stephen D. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

———. Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

———. Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.

———. The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Bryant, Andrea Dawn, Nichole M Neuman, David Gramling, and Ervin Malakaj. “Announced but Not Enacted: Anti-Racist German Studies as Process.” Applied Linguistics 42, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 347–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz057.

Burgstahler, Sheryl. Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice. Harvard Education Press, 2015.

Case, Kim. Deconstructing Privilege: Teaching and Learning as Allies in the Classroom. Routledge, 2013.

Chávez, Alicia Fedelina, and Susan Diana Longerbeam. Teaching Across Cultural Strengths: A Guide to Balancing Integrated and Individuated Cultural Frameworks in College Teaching. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2016.

Criser, Regine, and Suzuko Knott. “Decolonizing the Curriculum.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 52, no. 2 (2019): 151–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/tger.12098.

Criser, Regine, and Ervin Malakaj. Diversity and Decolonization in German Studies. Springer Nature, 2020.

Cullen, Roxanne, Michael Harris, and Reinhold R. Hill. The Learner-Centered Curriculum: Design and Implementation. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Diamond, Robert M. Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Diversity and Decolonization in German Studies. Accessed August 1, 2022. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-34342-2.

DIVERSITY, DECOLONIZATION, AND THE GERMAN CURRICULUM. “Guiding Principles.” Accessed June 7, 2021. https://diversityingermancurriculum.weebly.com/guiding-principles.html.

Florvil, Tiffany N. “UI Press | Tiffany N. Florvil | Mobilizing Black Germany.” Accessed August 1, 2022. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p085413.

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2014.

Gargiulo, Richard M., and Debbie Metcalf. Teaching in Today’s Inclusive Classrooms: A Universal Design for Learning Approach. Cengage Learning, 2016.

Ginsberg, Margery B., and Raymond J. Wlodkowski. Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Good, Jessica J., Kimberly A. Bourne, and R. Grace Drake. “The Impact of Classroom Diversity Philosophies on the STEM Performance of Undergraduate Students of Color.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 91 (November 1, 2020): 104026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104026.

Gurung, Regan A. R., and Loreto R. Prieto. Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity Across the Curriculum. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.

Hogan, Kelly A., and Viji Sathy. Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom. West Virginia University Press, 2022.

Hollins, Caprice D., and Ilsa M. Govan. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Strategies for Facilitating Conversations on Race. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Hooks, Bell. Teaching To Transgress. Routledge, 2014.

Howell, Annie, and Frank Tuitt. Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms. Harvard Education Press, 2003.

Joseph, Nicole M., Chayla Haynes, and Floyd Cobb. Interrogating Whiteness and Relinquishing Power: White Faculty’s Commitment to Racial Consciousness in STEM Classrooms. Peter Lang, 2016.

Jr, Eddie Moore, Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks. The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys. Corwin Press, 2017.

Lattuca, Lisa R., and Joan S. Stark. Shaping the College Curriculum: Academic Plans in Context. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Layne, Priscilla, and Ervin Malakaj. “Advocating for Queer of Color Studies in German Graduate Programs.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 52, no. 2 (2019): 194–202. https://doi.org/10.1111/tger.12104.

Lee, Amy. Teaching Interculturally: A Framework for Integrating Disciplinary Knowledge and Intercultural Development. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017.

Love, Bettina L. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Beacon Press, 2019.

Michael, Ali. Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education. Teachers College Press, 2014.

Mitchell (Jr.), Donald, Charlana Simmons, and Lindsay Greyerbiehl. Intersectionality & Higher Education: Theory, Research, & Praxis. Peter Lang, 2014.

Moore, Eddie, Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, and Ali Michael. Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2015.

Myles, Brenda Smith, Melissa L. Trautman, and Ronda L. Schelvan. The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations. Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2004.

Nash, Robert J., DeMethra LaSha Bradley, and Arthur W. Chickering. How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Nickl, Benjamin. “Outside the Nation: Taking Stock of a Sense of Duty and Diversity in German Studies Abroad.” In Transnational German Education and Comparative Education Systems: Research and Practice, edited by Benjamin Nickl, Stefan Popenici, and Deane Blackler, 65–83. Global Germany in Transnational Dialogues. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36252-2_4.

Ouellett, Mathew L. Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Department and Institutional Change in Higher Education. New Forums Press, 2005.

Page, Scott E. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies – New Edition. Princeton University Press, 2008.

Sharpe, Christina. In the Wake: On Blackness and Being. Duke University Press, 2016.

Steele, Claude. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us And What We Can Do. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

Sue, Derald Wing, and Lisa Spanierman. Microaggressions in Everyday Life. John Wiley & Sons, 2020.

Tuitt, Frank, Chayla Haynes, and Saran Stewart. Race, Equity, and the Learning Environment: The Global Relevance of Critical and Inclusive Pedagogies in Higher Education. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2016.

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