CURRICULUM VITAE
LISA SEIDLITZ
LisaSeidlitz@augustana.edu
Education
| Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin, Germanic Studies
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| B.A. and M.A. | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Germanic Languages |
Academic Teaching experience
| Assistant Professor of German, Augustana College |
Assistant Instructor (graduate instructor), University of Texas at Austin |
Adjunct Faculty, Austin Community College |
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Non-credit classes in English and German through the University of Illinois, IELS language school, Literacy Austin, Black Hawk College |
Coordinator of multi-section German language courses, University of Texas |
Courses taught
| First- and second-year college/university German |
German conversation and writing |
Advanced German conversation |
Advanced German grammar review |
Survey of twentieth-century German literature and culture (taught in German) |
Phonetics lab for second- and third-year German language students |
Introduction to German linguistics (taught in German) |
Business German |
German Cinema (taught in English, with discussions in German for German majors) |
Bourgeois, Decadent, Divided: Literary Images of Berlin (German literature in English translation) |
Foreign Language Teaching Methods (in the Education department) |
Liberal Studies 112 (an interdisciplinary skills-based course for first-year students) |
Fellowships, honors and awards
| Presidential Research Fellowship, Augustana College |
Texas Excellence Teaching Award Honoree |
Professional Development Award (travel grant), University of Texas |
Travel grant to enable study in Berlin |
Summer Tuition Fellowship, University of Texas |
Included on “Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Book reviews
| Aufderstraße, Harmut, Heiko Bock, Mechthild Gerdes, Jutta Müller, and Helmut Müller. Themen 1 aktuell.
Kursbuch & Arbeitsbuch Englisch. Ismaning, Germany: Hueber, 2003. In Die Unterrichtspraxis 38 (2005): 98-99. |
Dreke, Michael, and Sofia Prestes Salgueiro. Wortschatz & Grammatik: Üben mit Bildern, A1-B1. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2004. In Die Unterrichtspraxis 38 (2005): 210-11. |
Götz, Dieter, and Hans Wellmann. Langenscheidt Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2003. In Die Unterrichtspraxis 38 (2005): 226-8. |
Lectures and workshops given
| 2006 | “Modal Particles as Contextualization Cues,” Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 12, Urbana-Champaign, IL |
| 2005 | “Functions of Teachers’ Codeswitching in Classes of German as a Foreign Language,” Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 11, Davis, CA |
| 2003 | “Myers-Scotton’s Markedness Model and Foreign Language Classroom Discourse: Patterns of Codeswitching and Pedagogical Implications,” Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas |
| 2000 | “Let the games…continue: Even more games for the German classroom,” Workshop at the conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston (with Erika Schlaak, M.A..Mary Jo Licht, M.A., and Tobias Barske) |
| 1999 | “(More) games for the German classroom,” Workshop at the conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Dallas (with Mary Jo Licht, M.A., Jim Witte, M.A., and Erika Schlaak, M.A.) |
| 1997 | “Using the Internet for authentic teaching materials," Graduate student workshop at the University of Texas at Austin (with Michael Conner, M.A.) |
| 1994 | Christiane Mariane von Ziegler: A female pioneer in 18th- century literature,” Midwest Graduate Seminar in German Studies, Chicago |
Service
| Vice President of Northern Illinois chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German |
Member of Bookstore/Library Committee, Augustana College |
Member of Humanities Fund Committee, Augustana College |
Member of Educational Policies Committee |
First-year student advisor |
Member of Faculty Senate |
Co-authored grant through Augustana College’s Center for Vocational Reflection: |
Professional Development in Education (with Dr. Stacey Skoning in Education and |
Dr. Kerry Driscoll of the Spanish department) |
Departmental liaison to committee on accreditation through North Central Association |
Conduct Stammtisch, a German language table for campus and community at Augustana |
Participated in Explore UT, community outreach program at the University of Texas |
Served on abstract selection and publicity committees for SALSA (Symposium on Language and Society Austin) |
Moderator, sixth annual Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Germanic Studies |
Participated in Explore UT, community outreach program at the University of Texas |
Participated in departmental outreach program and taught German in local grade school in Austin, TX |
Member (Soprano), German Madrigal Choir at the University of Texas |
Graduate Association of Germanic Languages Students representative |
Languages
German
French
Spanish
Swedish
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Near-native
Intermediate reading and speaking ability
Reading and some speaking ability
Reading and some speaking ability
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