Born in Munich, Germany, I came to the U.S. as an international student, and now hold a BA (UNC Chapel Hill), an MALS (Duke University) and a PhD in German Studies (Carolina-Duke).
My research sits at the nexus of poetry, media and gender studies from German Modernism onward, and currently engages specifically with language structures (semiotics) in experimental poetry vis-à-vis AI technology.
My teaching focuses primarily on German language learning and on content courses on topics related to contemporary Germany.
My narrative-non-fiction books and articles outside of my immediate research area have been published internationally and in a variety of languages.