All Posts: PhD Students

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Fall 2024
PhD Students

Graduate Student News

Congratulations to Ekaterina Soloveva (PhD ’24) on the successful defense of her dissertation Post-Soviet Migrant Identity in Germany Through the Eyes of Generation 1.5:…

December 17, 2024

Announcements
PhD Students
Undergraduate Students

SFS Proficiency Exams – April 23-25, 2025

REGISTRATION: April 9-13, 2025 Once we know the exact number of examinees, you will be contacted on Monday, April 14, to provide your availability. The exam schedule will be sent…

December 12, 2024

Announcements
PhD Students

German Graduate Program Virtual Open House

On Thursday, November 21, the German Department will host a virtual Open House for any students interested in applying to the German Graduate Program! This event will be held…

October 29, 2024

Announcements
Faculty
PhD Students

German Department at the 2024 GSA Conference

As always, current members and alumni of the German Department will be present and presenting at this year’s German Studies Association Annual Conference held in Atlanta,,…

August 29, 2024

PhD Students
Spring 2024

Spring 2024 Graduate Student News

In February 2024, two German Department graduate students, Kristina Schauhoff and Katie Lightfoot, presented papers at the Southeast German Studies Workshop hosted by the…

May 18, 2024

PhD Students
Spring 2024

Graduate Defenses, Degrees, and Exams

On April 11, Shoshannah Lane successfully defended her dissertation “Developing L2 German literacy in the written mode at the introductory level through task-and genre-based…

May 18, 2024

Announcements
PhD Students

Ph.D. Candidate Lorna McCarron wins 2023 WIGS Essay Prize

The UK Women in German Studies Awards committee unanimously decided to award Lorna McCarron the 2023 WIGS Essay Prize for her article entitled ‘Therapists, Vending Machines,…

November 8, 2023

Announcements
PhD Students

Dr. Julia Goetze (PhD, 2018) Receives ACTFL Research Priorities Grant

German Department alumna Dr. Julia Goetze (PhD, 2018) has received an ACTFL Research Priorities grant, awarded to support empirical research on six priority areas that are…

October 13, 2023

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PhD Students

PhD Candidate J.B. Potter Wins Writing Competition

Current German Department PhD student J.B. Potter won first place in the 2022 General William E. DePuy Special Topics Writing Competition. His essay, entitled “Haunted by…

September 9, 2022

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PhD Students

PhD Candidate Sam Grayck Receives David Detjen Research Grant

Graduate student Sam Grayck was awarded the David Detjen Research Grant from the American Friends of Marbach to conduct summer research at the Marbach…

May 11, 2022