Astrid Weigert joined the Department as a faculty member in the fall of 1999 and was promoted to Teaching Professor in 2015. Research interests include: Gender and genre in 18th and 19th century German literature, in particular in Romanticism (Dorothea Schlegel) and Naturalism (Elsa Bernstein, pseud. Ernst Rosmer); Women translators in the 18th and 19th centuries; Curriculum and course development with an emphasis on the advanced learner and German business culture.
Fall 2014- present: Chair, German for Professional Purposes Committee of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
January 2014: recipient of the College Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004-2014: Book Review Editor for “The German Quarterly”