Kirsten Kumpf CV - The University of Iowa

Kirsten E. Kumpf
929 Boston Way, Apt. #4 • Coralville, IA 52241
kirsten-kumpf@uiowa.edu • 219.840.1140
ACADEMIC PREPARATION:
Ph.D. German, (German literature) May, 2012 (all Ph.D. requirements completed in January, 2012)
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Dissertation Title: Thinking Outside of the Cardboard Box: The Conditions, Meanings and Myths of
‘Obdachlosigkeit’ in German Fiction, Drama & Film, Dr. Waltraud Maierhofer (advisor)
Areas of Emphasis: 19 th and 20 th Century Drama, Prose and Film
M.A. German, (German literature) December, 2005
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Master’s Thesis: Improvement Through Movement: A Thematic and
Linguistic Analysis of German Minority Writing Through the Works of
Anant Kumar, Dr. Waltraud Maierhofer (advisor)
B.A. Communication and German, May, 2002
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Study Abroad Year: Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster,
Germany, 2000-2001
Completed coursework in the faculties of German, Theology and Art History
Gender and ethnicity in film and literature, the concept of the outsider within, German identity and
representation particularly in light of social problems related to the idea of discrimination against any kind
of ‘otherness’ (e.g. immigrants, the homeless, women, prisoners, the elderly)
TEACHING & ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of German, The University of Iowa, fall 2003 - spring 2005, fall
2006 - fall 2008, spring 2009 - spring 2011
• Comprehensive instructional responsibilities of German language and literature courses to undergraduate
and graduate students.
• Courses taught: Elementary German I and II, First Year German Review, Intensive Elementary I and II,
Summer 8-week Intensive Elementary German, Intensive Intermediate I and II, Intermediate I and II,
Introduction to German Literature from 1750.
• Assistant Course Supervisor, 2007-2008, fall semester 2009. Supervised teaching assistants, observed their
classes and provided feedback to their teaching, reported findings to course supervisor.
• Graduate Student Peer Mentor, 2004-2008. Advised beginning graduate teaching assistants with lesson
planning and teaching concerns.
Instructor, Arts and Humanities (German), Kirkwood Community College, summer 2009- fall 2010
• Instructor of German language courses that include non-traditional students, adult learners, and returning
veterans.
• Courses taught: Elementary German I and II, Intermediate German I, summer 6-week Intensive Elementary
German I and II.
Graduate Research Assistant, German, The University of Iowa, fall 2006 - spring 2008, spring 2009.
• Collaborated with Dr. Waltraud Maierhofer on an article in Angelika Kauffmann: In Liebe ans Vaterland,
2008.
• Member of editorial team for Dr. Sarah Fagan’s book, German: A Linguistic Introduction, 2009.
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Honorary Visiting Researcher, German, Ghent University, August 2008 - January 2009.
• Assisted in editing Prof. Dr. Benjamin Biebuyck’s article, “Acting figuratively, telling tropically. Figures of
insanity in Günter Grass’s Die Blechtrommel” (2009).
• Conducted doctoral research in German Literature under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Benjamin Biebuyck.
• Attended and presented at department’s weekly colloquia. Presentations included: “Einer von Denen: The
Returning Homeless Soldier in Wolfgang Borchert’s Draußen vor der Tür and Bertolt Brecht’s Trommeln in
der Nacht” (chapter of my dissertation).
Guest Lecturer, American Studies and German, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany, fall 2005 -
summer 2006.
• Responsibilities included: course proposal design, instruction and assessment at the lower-level
(Proseminar) and upper-level (Hauptseminar).
• Courses created and taught: “Ban it and I’ll read it: Banned Books in 20 th Century U.S. and Germanspeaking
countries”; “Un-cuffed Thoughts: Prison Literature in the U.S. and Germany”; “Introduction to
American Literature and Culture”. Both comparative literature seminars were cross-listed in the American
Studies and German departments.
Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany, fall 2005 - summer 2006.
• Instructed English as a second language to graduate students and professors in the Mechanical Engineering
Department. In addition to instructing grammatical aspects and vocabulary, particular emphasis was placed
on teaching techniques for publishing and presenting research in an English-speaking context.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Erich Funke Memorial Award, Department of German, The University of Iowa, spring 2011 ($1,000).
The Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures Travel Award, The University of Iowa, May 2011
($200).
The Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures Fellowship, The University of Iowa, May 2011 ($3,300).
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference,
Conference Award, The Newberry Library, spring, 2011 ($300).
Erich Funke Memorial Award, Department of German, The University of Iowa, spring 2009 ($1,000).
Graduate College Supplementary Travel Funding Award, The University of Iowa, spring 2009 ($500).
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, The University of Iowa Council on Teaching, spring 2008 ($1,000).
Executive Council of Graduate & Professional Students Travel Funds Award, The University of Iowa, fall 2007.
Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award, The University of Iowa, fall 2006, fall 2007.
9 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Forum, Humanities Division Award (3 rd place), The University of Iowa,
fall 2007 ($350).
College Block Scholarship, The University of Iowa, 2006 - 2007 ($5,000).
Foreign Language Summer Scholarship, The University of Iowa, summer 2004.
Baden-Württemberg Landesstiftung Scholarship, Germany, 2002-2003.
• Monthly stipend of approximately €400.
Presidential Scholar, Luther College, 1998-2002.
Lambda Pi Eta Communication Academic Honor Society, Luther College, 2001 - 2002.
Barbara Bahe Scholarship to support junior year abroad in Münster, Germany, Luther College, 2000 - 2001.
Congress Bundestag Scholar (Parlementarisches Partnerschafts Programm), 1996 - 1997.
• Recipient of German/American governmental scholarship for high school exchange year.
PUBLICATIONS:
Kirsten Kumpf and Heike Kumpf. “Oskar Schlemmer and the Triadic Ballet: Defining Space Through Theater.”
Co-authored essay accepted to be published in a collection of essays in A Critical Guide to Bauhaus
Theater and Performance. Ed. Birgit Haas, The University of Exeter. (work in progress).
Waltraud Maierhofer and Kirsten Kumpf, “’Vielgeliebter Vetter’: Angelika Kauffmanns Briefe an Verwandte im
Bregenzerwald.” Angelika Kauffmann: In Liebe ans Vaterland. Edited by Magdalena Häusle,
Förderverein Freunde Angelika Kauffman Museum Schwarzenberg. Hohenems, Austria: Bucher, 2008.
10-29.
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Kirsten Kumpf. “Weibliche Sexualität im Europäischen Film.” Haare Zwischen Fiktion und Realität: Interdisziplinäre
Untersuchungen zur Wahrnehmung der Haare. Ed. Birgit Haas. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2008. 135-147.
Kirsten Kumpf. “Improvement Through Movement: A Thematic Analysis of German Minority Writing Through
the Works of Anant Kumar.” Cultural Memory, Urban Spaces and (National) Identity: Utah Foreign
Language Review 16 (2007): 72-89.
“’Ein Anderes Selbst’: Bild und Bildung im Deutschen Roman des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts.” (Book Review).
ECCB: The Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography 30 (2009): 436-8.
TRANSLATION:
Bel Ami (1947): Translation of a German film into English for Professor Rosemarie Scullion, Department of
Cinema and Comparative Literature, The University of Iowa, 2009.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
“’Down and Out’ but in the ‘Works’: Homeless Soldiers and Homeless Youth in German Literature and Film.” The
University of Iowa’s European Studies Group Lecture Series, conference presenter, Iowa City, IA, 2011.
“’Ich bin verliebt in die deutsche Sprache’: Anant Kumar mythicizing German?” Kentucky Foreign Language
Conference, conference presenter, Lexington, KY, 2011.
“Finding the Self: Captivity Narratives in the Works of Johann Schiltberger, Hans Staden and Georgius de
Hungaria.” Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies – Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference,
conference presenter, Chicago, IL, 2011.
“Crocheting and Violence?: Elfriede Jelinek’s Stecken, Stab und Stangl.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference,
conference presenter, Lexington, KY, 2010.
“Haare, Theatralität, Performanz, Performativität.” International Conference sponsored by the University of
Exeter, conference presenter, Schwäbisch G’münd, Germany, 2007.
“Gendered Pasts, Gendered Memories.” Women in German Conference, panel organizer and moderator,
Snowbird, UT, 2007.
“Combing Out Female Sexuality – One Strand at a Time.” The 9 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate
Conference, conference presenter, Iowa City, IA, 2007.
“The Second Witch Craze: German Fictional Literature of Witchcraft Trials.” Women in German Conference,
conference co-presenter, Snowbird, UT, 2006.
“The Outsider Within: German Literature of Topography and Perception.” Yale University: Department of
German Graduate Conference, conference presenter, New Haven, CT, 2006.
WORKSHOPS:
“Center for Applied Linguistic Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview” (SOPI), trainee, The University of Iowa, 2011.
Received training on how to rate SOPIs in German
Performed practice tests to demonstrate skills and received professional criticism and feedback
“2009 AATG Iowa Chapter Conference”, The University of Northern Iowa, 2009.
Attended panel discussions and workshops focusing on how to promote German programs
Acquired knowledge in German software for the classroom
“How to Present in English.” Promotionskollegsitzung, presenter, Dortmund University of Technology, 2006.
“Change in Teaching and Learning Cultures at Universities: Research and Development in Higher
Education in an International Perspective.” Translator (German/English), Dortmund University of
Technology, 2006.
“9/11 and its Legacy: The Music Industry’s Response to 9/11,” Semester-long intensive tutorial with advanced
American Studies Department undergraduate students. Tutorial instructor, Dortmund University of
Technology, 2006.
“Improv(e) your English.” German/American Intensive Language Weekend Workshop, presenter, Dortmund
University of Technology, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:
27 th Annual Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa Fundraiser, Iowa City, May 2011.
KLUG (Kirkwood Learning and Uniting through German), club founder, Arts & Humanities Department, Kirkwood
Community College, 2010.
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European Studies Group, member, The University of Iowa, 2007-present.
Habitat for Humanity, volunteer, Iowa Chapter, 2009-present.
Zion Lutheran Church, member, Iowa City, IA, 2009-present.
Film Series, coordinator, Department of German, The University of Iowa, 2007 - 2008.
Graduate Student Affairs Committee, coordinator, Department of German, The University of Iowa, 2005 – 2008,
2009 - 2010.
International Relations Office, intern, Dortmund University of Technology, spring 2006.
International Relations Office, volunteer, The University of Iowa, 2004 - 2005.
Special Events Committee, coordinator, Department of German, The University of Iowa, 2003 - 2005.
International Relations Office, intern, Hochschule Aalen, Germany, 2002 - 2003.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) 2011 - present
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), 2011 - present.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2010 - present.
Modern Language Association (MLA), 2008 - present
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), 2008 - present
Women in German (WIG), 2007 - present
LANGUAGES:
English (native)
German (native)
Dutch (written: intermediate; spoken: advanced)
Portuguese (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
STUDY AND TEACHING ABROAD:
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2008 - 2009 (dissertation preliminary research)
Dortmund University of Technology, Dortmund, Germany, 2005 - 2006 (guest lecturer)
Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, 2000 - 2001 (college exchange student)
Ubbo-Emmius Gymnasium, Leer, Germany, 1996 - 1997 (high school exchange student)
COATS Opti, West Rhauderfehn, Germany, 1996 (2 week practicum during high school exchange year)
Hohbuchschule, Reutlingen, Germany, 1984 - 1988 (elementary school student during years abroad with my family)
REFERENCES:
References available upon request.
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