Curriculum Vitae

STEVEN P. KRAUSE

• Education
• Areas of Specialization
• Teaching Experience
• Work Experience
• Publications
• Presentations
• Awards and Honors
• Technical Experience
• Other Experience
• Service
• Languages
• Computer Skills
• References

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctoral Program in German Literature. Master of Arts Degree conferred May, 1998. Preliminary exams passed “with distinction” June, 2001. Major in German Literature. Dissertation title: “Other Reasons: Analogical Reasoning as a Heuristic in a Critical Aesthetic System.”

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
October, 2005–July, 2006.
Enrolled in the Germanistisches Institut.
Sponsored by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Böhme, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut.

Pomona College, Claremont, California
Bachelor of Arts Degree conferred May, 1997. Majors in Mathematics and German Literature (Honors).
Theses:

• The Forbidden Triple Problem: A Problem in Graph Theory
• The Struggle for Identity in Hermann Hesse’s Der Steppenwolf

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Spring, 1996, Pomona College Study Abroad Program.
Relevant Course Work:

• German Literature
• English-German Translation
• German Politics, History and Economics

Technical University, Budapest, Hungary
Fall, 1995, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics.
Relevant Course Work:

• Mathematics
• Hungarian Language and Culture
• Central European History

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Areas of Specialization

18th–20th-century German literature, 18th-century aesthetics, analogy and analogical reasoning, Romanian-German literature, Southeastern Europe and the Balkans. My dissertation focuses on analogical reasoning as a heuristic in aesthetic theory, with an emphasis on late 18th-century aesthetics.

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Teaching Experience

University of Alabama. Instructor, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, August, 2010–May, 2012.
Promoted to temporary graduate faculty in German, fall 2010.

• 1st semester German: Fall 2010, Fall 2011
• 2nd semester German: Spring 2011, Fall 2011
• 4th semester German: Spring 2012
• Business German: Fall 2011
• German Literature and Culture, 1832–1945: Spring 2011
• German Literature in Translation, Modernity and its Discontents: Spring 2011, Spring 2012
• Undergraduate Literature Seminar, Individuum &l Gesellschaft im 18. Jahrhundert: Fall 2010
• German for Graduate Reading Knowledge: Fall 2011
• Graduate Literature Seminar, Kunst & Kritik in der Goethezeit: Fall 2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, UW-Madison Department of German.

Teaching Assistant:

• 1st semester German: Fall 1999, Spring 2004 and Fall 2008
• 2nd semester German: Fall 2000 and Fall 2004
• Intensive 2nd semester German: Spring 2000
• 3rd semester German: Summer 2001
• 4th semester German: Spring 2001, Fall 2003 and Spring 2010

Lecturer:

• German Composition and Conversation I: Spring 2005, Fall 2006 and Spring & Fall 2009
• German Composition and Conversation II: Spring 2007

Pomona College. Teaching Intern for freshman seminar. Organized discussion groups, led class discussions, graded writing assignments, and developed and supervised class projects. September–December, 1996.

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Work Experience

The Journal of Asian Studies, UW-Madison. Editorial Assistant. Compiled and proofread reviews, prepared semi-annual reports, maintained relations with editors and publishers, and created an online content management system for the journal's operations. August 2007–July 2008.

Monatshefte für deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur, UW-Madison. Editorial Assistant. Prepared manuscripts, proofread reviews, organized and compiled the annual Personalia issue, maintained relations with reviewers and publishers, and maintained the journal website. July 2001–June 2003.

Mathematics Department, Pomona College.

• Mentor for Third Semester Calculus. Fall 1996.
• Graded Linear Algebra. Spring 1995.
• Graded Second Semester Calculus. Fall 1994.

Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, Pomona College.

• Lab Assistant, Language Laboratory. Fall 1996.
• Graded Third Semester German. 1994–1995 academic year.
• Research Assistant to Professor Karen Kossuth: Research, programming, and date-entry for a computerized German-language database. 1993–1994 academic year.

Idaho State Legislature, Boise, Idaho. Served as legislative intern. Maintained Learning Links computer network. January–March, 1993.

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Publications

Translation of: Jung, Thomas: “Pop-Icon Adolf Hitler: Hitler-Comics and Collective Memory in Contemporary German Culture.” In Unmasking Hitler. Cultural Representations from the Weimar Republic to the Present. Edited by Klaus Berghahn and Jost Hermand. Bern: Peter Lang, 2005, 237–258.

“Analogical Reasoning: An Aesthetic Method.” In Aesthetics and Aisthesis: New Perspectives and (Re)Discoveries. Ed. Hans Adler. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2002, 45–58.

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Presentations

2009. “What Aesthetics is Like: Metaphors, Margins and The Critique of Judgment.” Presented at the 11th Annual German Studies Graduate Student Conference, Madison, WI (March, 2009).

2008. “The Copernican Tern: Kant, Formal Causes, and the Third Critique.” Presented at the 10th Annual German Studies Graduate Student Conference, Madison, WI (March, 2008).

2006. “From Dorf to Metropolis.” Presented with April Henry at the 2006 Fulbright Berlin Seminar in Berlin, Germany (March, 2006).

2003. Respondent to Jochen Thermann and Ulrike Dannhauer as part of the Language and the Mind Forum at the 5th Annual German Studies Graduate Student Conference, Madison, WI (April, 2003).

2000. “Analogical Reasoning: An Aesthetic Method.” Presented at the 33rd Wisconsin Workshop, Madison, WI (October, 2000).

2000. Respondent to Edwin Gentzler on the topic of “Translation and Globalization” at the Translating Cultures: 2000 Workshop, Madison, WI (October, 2000).

2000. “‘the the brown horse’: The Influence of Romanian on Transylvanian Saxon German.” Presented at the Language and Immigration Seminar Mini-Conference, Madison, WI (May, 2000).

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Awards and Honors

• Fulbright Fellowship, Berlin, Germany, September, 2005–July, 2006.
• Advanced Dissertation Fellowship, one semester graduate fellowship, University of Wisconsin. 2005.
• Sommerschule Literaturwissenschaft, Marbach, Germany. July, 2003.
• FLAS Fellowship. Summer, 1999.
• Phi Beta Kappa. 1997.
• Prize Fellowship, two year graduate fellowship, University of Wisconsin. 1997–1999.
• Hans-Dieter Brueckner Memorial Summer Grant, for summer research in Germany. July–August, 1996.
• Pomona College Scholar, for maintaining at least a 3.66 GPA. 1993–1997
• World Scholar Athlete Games. June, 1993.
• Valedictorian, Meridian High School (Meridian, Idaho). 1993.
• Rotary International Exchange Student. 1991–1992.

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Technical Experience

• Webmaster, MadLUG (Madison Linux Users Group). June, 2001–June, 2005.
• Webmaster, GDGSA (German Dutch Graduate Students Association). November, 2000–May, 2005.
• Technical Advisor, Cultural Translation Project. September, 2000–May, 2005.
• Technical Organizer, Wisconsin Coalition for Domestic Partner Benefits. September, 2001–May, 2002.
• Technical Advisor, International Brecht Society (IBS). June, 1998–October, 1999.
• Webmaster, UW-Madison Department of German. February, 1998–October, 1999.

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Other Experience

Theater. Acting experience in German-language theater productions, including Andreas Gryphius’ Absurda comica oder Herr Peter Squenz (title role, 2001), Albert Wendt’s Der Vogelkopp (2005), and Ödön von Horvath’s Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (2007). Lighting & technical experience in Soeren Voima’s Der Kontingent (2003) as well as Der Vogelkopp (2005) and Glaube-Liebe-Hoffnung (2007). Dramatic reading of Urs Widmer’s Top Dogs (2001).

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Service

• Faculty Adviser, German Club (University of Alabama). Spring, 2012.
• Co-Organizer, Literature Workshop, 2006 Fulbright Berlin Seminar in Berlin, Germany. February–March, 2006.
• Co-President, GDGSA, UW-Madison. Summer, 2001–May, 2002.
• Organizer, 4th Annual German Studies Graduate Student Conference, UW-Madison. “Text and the City.” Fourteen papers in five panels, plus keynote address. Summer, 2001–April, 2002.
• Website Committee, GDGSA, UW-Madison. September, 2000–May, 2005.
• Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee, UW-Madison Department of German. September, 1999–May, 2000, and September, 2002–May, 2005.
• Committee Member, Study Abroad Committee, Pomona College. September, 1996–May, 1997.
• Liaison, Pomona College Dept. of German and Russian. September, 1996–May, 1997.
• Liaison, Pomona College Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures. January, 1994–May, 1995.

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Languages

• English: native speaker
• German: fluent written and spoken
• Croatian: Certification of Intermediate Level by the University of Zagreb (1999)
• Attic Greek, French, Hungarian Italian, Middle High German, Spanish: reading knowledge

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Computer Skills

• Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, MS Windows, DOS, Macintosh, VMS
• Word Processing and Typesetting: Word Perfect, MS Word, LaTeX
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS Access
• Web: HTML, Django, Python & PHP, WordPress (a variety of professional and personal projects)
• Memberships: MadLUG (Madison Linux Users Group); have also organized and given various presentations

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References

upon request

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