Natalia Dudnik

Natalia Dudnik

Natalia Dudnik

German Program Coordinator

Associate Professor

German: Contemporary German and Austrian literature, gender studies, critical theory, teaching with technology

Natalia Dudnik received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in e-Learning from George Mason University. Dr. Dudnik is currently a Term Associate Professor and Coordinator of the German Language Program. Her research interests include contemporary German-language literature by authors from the former Soviet Union, memory and trauma studies, and teaching with technology. 

 

Selected Publications

"Witnessing Migrant Memories Through Literature: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh in Transnational Perspective." Memory Studies 16.2 (April 2023): 435-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506980221101108

"Gendering ‘Bare Life’: Marlene Streeruwitz’s Novels Kreuzungen. and Entfernung.Monatshefte für Deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur 106.3 (Fall 2014): 472-487.

Rev. of Selektive Emanzipation. Analysen zur Gleichstellungs- und Familienpolitik,
by Diana Auth, Eva Buchholz and Stefanie Janczyk (eds). Journal of Contemporary European Studies 18 No. 4 (2010): 519-521.

Courses Taught

 

  • Elementary German – Germ 110 (6 credits)
  • Intermediate German I – Germ 210 and 201 (3 credits)
  • Intermediate German II – Germ 202 (3 credits)
  • Gateway to Advanced German – Germ 250 (3 credits)
  • German Conversation and Composition – Germ 310 (3 credits)
  • Great Cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – Germ 312 (3 credits)
  • German for the Business World – Germ 316 (3 credits)
  • Representations of Justice in German Literature – Germ 325 (3 credits)
  • Past and Present in German Literature and Film – Germ 325 (3 credits)
  • Survey of German Literature – Germ 340 (3 credits)
  • Multicultural Germany – Germ 365 (3 credits)
  • German through Film – Germ 370 (3 credits)
  • German for the Global World – Germ 315 (3 credits)