David William Wildermuth

Academic Interests

20^th century German and Austrian culture, history and literature, Third Reich, Nazi-Soviet relations, the European Union

Education

Currently Doctorate of Modern Languages [German and Russian] Middlebury College

2003 Middlebury College Russian School

1994 M.A., German, Bowling Green State University

1994 M.A., Political Science, Bowling Green State University

1993-1994 University of Salzburg, Austria

1991 Moscow Institute of Social and Political Studies, Russia

1991 B.A., German, Minors in Economics and History,

State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, NY

1990 University of Tübingen, Germany

Academic Positions

2004-present Lecturer in German, Skidmore College

1999-2000 Substitute Teacher, WSWHE B.O.C.E.S.

1994-1995 Fulbright Teaching Assistant, Linz, Austria,

1992-1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Bowling Green State University

Courses Co-Developed and Taught in English

TX201B Travel Seminar: Culture and History in Vienna, Austria

TX202 Travel Seminar to Vienna, Austria

Courses Co-Developed in English

FG340 Advanced LAC (Learning Across the Curriculum) German

Courses Taught in German

Language

FG 101 Elementary German I

FG 102 Elementary German II

FG 111 Business German

FG 203 Intensive Intermediate German

FG 208 German Conversation & Composition

FG 220 Learning Across the Curriculum

FG 271 German Grammar Workshop

FG 340 Advanced LAC

Culture, Literature

FG 206 German Language and Culture

FG 215 Introduction to German Literature

FG 216 Contemporary German Culture

FG 263 German Political Developments in the Twentieth Century

FG 272 German Language & Literature Discussion: Fin de Siecle Literature

FG 376 Literature of the German Democratic Republic

Courses Developed and Taught in German

FG 263 German Political Developments in the Twentieth Century

FG 376 The Experience of War in German Literature and Film

Honors, Awards

2009 Skidmore Faculty Development Grant, $1500

2008 Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace, Russian School, Middlebury College

2008 Skidmore Faculty Development Grant, $1500

2007 Skidmore Faculty Development Grant, $1400

2007 Fulbright German Studies Seminar: “Germany in a Changing Europe”

2007 Goethe Institute Teaching Assistantship, German School, Middlebury College

2006 Goethe Institute Teaching Assistantship, German School, Middlebury College

Professional Development

2005 Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Conference, The University of Iowa

2005 DAAD Conference on Pedagogy of German Language Instruction, Goethe

Institute, Boston

2004 Rassias Method Teacher Workshop, Dartmouth College

Skidmore College Service and Professional Activities

Faculty Advisor for the Model European Union Club, 2004-present

Faculty Advisor for the Model United Nations Club, 2008-present

Trans-Atlantic Consortium for European Union Simulations: Prague,

January 2006; Buffalo, April 2007; Trier, January 2008

German Studies Association Conference: Washington, D.C., Fall 2004; Pittsburgh, Fall 2006; San Diego, Fall 2007

Arranged and coordinated visits of Dr. Stefan Mayer, Landesregierung Salzburg, and Hannes Priesch, artist-in-residence, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, in conjunction with TX201B Travel Seminar: Culture and History in Vienna, Austria

Personnel Committee for departmental administrative assistant, 2007

Developed and administer weekly Stammtisch for students of German

Papers Read to Professional Societies

“Handlungsspielräume im Vernichtungskrieg: ein Annäherungsversuch,” German Studies Association, San Diego, Fall 2007

Public Presentations

“Germany above all others?” Survey of Liberal Studies for Mature Adults, 2004

Community Service

Taught Waldorf School high school juniors and seniors, Spring and Fall semesters, 2006

Memberships

German Studies Association, 2004-present; Modern Language Association, 2007-present