Our People

Kimberly Annas

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures

• E-mail: kimberly.annas@wustl.edu

Aylin Bademsoy

• Assistant Professor of German

• E-mail: aylin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149355135

Courteney Benson

• Academic & Administrative Coordinator, Arts & Sciences Office Account

• E-mail: benson.c@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5170

Norah Broecker

• PhD student in German & Comparative Literature

• E-mail: b.norah@wustl.edu

​Matt Erlin

• Chair Comparative Literature and Thought
• Professor of German and Comparative Literature Director, Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature

• E-mail: merlin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4005

Tobias Feldmann

• Adjunct Lecturer in German

• E-mail: tobias.feldmann@wustl.edu

Franziska Finkenstein

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

• E-mail: f.finkenstein@wustl.edu

Carla Fischer

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Max Kade Scholar

André Fischer

• Assistant Professor of German
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in German

• E-mail: andrefischer@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4007

Lara-Mareen Foerster

• PhD Program Student in Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature; International Writers Concentration

• E-mail: f.lara-mareen@wustl.edu

Kader Gray

• PhD student in German and Comparative Literatures
• Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate

• E-mail: g.kader@wustl.edu

Nicolas Herzberg

• PhD student in German & Comparative Literature

• E-mail: h.nico@wustl.edu

Aditi Jagdale

• PhD student in Germanic Languages and Literature
• Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Carol Jenkins

• Lecturer in German

• E-mail: cejenkins@wustl.edu

Katherine Kerschen

• Lecturer in German

• E-mail: k.kerschen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8620

​Caroline Kita​

• Director of Graduate Studies, German and Comparative Literature
• Performing Arts Department, Program in Film and Media Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: ckita@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4304

Xenia Knoesel

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures

Sarah Koellner

• Assistant Professor of German

• E-mail: sarah.k@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149353047

Benjamin Locke

• Academic and Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: blocke@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4200

​Paul Michael Lützeler

• Rosa May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities

• E-mail: jahrbuch@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-689-8363

Jacquelyn MacMillan

• Academic & Administrative Cluster Supervisor

• E-mail: jacquemacmillan@wustl.edu

Erin McGlothlin

• Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
• Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies Professor of German and Jewish Studies

• E-mail: mcglothlin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7747

James Fitzgerald Poag

• Professor Emeritus

• E-mail: jfpoag@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5106

Walter Schlect

• German and Comparative Literature Subject Librarian

• E-mail: wschlect@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6869

Christian Schuetz

• PhD student in German & Comparative Literature

• E-mail: schuetz@wustl.edu

Ilie Shirin

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures, International Writers Track

Sylvia Sukop

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures

• E-mail: ssukop@wustl.edu

Lynne​ Tatlock​

• Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
• Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

• E-mail: ltatlock@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5163

Juana Torralbo Higuera

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures

• E-mail: j.m.torralbohiguera@wustl.edu

Anton Vogt

• MA Cologne Exchange Program Student in Germanic Languages and Literatures

Kebei Wang

• PhD student in Germanic Languages & Literatures

• E-mail: kebei.wang@wustl.edu

​Gerhild Williams

• Barbara Schaps Thomas & David M. Thomas Professor in the Humanities

• E-mail: gerhildwilliams@wustl.edu

Christin Zühlke

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Holocaust Literature

• E-mail: zuehlke@wustl.edu