POSITION: Associate Professor of German

DEGREE: Ph.D. in German, University of Virginia  

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS: Goethe’s works and the long eighteenth century, the Weimar Republic, cultural and literary history and theory, gender and identity, family constructs in literature and film, creative & interdisciplinary approaches to teaching language, culture, literature and film

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

362 O’Dowd Hall

(248) 370-2050

rieger@oakland.edu

Ingrid Rieger joined the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures in the fall of 2000. She has taught a wide variety of German courses from first-year to fourth-year, as well as Foreign Film and Honors College classes conducted in English. Her passion is creative, project-oriented teaching and learning. She also developed an easy to follow, structured writing method that enables students to dramatically improve their writing skills and increases their confidence and sense of accomplishment. She has published articles and book chapters on Goethe in the US and Europe.  Her research is currently focused on courtship, family relations and identity formation in Goethe’s novels from historical, psychological and sociological perspectives.