Amanda Z. Randall, PhD

Teaching.

 

 

I have been teaching undergraduate-level German language and culture courses since 2009. My teaching experience encompasses beginning, intermediate and advanced German language, cultural studies, and literature; comparative film studies; interdisciplinary European studies; and cultural anthropology. At St. Olaf College, I strive to connect the content and skills students learn in my courses to the overarching liberal arts mission of the institution, emphasizing cross-disciplinary connections and transferrable skills in research, analysis and professional and academic communication.

 

Courses

 

German Department, St. Olaf College (August 2015 to present)

• Intermediate German I (German Identities Today)

• Intermediate German II (German beyond Germany)

• History and Memory

• Contemporary Germany in Global Context

• Hamburg: Gateway to the World (abroad)

• German Colonialism and Decolonization

• The Author as Public Intellectual

• German War Film

 

Institut für Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie, Universität Freiburg (2018, 2019)

• Diversity and Decolonization in Cross-disciplinary Perspective

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Germanic Studies Department, The University of Texas at Austin (2009-2015)

• Beginning German I & II

• Accelerated Beginning German

• Accelerated Intermediate German

• The Movies Go to War: From WWI to Desert Storm

• Introduction to European Studies

 

Anthropology Department, Rice University (2005)

• Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Teaching Assistant)

 

 

 

 

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