Susanne Wagner

Susanne M. Wagner completed her undergraduate studies in History and German Linguistics/Literatures at the Albert-Ludwigs Universitt Freiburg i. Br., Germany. She holds a MA and PhD in German Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Prior to joining the St. Thomas' faculty in 2013, she held teaching positions at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Agnes Scott College, and The Citadel. At St. Thomas, Dr. Wagner is the German section head, the founding director of the International Engineering Program, and the faculty advisor to student clubs such as the German Club, the Ballroom Dance Club, and the St. Thomas' Chapter of the National German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha. Susanne is a literary and cultural historian focusing on 20th century Germany with a research emphasis on National Socialism and a passion for language acquisition, intercultural literacy, and the incorporation of STEM in the foreign language curriculum. During her 20 years of teaching, she has taught a full range of German language, culture, and literature courses both in the U.S. and abroad, published on resistance literature, drama pedagogy, and memory culture, and has received numerous awards for her service activities, teaching, and research production. She has held positions on the state, regional, and national level as member of the Executive Council of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), AATG Midwest Regional Representative, the AATG-Minnesota Testing Chair, AATG-Arkansas President, and member of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL) Advisory Board. As a Goethe Institut Trainer/AATG Consultant, she regularly organizes and holds professional development seminars for K-16 German educators.