Educational History

2003 – Ph.D. Emory University, Atlanta, Comparative Literature
1993 – M.A. University of Georgia, Athens, Germanic and Slavic Languages
1988 – B.A. Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, German Philology

Fields of Expertise

Comparative Literature, French and Gender Studies

Professional Highlights

• Author of Gendered Testimonies of the Holocaust: Writing Life.
• Editor of the Public Space for “Recognition.”
• In addition to the monograph and edited works, she has authored five book chapters and journal articles as well as several interviews and reviews.
• She is also the recipient of numerous awards such as the Wilkins Appreciation Award, First Year Teaching Excellence Award, Board of Trustees Resolution of Appreciation Award for efforts to raise global awareness at Shenandoah University.

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My motivation to bring awareness to heartfulness meditation is based on my experience of practicing it myself and seeing the benefits of it in my life. The natural outcome of practicing Heartfulness is joy and love, and to wish it for the other as well.”