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Instructor · Graduate Student |
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becki.steele@gmail.com |
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Spring 2008 Office Hours:
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| Th 1:30-2:30pm and by appt. |
| German House |
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Rebecca Steele came to Rutgers in the fall of 2003 as a part-time student in the MAT program, and became a full-time Ph.D. student in the fall of 2004. |
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Education and Background: |
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- B.A. in Business and Finance from the Leibniz-Akademie in Hannover, Germany
- Financial Analyst for six years with a German bank
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Academic Interests: |
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- The role of women in 18th- and 19th-century German literature
- The interconnections between history and literature, especially looking at what role, if any, literature plays in shaping or changing society
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Personal Interests: |
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Swimming, reading, sewing and crafts.
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Conference Presentations: |
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- "The Virgin Paradox" - Princeton Graduate Student Conference, 2005
- " The Role of German Jewry in the Construction of a German National Identity in Achim von Arnim's Isabella von Ägypten" - Rutgers Graduate Student Conference, 2006
- "(Mis)understanding intentions: The Instability of Meaning in Friedrich Schiller's Maria Stuart" - German Studies Association, 2007
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Courses Taught: |
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- Elementary German 101
- Elementary German 102
- Elementary German Lab 103
- German in Review 121
- Advanced Conversation & Composition 231
- German 122 German in Review
- German 232 Advanced Conversation and Composition
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