Jennifer Redmann Professor of German, Department Chair of German, Russian & East Asian Languages (Chinese, Japanese)

B.A. St. Olaf College

M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

German 301 – Contemporary Germany

Schreiben lernen: A Writing Guide for Learners of German (with Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim). Revised and expanded second edition. Yale University Press, 2023.

Qin Herzberg and Larry Herzberg, with Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim and Jennifer Redmann.中文写作  A Writing Guide for Learners of Chinese. Yale University Press, 2021.

Redmann, Jennifer. “The Backfischroman as Bildungsroman: Popular German Novels for Girls, 1863-1913.” Feminist German Studies, vol. 35 (2019), pp. 1-25.

Redmann, Jennifer. “Girls Reading the Great War: German and Anglo-American Literature for Young Women, 1914-1920.” Women and War: From German Colonialism through World War I, edited by Katharina von Hammerstein, Barbara Kosta, and Julie Shoults. DeGruyter, 2018, pp. 209-228.

Reinvigorating a Small Undergraduate German Program through an Integrated,Literacies-Based Curriculum.” Outreach Strategies and Innovative Teaching for Small German Programs, edited by Gabriele Eichmanns and Melissa Etzler. Routledge, 2021, p. 11-21.

Redmann, Jennifer. “Leveraging General Education Requirements to Strengthen Foreign Language Majors.” ADFL Bulletin, vol. 36 (2020), pp. 134-141.

Redmann, Jennifer, and Kathryn Sederberg. “The First World War in the Literacy-Focused Classroom: Teaching German through Cultural Themes.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, vol. 50, no. 1 (2017), pp. 44-66. [Awarded Best
Article Prize from Die Unterrichtspraxis editorial board for 2017.]

Recent Workshops and Invited Talks

Presentation: “Rethinking the Language Curriculum in a Time of Crisis.” HumanitiesCenter, Brigham Young University, September 28, 2023.

Presentation: “Multiple Languages, Multiple Literacies: Values-Driven InstitutionalChange and Transformational Learning.” ADE/ADL Summer Seminar: Recentering the Humanities, Washington, D.C., June 1-4, 2023.

Presentation: “Girls Reading the Great War: German and Anglo-American Literature for Young Women.” Global Lecture Series, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, November 23,2022.

Three-hour workshop: “Designing your Dream Course: How to Design a Content Course in Your Area of Specialization.” CLA Language Center, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, February 7, 2020.

Three-day workshop: “Small German Program Building through Curricular Reform, Co-Curricular Enhancement, and Program Building” (with Timothy Malchow and Ervin Malakaj). Sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German through a grant from the Federal Republic of Germany. Valparaiso University, October 25-27, 2019.

Panel Organizer and Participant: “Best Practices for Multi-Level Courses in HS and College Programs.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) /American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 17-19, 2023.

Panel Participant: “Innovations and Best Practices in 21st-Century Teaching. A Roundtable in Honor of Lynne Tatlock.” German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, September 30-October 2, 2021.

Panel Participant: “How to Survive as a Small Language Program.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, January 7-9, 2021.

Presenter: “Goodbye Textbook: Multiple Literacies in First-Year, Undergraduate German.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) / American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C,November 22-24, 2019.

Panel Presenter: Whose German Studies? Diversity and Inclusivity in Promoting German Studies.” Symposium on Diversity, Decolonialization and the German Curriculum, St. Olaf College, March 1-2, 2019.

• Chair, Committee on the Faculty Handbook (fall 2019, spring 2023).
• Member, Fellowships Committee (2020-21, 2021-22).