Jennifer RedmannProfessor of German, Department Chair of German, Russian & East Asian Languages (Chinese, Japanese)
Biography
Jennifer Redmann is Professor of German and Chair of the Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages. She teaches courses at all levels of the German curriculum and a Connections course on the literature, art, and film of the First World War. At F&M and two previous institutions, she led successful curriculum reform efforts to rebuild and strengthen German programs. In 2020, she received the post-secondary Outstanding German Educator Award from the American Association of Teachers of German and in 2022, she was the recipient of Franklin & Marshall College’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is the Vice-President of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Teachers of German, a national organization representing over 3,500 K-16 German teachers, and will serve as its President in 2026-2027.
Education
B.A. St. Olaf College
M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Current Courses
German 201: Intermediate German I - Family, Friendship, Home
German 301: Contemporary Germany
Publications, Presentations and Service
Textbooks
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.
German Cultural Studies
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.
German Curriculum and Pedagogy
Redmann, Jennifer. “Genre-Based Writing in the German Classroom in the Age of Generative
AI.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, vol. 57, no. 2 (2024), pp. 263-276.
Redmann, Jennifer. "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
Recent Workshops and Invited Talks
One-day workshop: “Schreiben für Alle! Integrating Writing into All Levels of the German Curriculum.” Indiana chapter of
the American Association of Teachers of German, Bloomington, IN, September 14, 2024.
One-day workshop: “Moving toward an Integrated Language and Culture Curriculum through
Authentic Materials and a Multiliteracies Approach.” Davidson College, Department
of German, September 7, 2024.
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.
Recent Conference Presentations
Panel Organizer and Participant: “Career Readiness in the German Curriculum.” American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) / American Association of Teachers
of German (AATG) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 22-24, 2024.
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.
Recent Service to Franklin & Marshall College
- Chair, Committee on the Faculty Handbook (fall 2019, spring 2023).
- Member, Fellowships Committee (2020-21, 2021-22).