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J. Gregory Redding

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GERMAN

Greg Redding graduated from Wabash College in 1988 with a major in German. In 2002 he returned to his alma mater to teach German in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. His courses cover all levels of German, from beginning language to advanced seminars on topics such as “Viennese Modernism” and “The German Novelle.” His primary research interest is German-American Studies. In addition to his own scholarship in this area, he frequently collaborates with undergraduates on German-American research topics and has co-authored several conference papers with Wabash students. Redding has led a number of immersion trips abroad, most recently an excursion to Vienna with his German 202 class.

Professor Redding lives in Crawfordsville with his wife and twin daughters. In his free time he enjoys exploring Indiana and traveling with his family throughout the United States. He is an avid runner who specializes in ultramarathons ranging from 50 to 100 miles.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in German Literature, University of Cincinnati, 1995
M.A. in German Literature, University of Cincinnati, 1990
A.B. in German, Wabash College, 1988

RECENT COURSE OFFERINGS

German 101-102 – Elementary German
German 201 – Intermediate German
German 202 – German Language and Culture
German 301 – German Conversation and Composition
German 302 – Introduction to German Literature
German 312 – Studies in German Culture
German 313 – Studies in German Literature
German 314 – History of German Literature and Culture
German 401 – Senior Seminar in German
Freshman Tutorial – The German-American Experience
Freshman Tutorial – The Life and Works of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Culture and Traditions
 

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
 

Editor, Studies in Indiana German-Americana, Volume 3: German-American Influences on Religion in Indiana (2011).

“The Decline and Fall of Professor Robert A. King OR: Consequences of the Anti-German Hysteria,” Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies (2011)

“Spirit of Place, Language of Place: Norbert Krapf’s Genius loci.” Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies (2010)

“Joseph Frisz and the Shades of Death: German Roots of the American Conservation Movement.” Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies (2009)

“The Deutscher Literarischer Klub von Cincinnati and the German-American Elite.” Yearbook of German-American Studies 41 (2006).

 

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