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Kayla A.

Weiglein

Education:

Ph.D., Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Cincinnati, degree anticipated 2023
M.Ed., Instructional Design & Technology, University of Cincinnati, degree anticipated 2022
M.A., German Studies, University of Kentucky, 2014-2016
B.A., International Affairs, Kennesaw State University, 2008-2012

Teaching Experience:

Instructor, Department of German Studies


University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, August 2018-present
 Courses Taught
o GRMN 1001-Basic German 1
o GRMN 1002- Basic German 2

Online German Teacher, Fluent City, New York City, NY, June 2020-present
 Courses Taught
o German Level 1
o German Level 2
o German Level 3

Instructor, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures


The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, August 2014-2018
 Courses Taught
o GER 101- Basic German
o GER 102- Basic German
o GER 201- Intermediate German
o GER 202- Intermediate German

Instructor, Department of Language and International Studies


Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY, August 2017
 Courses Taught
o GER 201- Intermediate German

Teacher, The Montessori High School Inc., Lexington, KY, August 2016- May 2018
 Courses Taught
o German I
o German II
o Art History
o U.S. History
o Leadership 11/12

German Tutor, Kentucky Educational Television, October 2016-2018


 Courses Taught
o German I
o German II
o German III

German Teacher, Central Kentucky German School, 2016-2018


 High school & Elementary school German

Professional Service for the Department of German Studies, University of Cincinnati


 Editor, Focus on German Studies Journal, 2020- Present
 President, German Graduate Student Association, 2019-Present
 German Day Lead Coordinator, 2019-Present
 Assistant to the Educator and Director of Basic Languages, German Studies, 2019-
Present
 Progress Meeting Coordinator, University of Cincinnati, 2020- Present
 German Day Co-Coordinator, 2018-2019

Professional Service for the Department of MCLLC, University of Kentucky


 Panel Chair, Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 2016
 Graduate student representative for the Department of Modern & Classical Languages,
Literatures & Cultures, 2015 -2016
 Graduate Student Instructor, Munich Education Abroad, Summer 2016
 Graduate Student Panel Leader, Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 2015
 Graduate Student Panel Co-organizer, Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 2015

Committees
 Member, Group Grant Award Committee, Graduate Student Government, University of
Cincinnati, 2019-Present

Other Professional Services


 German Tutor Coordinator, Kentucky Educational Television, 2016-2018
 Micro-teaching Group leader, University-Wide TA Orientation, University of Kentucky,
2014-2016
 New Teacher Workshop, Center for Enhancement of Learning & Teaching lecture on
Assembling a Teaching Portfolio, 2014
 Departmental TA Training with Micro-teaching, University-wide TA Orientation,
University of Kentucky, 2014
Conference Presentations & Projects:
 “Schäl Sick: The Unwanted,” Racism/Rasse in the German and U.S. Contexts, University
of Cincinnati/University of Duisburg-Essen, 2020
 “Teaching Intensive Courses Online: Creating Authentic Contexts and Community,”
Excellence Online at UC: Teaching and Learning Showcase, University of Cincinnati,
2020
 “#UCDeutsch1002: Implementing Instagram as a Genre Based Approach,” Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, 2020
 “The Andy Warhol Thing didn’t Happen: Objects of Consumption in East Germany,”
Conference: Make it Work: A Media History of Labor, University of Cincinnati,
November 2019
 “Instagramming Dachau: Placing Ourselves in Holocaust Remembrance,” Focus
Conference, University of Cincinnati, September 2019
 “We can let it rot, or we can capitalize on it.,” The Future of my City Project, Ruhr
Alliance, 2019
 “Instagramming Dachau: Placing Ourselves in Holocaust Remembrance,” Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, April 2019
 “Scaffolding Authentic Materials through a Genre-Based Approach,” University of
Alabama Language Conference, February 2016
 “Exploring Realms of Literary Heimat in German Short Fiction,” 17th Annual
Symposium of Student Scholars and Undergraduate Research Reception, Kennesaw State
University, April 2012

Professional Associations:
 Member, Graduate Student Government, 2018-Present
 German Graduate Student Association, 2018-Present
 Kentucky World Language Association, 2014- Present

Additional Work Experience:


 Student Worker, The John Miller Burnam Classics Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH, 2019-Present
 Translator, RESPEC Inc. Lexington, KY, 2015
 Librarian, Event Coordinator, & Grant writer the Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta, Atlanta, GA,
2013-2014
 Political/Economic Sector Intern, Consulate General of the United States, Hamburg,
Germany, 2012

Fellowships Awards:
 Taft Research Center Dissertation Fellowship,
 Taft Research Center Dissertation Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 2020-2021

 Max Kade Graduate Fellowship in German Studies, University of Kentucky, 2014-2016

Honors & Awards

 Undergraduate Scholar of Research and Creative Activity, 2012


 Georgia German Poetry Contest – winner, 2011

Languages:

German: Near native fluency


French: Novice reading knowledge

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