Natalia Dudnik

German Program Coordinator

Professor

German: Teaching German, Memory Studies

Natalia Dudnik has been teaching German at Mason since 2010. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and holds a Graduate Certificate in e-Learning from George Mason University. As a Term Professor and Coordinator of the German Language Program, she is passionate about teaching German at all levels, striving to make it accessible, relevant, and engaging.

Selected Publications

"Witnessing Migrant Memories Through Literature: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh in Transnational Perspective." Memory Studies 16.2 (April 2023): 435-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506980221101108

"Gendering ‘Bare Life’: Marlene Streeruwitz’s Novels Kreuzungen. and Entfernung." Monatshefte für Deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur 106.3 (Fall 2014): 472-487.

Rev. of Selektive Emanzipation. Analysen zur Gleichstellungs- und Familienpolitik,
by Diana Auth, Eva Buchholz and Stefanie Janczyk (eds). Journal of Contemporary European Studies 18 No. 4 (2010): 519-521.

Courses Taught

Elementary German – Germ 110 (6 credits)
Intermediate German I – Germ 210 and 201 (3 credits)
Intermediate German II – Germ 202 (3 credits)
Gateway to Advanced German – Germ 250 (3 credits)
German Conversation and Composition – Germ 310 (3 credits)
Great Cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – Germ 312 (3 credits)
German for the Business World – Germ 316 (3 credits)
Representations of Justice in German Literature – Germ 325 (3 credits)
Past and Present in German Literature and Film – Germ 325 (3 credits)
Representations of the Holocaust - Germ 329 (3 credits)
Survey of German Literature – Germ 340 (3 credits)
Multicultural Germany – Germ 365 (3 credits)
German through Film – Germ 370 (3 credits)
German for the Global World – Germ 315 (3 credits)