Natalia Dudnik

German Program Coordinator

Professor

German: Teaching German, Memory Studies

Hallo! Ich heiße Natalia Dudnik. I have been teaching German at Mason since 2010. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and hold a Graduate Certificate in e-Learning from George Mason University. As a Term Professor and Coordinator of the German Language Program, I am 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)