Academic Positions

Visiting Assistant Professor, Hampden-Sydney College, 2001-03
Adjunct Assistant Professor of German, Longwood University, Fall 2002
Visiting Lecturer, Indiana University, 2000-01

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University (January 26, 2000), 1994-00
Magister (political science, German, and philosophy), University of Bonn, 1986-89
B.A. (German and history), magna cum laude, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1981-85
University of Munich, Junior Year Abroad, 1983-84

Publications

http://people.hsc.edu/faculty-staff/drjohnson/research.htm

Dissertation

"Nietzsche's Darwin, and the Spirit of the Agon"

Research and Teaching Interests

- German philosophical tradition (1750-present)
- 19th-century science and culture
- fin-de-siècle Vienna
- German drama (18th-20th century)
- German film
- Weimar politics and culture

Current Teaching Experience

Upper-Level Courses:
German Culture and Film (Fall 2002)
Independent Study:
Der Historikerstreit - von Habermas bis Goldhagen (Spring 2002)
German Film and Popular Culture (Fall 2001)
German Literature I (Hildebrandslied to Luther) (Fall 2001)
Language Instructor:
First through Fourth Semester German (Fall 2001-Fall 2002)
Third Semester German at Longwood University, Farmville, VA (Fall 2002)

Teaching Experience (Indiana University)

Upper Level Courses:
Advanced German: Conversation and Literature (Spring 2001)
German Popular Film and Culture (Spring 2001)
Introduction to German Literature (Fall 2000)
Introduction to German Literature (Fall 1999) (with Professor Breon Mitchell)
Coordinator and Language Instructor:
Fifth Semester German (Fall 2000, Spring 2001)
Sixth Semester German (Spring 2000)
Language Instructor:
Sixth Semester German (Spring 1997, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999)
Fourth Semester German (Summer 1997)
Fifth Semester German (Fall 1996)
Second Semester German (Spring 1996, Summer 1996)
First Semester German (Fall 1995)

Other Teaching Experience

ESL, Berlitz and Inlingua Schools, Bonn, Germany (1986-92)
Introduction to Business English, Sparkasse Bonn (Summer 1988)

Translation

Langguth, Gerd. In Search of Security: A Socio-Psychological Portrait of Today's Germany. Praeger: Westport, CT, 1995.

Presentations

"'Höherer Réealismus' or Philosophical Réealignment?: Nietzsche, Paul Rée, and the Search for a 'Tradition.'" Annual Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society (St. Andrews, Scotland, September 1997)

"Behind the Scenes at the Konvent zu W.: Sex, Power, and the Cultivation of Authority in Robert Musil's Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless." Annual Midwest Graduate Seminar in German Studies (Chicago, May 1995)

Magister Thesis

"Bildung und Macht: Strukturbedingungen der studentischen Radikalisierung in der Weimarer Republik." Magister, University of Bonn (October 1989)

Academic Grants and Honors

Oskar Seidlin Fellowship, Indiana University (1997-98)
Salaroglio Modern Foreign Language Scholarship, Indiana University (1997)
Indiana University Fellowship (1994-95)
High Honors in German and History, Bowdoin College (1985)
James E. Bland History Prize, Bowdoin College (1985)
James Bowdoin Scholar, Bowdoin College (1985)

Workshop

"Neue Ideen und Methoden für den Deutschunterricht." Goethe Institut-Sweet Briar College Immersion Weekend (October 11-13, 2002)

College Service

Advising:
Serving as academic advisor to nine freshmen
Committees:
Serving on sub-committee for the introduction of Foreign Language placement exams

Academic Jobs

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, University of Bonn (1989-90)
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, University of Bonn (1987-88)

Languages

- German: native
- English: native
- Italian: intermediate-mid
- French: intermediate-mid
- Latin: reading knowledge