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HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 1 UNIVERSITY FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE I. Personal Information Charles Hammond Jr. Professor of German, With Tenure Department of Modern Foreign Languages 427D Andy Holt Humanities Building University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38237 II. Educational Credentials Ph.D. in German Literature 2006 University of California, Irvine Dissertation Title: Blind Alleys: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Oscar Wilde and the Problem of Aestheticism M.A. in German Literature 1998 University of California, Irvine Bachelor of Science in the Language Arts 1993 Georgetown University Major field of study: German Minor field of study: Italian III. Employment History / Teaching Professor (tenured) 2017-Present Department of Modern Foreign Languages University of Tennessee at Martin Associate Professor (tenured) 2012-2017 Department of Modern Foreign Languages University of Tennessee at Martin I teach German courses on German language, literature and culture at all levels, monitor a language laboratory, advise and recruit students. In addition, I organize the 10-day travel- study to Braunschweig and accompany students on that trip every summer in order to provide supervision and guidance. Adjunct Instructor of Martial Arts 2014-Present Department of Health and Human Performance University of Tennessee at Martin HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 2 I teach two courses every semester (PACT 119-01 and 119-02) in the art of Shotokan Karate. I was originally hired to teach just one section, but it filled up and a second was opened, which promptly filled up, as well. Since that time, the enrollment has reflected the widespread enthusiasm for the course at UT Martin. Assistant Professor (tenured) 2006-2012 Department of Modern Foreign Languages University of Tennessee at Martin Assistant Professor (3-year term appointment) 2005-2006 Department of Modern Foreign Languages University of Tennessee at Martin For responsibilities, see description above. Upon completion of my dissertation, UTM offered me a tenure-stream position, which I accepted. Assistant Professor (1-year appointment) 2004-2005 Department of Modern Foreign Languages University of Tennessee at Martin For responsibilities, see description above. After completing the initial term, UTM offered me a 3-year term postion, which I accepted. Faculty Member Summer 2007 Young Scholars Academy University of Tennessee at Martin This annual seminar seeks to provide continuing education for students of historically underrepresented backgrounds who have been recognized for their promising academic potential. I was invited by Prof. Henry Parker to teach two courses for YSA, which I accepted. Graduate Student Teaching Assistant 1996-2004 Department of German University of California, Irvine Taught German at first and second-year levels to classes consisting primarily of undergraduate students. During 3 semesters, I taught courses outside this immediate field. For details, see below. Teaching Assistant Fall 2003 Department of German University of California, Irvine Served as a teaching assistant for a popular course entitled “Romantic Fairy Tales,” which introduces undergraduate students to German literature in translation. HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 3 Teaching Associate Jan-Dec 2000 Department of German University of California, Irvine Taught for UCI’s widely acclaimed Humanities Core Course, which seeks to introduce undergraduate students to the study of the Humanities. The course examines major contributions to the world canon of literature, philosophy and film. Instructor of English as a Second Language (ESL) 1995-1996 College of Extended Studies San Diego State University San Diego, CA Taught English as a Second Language full-time at all levels for international students (primarily from Western Europe and Southeast Asia). Courses Taught Courses taught / currently teaching at University of Tennessee at Martin: GERM 111 – Beginning German GERM 122 – Beginning German GERM 222 – Intermediate German GERM 330 – 20th Century German Drama GERM 341 – Advanced Conversation GERM 342 – Advanced Composition GERM 350 – Masterpieces of German and Austrian Literature GERM 360 – Studies Abroad GERM 370 – Travel Study GERM 401 – Foreign Language Internship GERM 491 – German Cinema GERM 495 – Topics in German Civilization GERM 495 – Advanced German Grammar GERM 498 – Independent Study PACT 119 – Martial Arts I Courses taught at University of California, Irvine: GERMAN 1A GERMAN 1B GERMAN 1C GERMAN 2A GERMAN 2B GERMAN 2C GERMAN FAIRY TALES HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 4 HUMAN 1A [Humanities Core Course] HUMAN 1B HUMAN 1C New Courses Offered GERM 495 – German Popular Music In this course, students will listen to contemporary German popular music (including genres such as rock, rap, pop and heavy metal), read the lyrics, watch the accompanying short videos, analyze and discuss the lyrics, melody and video adaptation and write their own reactions to the music. The class will focus primarily on vocabulary expansion and will encompass idioms, colloquialisms and slang terms and expressions. GERM 350 – Kafka’s Short Stories In this course, students are introduced to Kafka’s short stories after first familiarizing themselves with the author’s biography and his 100-page Brief an den Vater (Letter to the Father). Students read both the stories as well as secondary literature on each story in order to gain an understanding of the wide array of interpretations available. Emphasis is placed on the reading of symbols and metaphors. GERM 381 – German Cinema In this course, students are introduced to major German cinematic works. Class discussion takes place in the target language and students comment on / discuss German film on our course blog (again in the target language). In addition, students submit summaries of the works along with their own reactions to them in the form of academic papers. GERM 350 – Crime and the Criminal In this course, students examine these and other works of both fiction and theory in order to better understand the role of crime from both a literary as well as sociological perspective. We draw upon works of Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich von Kleist and Gerhart Hauptmann, among others. GERM 350 – Sexual Identities and Issues of Human Freedom Portrayals of and allusions to human sexual behavior play an increasingly important role in German literature after the Enlightenment. In this course, students survey representative literary works through the lens of sexuality, and ask questions intended to elucidate the important role of sexuality in modern literature. HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 5 GERM 350 – German Writers Confront Fascism In this course, students read texts by the Gruppe 47, a collection of mostly young German writers – many of them veterans of the Second World War – as they attempt to come to terms with the crimes of the Third Reich and the trauma of war on an unprecedented scale. GERM 370 – Travel Study While this course existed in the UTM course catalogue prior to my arrival, there was no existent GERM 370 course. Since 2005, I have offered this course on an annual basis, which entails, among other things, preparing the students for their trip to Germany through regular meetings where we discuss language and customs of the target culture. In addition, I accompany and advise students during their stay and evaluate their submitted work following the conclusion of the travel study. Composite Student Course Evaluations (on a scale of 1 - 5) Spring 2018 4.667 Fall 2017 4.707 Spring 2017 4.663 Spring 2016 4.738 Fall 2015 4.564 Spring 2015 4.716 Fall 2014 4.773 Spring 2014 4.740 Fall 2013 4.718 Spring 2013 4.759 HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 6 Grants UTM Hal and Alma Reagan Faculty Leave Award 2016 I utilized this award in order to conduct archival (i.e. manuscript) research on Kafka’s early literature at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. I have been asked by the editor of the Journal of the Kafka Society of America to submit an article for publication on my findings. The article is due at the end of January 2017 and is nearly complete. UTM Teaching Development Award 2013 I utilized this award in order to attend the Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium, where I presented a paper on the advantages of the one-professor German program (see Conference Papers). UTM Hal and Alma Reagan Faculty Leave Award 2012 I utilized this award in order to conduct research on Kafka’s short story Das Urteil, culminating in an article entitled “Not a Room but a Womb: The Birth Metaphors of Kafka’s Das Urteil, what was published in 2016 in the refereed literary journal Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift. UTM Faculty Development Award 2012 UTM Minority Faculty Development Award 2007 I utilized this award in order to conduct research on Oscar Wilde at the UCLA Clark Memorial Library, the results of which later appeared in both my dissertation as well as my first published article, entitled “Das Märchen der 672. Nacht and the Trials of Oscar Wilde,” which appeared in 2012 in the refereed literary journal Orbis Litterarum. IV. Scholarly / Creative Activities Hammond, Charles H. “I Witness Testimony: Assigning Guilt in Franz Kafka’s Das Urteil,” [forthcoming in: Colloquia Germanica, Fall 2018] In this article, I show how a close reading of Kafka’s breakthrough short story reveals that it is the protagonist-son – and not the antagonist-father, as is almost universally assumed – who is ultimately responsible for the death of the hero. Hammond, Charles H. “Not a Room, but a Womb: The Birth Metaphors of Kafka’s Das Urteil.” Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift 66 (2016): 61-79. Print. HAMMOND, Charles Henry Jr. 7 In this article, I show that far from being the story of the protagonist’s Death, Das Urteil is the story of how the fictional father figure in the story gives birth to his son and, in turn, to the literary identity of the author himself. Hammond, Charles H. Stanley Corngold, Lambent Traces. Franz Kafka. [Book Article] Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 36 (2009) [appeared 2013]: 445-451. Print. 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