DOMENIC DESOCIO University of Michigan Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures 3110 MLB, 812 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 [email protected] - 732.890.0275 https://domenicjdesocio.com/

EDUCATION University of Michigan Ph.D., Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Expected May Dissertation Title: “The Times of Their Lives: Queer and Female 2021 Modernism, 1910-1934” Advisors: Scott Spector and Tyler Whitney (co-chairs), Kerstin Barndt, Andreas Gailus, Nadine Hubbs

Columbia University B.A. German Cultural Studies, B.A. History 2014 Honors: magna cum laude Thesis: “’Ein jahrhundertaltes Problem’: Die kulturelle Bildung und Diskurse der männlichen Homosexualität in Anders als die Andern” Advisor: Erk Grimm

PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles “Continuity and Rupture in Queer Studies, or, Klaus Mann’s Der fromme Tanz,” in “Rupture, Slowness, Untimeliness: Queer Time and History in German Studies,” special issue of Monatshefte 114, no. 3 (Fall 2022) (forthcoming)

“In der Zwickmühle der Zeit: Marieluise Fleißer’s Mehlreisende Frieda Geier (1931) and the Non-Simultaneities of Gendered Subjectivity,” The German Quarterly 94, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 466-483.

Book Chapters “The Role of Reading and Homosexual Citizenship in Early Twentieth-Century Germany,” Queer Print Cultures, eds. Vance Byrd and Javier Samper Vendrell, University of Toronto Press, forthcoming 2022

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning “Remaking the German Studies Curriculum: A Diversifying Approach,” Expanding German Studies Blog, October 30, 2020. (Link here.)

“Teaching German Queerly: An Integrative Approach,” Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum Blog. July 14, 2020. (Link here.)

Book Review Robert Walser: A Companion, eds. Samuel Frederick and Valerie Heffernan (Northwestern UP, 2018), in Studies in Twenty and Twenty-first Century Literature 45, no. 1 (2021), Article 13.

1 Queering German Culture, ed. Leanne Dawson (Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2018), in German Studies Review 42, no. 1 (2019): 208-210.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Frank X. Braun Memorial Graduate Student Instructor Award 2017 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan

Cottrell Prize for Best Paper in a German Studies Seminar 2015 Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Sweetland Center for Writing - Junior Fellow 2021 Austrian Cultural Forum New York Travel Fund 2020 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan 2019-2020 Rackham Professional Development Grant, University of Michigan 2019 Sturm FU Berlin Exchange Fellowship, Freie Universität Berlin 2018-2019 Rackham Summer Award, University of Michigan 2017 Rackham Pre-candidate Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan 2015

CONFERENCES Papers Presented “Queer Digital Humanities and Pedagogies,” in “Steal This Assignment! 2021 Hack Your German Studies Course with the GSA Teaching MakerSpace” Seminar, German Studies Association Conference, September 30-October 3

“A Queer Republic of Letters: Bruno Vogel's Alf and the Role of Reading 2021 in Homosexual Citizenship,” MLA Annual Conference, January 7-10

“To Be Understood Is to Be Desired: Sexual Love and Metaphor in Robert 2020 Musil’s Early Fiction,” German Studies Association Conference, October 1-4

“Plato, an Orphan, and Everlasting Love: Continuity and Rupture in Queer 2020 Studies, or, the Example of Klaus Mann’s Der fromme Tanz,” The Past and Present of Queer German Studies Conference, University of British Columbia, April 24-26

“Queer German Cultures and Language Learning: An Integrative Approach,” 2020 Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, March 5-8

“Marieluise Fleißer’s Narrative Doublings and the Politics of ‘Feminine’ 2019 Narration in the Late Weimar Republic,” Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, November 14-17

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“Everlasting Love: Klaus Mann’s Der fromme Tanz and the Post-Futurity 2019 of Queer Subjectivity,” The Mann Family – Lives and Fictions Workshop, Dartmouth College, October 24-25

“The Propulsive Augenblick of Hope: Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s Eine Frau 2019 zu sehen and the Utopics of Queer Female Subjectivity,” German Studies Association Conference, October 3-6

“Siegfried Kracauer’s ‘Über die Freundschaft,” Siegfried Kracauer and Media 2019 Colloquium, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, July 10

“Who and Where is ‘Modern’? Marieluise Fleißer’s Eine Zierde für den Verein 2018 and the Ungleichzeitigkeiten of Gendered Subjectivity,” in “Weimar Culture Revisited” Seminar, German Studies Association Conference, September 28-30

“’Ich glaube an diese Welt’: Klaus Mann's Der fromme Tanz and Queer 2017 Historicity,” German Studies Association Conference, October 5-8

“’Time fell out of time and aged’: Decadence, Continuity, and Rupture in 2017 The Tower,” Freie Universität Berlin, June 28-30, “6th Berlin Program Summer Workshop – Continuities and Ruptures: Reflections on Crucial Concepts”

“‘Ankommen’ in Deutschland: Refugee Smartphone Applications and the 2017 Temporalities of German National Identity,” University of Michigan, May 5-7, “Transnational German Studies Workshop”

“’Ein Zustand der Losgelöstheit’: Siegfried Kracauer’s Theories of Subjectivity 2016 in Georg,” Yale University, April 29-30, “The Aesthetics of Dissonance”

“Excursions into the Unknown: The Sexual Politics of Geography in 2015 Contemporary Gay German Film,” University of Michigan, October 30-31, “Chronopolis: Time and Urban Space"

Conferences Organized “Mediating the Modern: Sound/Image/Text,” University of Michigan 2017 Graduate Student Conference, September 29-30

Panels Organized “Robert Musil as Sexual Theorist (1): Polyvocal Eros and the Problem 2020 of Form,” German Studies Association Conference, October 1-4

“Robert Musil as Sexual Theorist (2): Desire, Dissolutions, and 2020 Disorientations,” German Studies Association Conference, October 1-4

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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Graduate Student Instructor, Department of English Language and Literature 2021 Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature 2014 – 2020

COURSES TAUGHT (* = instructor of record) German Language Sequence: German 101 – First semester of language sequence, Fall 2015 German 102 – Second semester of language sequence, Winter 2016 German 231 – Third semester of language sequence, Winter 2021 German 232 – Fourth semester of language sequence, Winter 2017 (see below) German 232 – Fourth semester of language sequence, Fall 2020 (see below)

Topic Courses: Contemporary Politics in Germany, GER 232, Fall 2020* (original course, in German)

Intermediate German: History of German Film, GER 325, Summer 2020* (original course, in German)

Queer German Cultures, GER 232, Winter 2017* (original course, in German)

TA for Discussion Section: Fairy Tales, GER 386, Fall 2014, with Prof. Fred Amrine

First-Year Writing Seminar: College Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry, ENG 125, Fall 2021*

PEDAGOGY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

Graduate Student Instructor Advisory Group for Remote Teaching, 2020 - present Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Instructor Consultant Workshop Development Program, 2020 – present Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Instructor Consultant, Center for Research on Learning 2019 - present and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan

Co-organizer and co-facilitator, “Let’s Make a Screencast,” 2021 Seminar Series at Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan

Co-organizer and co-facilitator, “Digital DEI: Using Digital Media and 2021 Instructional Technology for Social Justice and Inclusive Pedagogy,” Enriching Scholarship Conference workshop, University of Michigan

4 Co-organizer and co-facilitator, “Teaching with Technology: Incorporating 2020 Digital Media Workshop,” Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, February 24

Instructional Technology Graduate Student Instructor Consultant, 2019 – 2020 Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Instructor Orientation Facilitator 2019 – 2020

Co-organizer and co-facilitator, “Using Digital Tools to Facilitate Student 2019 Collaboration Workshop,” Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, October 31

Dissertation Writing Workshop Leader, Sweetland Center for Writing 2019

U-M Rackham Graduate Teacher Certificate 2019

Preparing Future Faculty Seminar, Rackham Graduate School and 2018 Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, May 1 – May 31, University of Michigan

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

German Studies Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Research and Teaching Database 2019 – present Compiled primary sources and teaching materials about and by individuals and groups underrepresented due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, class, and religion. Designed teaching modules, activities, lesson plans, and syllabi for specific themes and materials. Created interactive online database to store and easily access materials.

U-M Rackham Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 2019 - present (DEI) Certificate (in progress)

Guidance, Perspective, & Support (GPS) Undergraduate Student Mentor, 2019 – present Spectrum Center (LGBTQ Center), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Representative, German Department Diversity, Equity, 2019 – 2020 & Inclusion Committee, University of Michigan

Co-initiator of German Department Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee 2018 – 2019

PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP

Fellow, Institute for Social Change, University of Michigan 2020 - 2021

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Co-organizer, “Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: German Revolutionary Women,” 2020 University of Michigan, March 27

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Prof. Tyler Whitney 2016 - 2018 Tasks included research work for book manuscript, editing and translating book manuscript, and editing articles for publication.

DEPARTMENTAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICE

Graduate Student Representative, German Department Curriculum Committee, 2020 – present University of Michigan

Graduate Student Representative for Departmental Speaker Series 2018 – 2019

Graduate Student Mentor, German Department 2016 – 2017

Judge, German Day at the University of Michigan 2015 – 2019

Organizer, Kaffeestunde – Weekly German session for undergraduate students 2014 – 2015

Member, Doing Queer Studies Now Interdisciplinary Workshop 2014 – present

Member, European History Interdisciplinary Workshop 2014 – present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Modern Language Association 2020 – present Northeast Modern Language Association 2019 - present Midwest Modern Language Association 2019 - present Coalition of Women in German 2019 – present German Studies Association 2016 – present American Association of Teachers of German 2015 - present

LANGUAGES

German – Near-native fluency French – Proficient reading, functional writing and speaking proficiencies Dutch – Proficient reading, functional writing proficiency

REFERENCES

6 Scott Spector, Rudolf Mrázek Collegiate Professor of History and German Studies, University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, phone: 734-647-0401, [email protected]

Tyler Whitney, Associate Professor of German, University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, phone: 734-763-9636, [email protected]

Kerstin Barndt, Associate Professor of German, University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, phone: 734-764-5466, [email protected]

Hartmut Rastalsky, German Language Program Director, University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, phone: 734-647-0404, [email protected]

Date prepared: 1/10/2021

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