Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand Professor of German and Global Studies Appalachian State University CURRICULUM VITAE Contact Information L.S. Dougherty 206 285 Buckeye Estates Box 32063 Boone, North Carolina 28607 Appalachian State University Tel. 828-265-0679 (landline) Boone, North Carolina 28608 Tel. 828-719-6713 (mobile) Tel. 828-26-7225 (office) Email: [email protected] ACADEMIC POSITIONS Appalachian State University 2017- Joint appointment, Professor of German and Global Studies 2013-17 Director of Global Studies, Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies (direct report to chair of newly created department) 2008-13 Director of Global Studies, University College (direct report to the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education) 2010 Professor of German (promotion) 2003-08 Chair and Associate Professor of German, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (later renamed Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures) Goshen College 2001-03 Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures 2001 (Summer) Director of Goshen College Study-Service-Term (SST) in Jena, Germany 1999-2003 Associate Professor of German (tenured 1999) 1995-99 Assistant Professor of German, Goshen College, Goshen IN EDUCATION 1995 Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (German) 1992-1993 Dissertation Fellowship (DAAD/German Academic Exchange): Universität Köln Dissertation: “The Topography of Gender in Middle High German Arthurian Romance” Directed by Dr. Francis G. Gentry, Professor of German 1989 M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI (German) 1987-1988 Fulbright Study Grant: Universität Köln 1987 B.A. University of Rochester, Rochester NY: magna cum laude/ Phi Beta Kappa Major: English (with highest distinction) Thesis: “Georg Büchner’s Shakespeare” Minor: Biology ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE My administrative style is collaborative, creative, and interdisciplinary; in decision-making, I strive to balance attention to individual faculty or programs with attention to departmental/college/university needs Sterling-Hellenbrand/ p. 2 and mission in a way that demonstrates integrity and clarity. Program Director, Appalachian State University, Global Studies Program 2013-17 Managed program in the Department of Cultural, Gender, and Global Studies; chair of re-designed Global Studies advisory committee with core faculty in addition to 3 affiliate faculty; curriculum development, program assessment, faculty recruitment and development Global Connections certificate; created scholarship fund for study abroad. Report to chair of department; allocated budget in collaboration with chair and other departmental programs (Interdisciplinary Studies and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies. 2008-13 Organized advisory, personnel and curriculum committees for Global Studies program; chair of Global Studies advisory committee; supervised growth over 9 years from to 100-120 majors; curriculum implementation and development, program assessment, faculty recruitment (60 faculty in 5 colleges), federal grant funding (UISFL). Direct report to Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education; worked with Vice Provost on resource allocation. Chair, Appalachian State University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (now Languages, Literatures and Cultures) 2003-08 Supervised approximately 15 full-time faculty as well as 17-20 adjunct faculty and two staff members; major programs in French and Spanish, minors in those languages as well as Chinese and German and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), and a range of beginning and intermediate courses in both Japanese and Russian. • During my tenure we added courses in Arabic and Portuguese; minors in Japanese and Russian; a general education required course in Literature in Translation. The department also ran searches for 6-7 new faculty. 2003- 08 Council of Chairs 2003- 08 Council of Arts and Sciences 2004-2006 Member, Curriculum subcommittee for the Council of Arts and Sciences 2005-2006 Chair, Curriculum subcommittee for the Council of Arts and Sciences 2003-08 Advising in all FLL departmental program areas for undergraduate and graduate students: including all departmental language areas (majors and minors) at need, German minors, education (B.S. degrees in French and Spanish), core curriculum, study abroad, international business, Interdisciplinary (IDS) area studies (particularly with respect to language needs) 2006-08 Supervisor for Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants in Arabic: 2006-07 Ghada Gherwash (Libya); 2007-08 Salim Al Ibia (Jordan) 2006 Co-author, with Dr. Michael Lane (FRE), of final NCATE report for successful accreditation of programs in French and Spanish at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the department 2006-07 Global Studies curriculum committee: New B.A. degree in Global Studies 2005-07 General Education Task Force Committee: the committee was charged by the Provost to overhaul the Core Curriculum from the early 1990’s; the two-year process involved stakeholders from constituent communities (faculty, students, alumni, employers) across the campus and the region Subcommittee on relationships between community colleges, high schools and ASU; Subcommittee to review and summarize departmental statements; Subcommittee to develop guidelines for literary studies courses; Subcommittee to develop guidelines for Local to Global Perspectives Themes; Sterling-Hellenbrand/ p. 3 Subcommittee to write report section on Global learning outcomes Chair: Goshen College, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures 2001-03 5 full-time faculty in 4 languages (French, Spanish, German, American Sign Language) and majors; curriculum development; Study-Service Term SELECTED DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE Appalachian State University Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, formerly Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies *Note: The Global Studies program was an independent program from 2008-2012 until the department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies was created in 2012-2013; that department changed its name effective fall 2019 to the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies) 2019 Spring Global Studies Curriculum Mapping project (with Mark Nunes and Jeanne Dubino in Global Studies), supported by a Curriculum Mapping Assessment grant sponsored by the University Academic Assessment Council. 2018- Global Studies, Curriculum Committee (member) 2018 A Panel Discussion Celebrating the Global Studies Program 2008-2018: 10 Years On. Where Are They Now? An Afternoon of Alumni Conversations with Recent Grads, 26 October 2018. 2013- present Global Connections Certificate: Advisor and Coordinator. This certificate has migrated to the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as of fall 2019 with the support of both departments. 2014-15 Member, Search Committee for Director of Interdisciplinary Studies 2013-17 Member, Departmental Personnel Committee 2013-17 Member, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures 2018-present Chair, DLLC Strategic Planning Sub-committee on Strategic Direction #4 “Support and Enhance Research”; member of Sub-committee on Strategic Direction #5 “Telling our Story” 2018-19 Chair, Departmental advisory committee 2018 Fall Member, Sanford Hall LLC Core Group (building renovation planning with LS3P); 2017 Fall Chair, Strategic Planning Committee 2015- Organizer: Language Out Loud (November International Education Week) 2015- Delta Phi Alpha Advisor (National German Honor Society; German faculty at Appalachian applied for and the program was approved for a new chapter: Tau Xi) 2016- German Club Advisor (the German Club is not a new club, rather it was re-constituted in fall 2016) 2004-15 Faculty Advisor: Language and Culture Community (Undergraduate Residential Learning Community) 2014-17 DLLC curriculum committee; special project to design majors in German and East Asian Languages and Cultures 2014-15 Member, search committee for position in French 2012-13 Member, departmental curriculum committee 2011 Fall Member, search committee for position in Asian Cultures and Thought 2009-10 Chair, Curriculum and Assessment Committe Sterling-Hellenbrand/ p. 4 Goshen College Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures (MCLL) 2000-03 Editor of MCLL Department Newsletter 1999-03 Sponsor and organizer of German Club 1998-99 New Faculty Mentor 1998- 2003 Designated Technology Consultant and Working Web Designer for the MCLL department 1997 Organizer of the first Goshen College German Day in October 1997. 1995-2003 Member of the Goshen College Orchestra 1995-2003 Organizer of Kaffeestunde and Stammtisch for speakers of German on campus SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSION Appalachian State University: Advisory Boards/Councils 2016-present Global Engagement Council: Subcommittee for International Research and Creative Endeavors 2015-present Faculty Advisory Board for the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies 2015-present Core Faculty, Medieval Studies Program 2006-16 University Service-Learning Council Appalachian State University: Honors 2018 Participant in NCHC City as Text Seminar: Boston, 4-8 November 2010-present Member, Honors College Faculty; as a member of the Honors College faculty I have taught the length and breadth of the University Honors curriculum at Appalachian; sections below highlight curriculum development including course-embedded study abroad initiatives and interdisciplinary short-term study abroad programs; thesis advising