Born in Munich, Germany, I came to the U.S. as an international student, and now hold a BA (UNC Chapel Hill), an MALS (Duke University) and a PhD in German Studies (Carolina-Duke).
My research lies at the intersection of poetry, media theory, gender studies, and computational semiotics, tracing developments from German Modernism to contemporary experimental writing. I am especially interested in how language structures in avant-garde poetry illuminate—and challenge—the logics of AI-driven textual production.
At present, my teaching centers on German language pedagogy and on content courses that explore key aspects of contemporary Germany, integrating cultural analysis, sociolinguistics, and emerging technologies.
In addition to my academic scholarship, my narrative nonfiction books and essays have been published internationally and translated into multiple languages.