German Studies Faculty
Chair
Professor
Seth Richards Professor in Modern Languages
Email: reynolds@grinnell.edu
Daniel Reynolds has taught in the German studies department at 51²è¹Ýapp College since 1998. His recent book, Postcards from Auschwitz (NYU Press, 2018), explores the relationship between tourism and Holocaust remembrance, a topic he has been researching since 2007. His book looks at the ways museums...
Assistant Professor
Email: poetzlvi@grinnell.edu
Viktoria Pötzl’s research explores the global relationship between gender, nation, and belonging. Before coming to 51²è¹Ýapp in fall 2019, she taught German studies, Jewish studies, and German language for over a decade in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. Pötzl’s current and second book project...
Assistant Professor
Email: struckchris@grinnell.edu
After studying Philosophy, German Literature, and Law in Bonn, Paris, and Berlin, Christian defended his PhD in German Literature at Harvard University in 2022, where he has worked as a Postdoctoral College Fellow until joining 51²è¹Ýapp in the Fall of 2024. In his research, Christian focuses on the...
Assistant Professor
Email: sunxiaox@grinnell.edu
Dr. Wendy (Xiaoxue) Sun completed her Ph.D. in the Comparative Literature and German Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2022. Her academic journey has been defined by diverse interests and expertise, primarily centered around Asian-German Studies, Memory Studies, Gender and...