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 ΢ÃÜÆƽâ 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 ΢ÃÜÆƽâ 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 ΢ÃÜÆƽâ in the Fall of 2024. In his research, Christian focuses on the...
Assistant Professor
Email: sunxiaox@grinnell.edu
Wendy Sun is Assistant Professor of German Studies at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature along with dual M.A. degrees in English, Comparative Literature and World Literature, and a B.A. in Chinese Studies. Her research explores transnational memory, trauma, and exile, with...