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Humanities and Arts

Ulrike Brisson

Visiting Assistant Professor
Administrator of German Studies

Department: Humanities & Arts
Professional Page
Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 333
Phone: +1-508-831-5742
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
ubrisson@wpi.edu

Educational Background

• B.A. Universität Hannover, Germany, 1980
• M.A. The Pennsylvania State University, 1995
• Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Research & Teaching Interests

18th/19th European Literature; travel writing; German as a second language

IQP Advising Interests

Literature

Research

My scholarly interest is in European travel writing, especially by women with a focus on the nineteenth century. This interest branches into areas such as colonial and post-colonial studies, women’s studies, geography, ethnography, theories of nationalism and trans-nationalism.

My teaching interest lies in German as a second language and I am currently exploring techniques to utilize drama in education, as well as in finding ways for including art to promote writing skills and cultural competency.

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