Madison Redding

Joint MA in Intercultural German Studies
Headshot of Madison Redding, MA student.

Where and what did you study before you came to Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo?

I did a BA (Honours) in Applied Linguistics/TESL with a Minor in German at Brock University!

What are your interests in German Studies?

I originally started studying German language with plans of going into translation and to aid in my understanding and application of the linguistics portion of my degree, and I ended up taking a huge interest in Germanic studies as a whole, but German linguistics still has my heart.

Why did you choose the University of Waterloo?

The IcGS program allows me to combine both the linguistics and German parts of my degree. I would have had to choose between the two with a lot of other Masters programs, and so I get the best of both worlds with IcGS and UW! Plus, I get to do a year abroad in Mannheim, which is something I wanted to do with my undergraduate degree but didn’t get the chance to.

Do you already know what you want to write your thesis on?

I am still open to other avenues, but I’m hoping to look at how grammatical gender affects social gender perception in German.

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a palaeontologist or an archeologist. What is a fun fact about you? My biggest fear is escalators.