I am Associate Professor of German in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo. I am the author of Franz Kafka’s The Trial: Four Stage Adaptations (Peter Lang, 2003), and have also published and lectured on performance theory; Faustian rock musicals; and German drama, film, and German-language manga and comic books.

I teach courses in German literature, culture and film; German language courses; and cross-listed courses on Russian literature and culture in translation.