Robert Kauf Memorial Scholarship Awards 2018-2019

Robert Kauf Memorial



Scholarship Awards





for Excellence in Graduate Research

and Excellence in Teaching





2018-2019

Robert Kauf Memorial Scholarship Awards



for Excellence in Graduate Research



























































Pictured (left to right):
• Dr. Heidi Schlipphacke, Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Germanic Studies
• Zachary Fitzpatrick

• Karina Duncker-Hoffmann
• Lucas Riddle

1st Place





Lucas Riddle








“Reclaiming Heimat: Uprooting Fascism in Anna

Seghers’s Das Ende”





link to the essay

2nd Place





Karina Duncker-Hoffmann








“Der Hund als Schutzfunktion und Identitätsgarant

in Fontanes Effi Briest”





link to the essay

3rd Place





Zachary Fitzpatrick








“’Einer dominiert immer’?: Master/Slave Polyper-

spectivity in Helmut Krausser’s Die letzten schönen


Tage”





link to the essay

Robert Kauf Memorial Scholarship Awards



for Excellence in Teaching



























































Pictured (left to right):
• Dr. Susanne Rott, Head of the Department of Germanic Studies
• Zachary Fitzpatrick

• Lucas Riddle
• Maryann Piel

Robert Kauf Award for Excellence in Teaching




The Robert Kauf Award for Excellence in Teaching is given to outstanding graduate

teaching assistants on the basis of exceptional portfolios representing either an engaging
and insightful lesson plan or a well-developed teaching statement.





Teaching Portfolio (Graduate students can apply repeatedly)

Needs to include the following:





1) Student teaching evaluations,


2) One faculty teaching observation

3) One observation by the Language Program Director

4) A three-page page lesson plan (Ph.D. students who apply a second time for the

award should create a syllabus for an advanced language-based course).








Teaching Statement Portfolio (Graduate students can only apply once)

Needs to include the following:





1) Student teaching evaluations,

2) One faculty teaching observation


3) One observation by the Language Program Director

4) A 1.5 page teaching statement









Submission: Please submit your portfolio as ONE file. Clearly indicate whether you
are applying for the Teaching Portfolio or Teaching Statement Portfolio award.

1st Place






Zachary Fitzpatrick







link to portfolio

2nd Place






Lucas Riddle







link to lesson plan

3rd Place







Maryann Piel






link to lesson plan