Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. MaryAnn Snyder-Körber
Education
2014 - Habilitation, Freie Universität Berlin: Venia legendi in North American Studies (Literature and Culture)
2004 - Dr. phil. in Comparative Literature, Freie Universität Berlin
2000-2003 - Doctoral Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
1998 - Magister artium in Comparative Literature, German Studies, and North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
1993-1994 - Fulbright Fellowship, Freie Universität Berlin
1993 - Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, German Studies, and Women's Studies, University of California at Irvine
1991 - Induction into Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society
Professional Experience
2015-2017 - Acting Chair ("Vertretungsprofessorin") of the Department for North American Literature at the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
2014-2015 - Lecturer ("Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin") in the Department of North American Studies/Seminar for English Philology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
2005-2013 - Assistant Professor ("Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/Assistentin") in the Department for North American Literature at the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
2012 - Guest Professor ("Vertretungsprofessorin") for American Studies at the English Seminar of the Leibniz Universität Hannover
2000-2005 - Adjunct Lecturer at the English Seminar of the Leibniz Universität Hannover
Membership in Professional Organizations
Bayerische Amerika Akademie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Deutscher Hochschulverband
European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Professional and Community Service
Faculty Advisor / "Vertrauensdozentin" of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Advisory Board Member for the American Studies Journal
Peer Reviewer for Academic Journals and Institutions:
- Amerikastudien/American Studies
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- KWZ Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift
- The Journal for History, Culture, and Modernity
- The European Journal of American Studies
- ÖAW - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften/ Austrian Academy of Scences
- AIAS - Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies
- Palgrave Macmillan Publishing
- American Academy Berlin
President DAG – Deutsch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft Würzburg, e.V. (2018-)
Selection Committee Member for the Fulbright International Education Exchange Program (2009) and Cooperation Partner for the Transatlantic Outreach Program of the Goethe Institut / Auswärtiges Amt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2018-2019)
