Juliane Schicker

Education

since 2010 Ph.D. student (German Literature) at The Pennsylvania State University
2009 M.A. in German from The Texas Tech University
- Master's Thesis: "Popliteratur - Das Archiv eines Augenblicks"
2008 First State Exam in English, German, and Secondary Education from The Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
- State Exam Thesis: "Klassenfahrten und Interkulturelles Lernen", awarded with "Joseph-Schmitt-Sonderpreis 2007“, founded by Klaus Hagemann as part of the Joseph-Schmitt-Price of the Internationaler Bauorden (organizes international youth-meetings and Peace Service in Europe since 1953)
2002-2003 student at The Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg, Germany

Journal Publications

Conference Presentations

“Violent Love in Kleist’s Penthesilea. The Search for Harmony Through War“, presented at the UVa Graduate
Student Conference (March 18-20, 2011) and the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (April 14-16, 2011)

Other Publications

Translation: "Der Dichter spricht..." (The official Tour Blog of the Berlin Philharmonic)

Relevant Professional Experience

since 2010 Private Tutor for German as a first and foreign language, all ages
since 2010 Graduate Part-Time Instructor for German at The Pennsylvania State University
2011-2012 Teacher for Music Readiness and German at The State College Music Academy, State College, PA
2010 Instructor for German as a Foreign Language for World Campus at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2010 Counselor and Teacher for German as a Foreign Language of an initiative at the Internationale Bund in Wernigerode, Germany, integrating people with migration background into work life
2008-2009 Graduate Part-Time Instructor for German at The Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2009 Teaching Assistant at the study-abroad program of The Texas Tech University German Department at their abroad campus in Quedlinburg, Germany
2008 Summer Camp Counselor at Pali Overnight Adventures, Running Springs, CA, specialty: Rock Star Camp
2005-2008 Freelancer at the JugendInfoService Sachsen-Anhalt, an internet platform for and about youth work
and information for youth in Magdeburg, Germany
2003-2004 Part-Time Assistant at the Youth Culture Award, founded by the Landesvereinigung Kulturelle Jugendbildung Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., a non-governmental organization committed to the cultural and artistic education of children and young adults, Magdeburg, Germany

Further Trainings

Volunteer Experience

since Nov 2011 Vice Chair of the Music Committee at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County
since Sept 2011 Youth Advisor at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County
since Jan 2011 member of the Music Committee and Chair of a related ad-hoc committee at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County
since 2010 member of the Adult Choir and Jazz Band at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, State College, PA
2008 Teaching Assistant at the Wilmington Friends Lower School, Wilmington, DE
2008 Teaching Assistant at the Freie Grundschule, Wernigerode, Germany
2007 Teaching Assistant at the Smith Academy of International Languages, now Waddell Language Academy in Charlotte, NC
2004 teaching internship at two grammar schools in Magdeburg, Germany

Memberships and Awards

since 2011 Delta Phi Alpha: The National German Honorary Society, Chapter Delta Nu
since 2011 The American Association of Teachers of German
2004 winner of the Anastacia Idol Competition (singing competition) in Stuttgart, Germany
2007 sang the role of "Gabriella" in a local production of High School Musical at the Yamaha Musikschule Schicker in Wernigerode, Germany