Wayne State University
History Department
3163 FAB
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 577-2525
E-mail: af5556@wayne.edu
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Since 1998
Ph.D. Cand.
American Immigration and Ethnic History, Modern American History, Early American History, Archival Administration
Dissertation: The Search for Nazi War Criminals from Eastern Europe in the United States: An Attempt to Limit Total War and Genocide
Advisor: Professor John J. Bukowczyk
Universitaet Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (Eichstaett, Germany)
1993 - 1998
Master of Arts 1998
Bachelor of Arts 1995
Modern (German) History, Bavarian History, Political Science
Master's Thesis: The Party Systems of the Weimar Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in Comparison
Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana, U.S.A.)
1995 - 1996
History, Political Science
Apian Gymnasium (Ingolstadt, Germany)
Abitur 1993
Leistungskurse English, Chemistry
Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards:
Alfred H. Kelly Award
Wayne State University, History Department
2002
Competitive Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship
Wayne State University, History Department
2001 - 2002
Recruiting Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship
Wayne State University, History Department
1998 - 1999
International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
Ball State University
1995 - 1996
Publications:
"Nazi Collaborators From Eastern Europe as Immigrants and the Displaced Persons Acts," Michigan Academician 35,3 (2003), 295-320.
"Operation Paperclip," Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, ed. Peter Knight (London: ABC-Clio, 2003).
"An Element of Genocide: Rape, Total War, and International Law in the Twentieth Century," Journal of Genocide Research 4 (2002), 197-210.
"Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles by Chad Berry (Book Review)," Southern Historian 23 (2002), 72-74.
Works in Progress:
"Fedorenko Case," and "John Demjanjuk," War Crimes: An Historical Encyclopedia, ed. Elizabeth Pugliese (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2004).
"German-Americans (World War II)," Encyclopedia of the Home Front: World War I and II, ed. Thaddeaus Russell (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2004).
"The Memory of Judgement: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust by Douglas Lawrence (Book Review)," Journal of Genocide Research 5,4 (2003).
Conferences:
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters Annual Meeting
(Hope College, Holland, Michigan, U.S.A.)
March 21, 2003
"The Case of Alleged Nazi War Criminal Archbishop Valerian Trifa"
Mid-America Conference in History
(University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.)
September 18, 2002
"The Search for Eastern European Nazi Collaborators in the United States: An Attempt to Limit the Excesses of Total War and Genocide"
Great Lakes History Conference
(Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.)
October 6, 2000
"Ignorance and Confidence: The Displaced Persons Acts of 1948 and 1950 or How Nazi War Criminals from Eastern Europe Entered the United States"
Southern California Graduate Student History Conference
(University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, U.S.A.)
May 29, 1999
"The Fine-de-Siecle German SPD and Women's Suffrage: Liberal and Socialist Ideas in Conflict"
Internships:
Michigan Legislative Service Bureau/Research Division
(Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Summer 1999
Legislative Analyst
Employment:
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Summer 2001
Graduate Research Assistant
Professor Sandra VanBurkleo, American Legal and Constitutional History
Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Summer 2000
Archivist
Universitaet Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (Eichstaett, Germany), History Department
1996 - 1998
Graduate Research Assistant
Professor Karsten Ruppert, Modern German History
Teaching Experience:
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Since 2000
Microteaching Session Leader
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Since 1999
Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lecturer
HIS 1300 Europe and the World, 1500-1945
HIS 1995 Society and Economic Transition
HIS 2050 American History Since 1877
Professional Associations:
American Historical Association (AHA)
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Phi Beta Delta International Honors Society
Languages:
German (native), English (excellent), Latin (basic reading)
