Karin Schestokat

author and co-author of Denk Mal! Deutsch ohne Grenzen

February 4, 2013

Karin U. Schestokat is a Professor of German at OSU, where she has been teaching German language and literature courses since 1996. She was awarded the title of German Teacher of the Year by the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German in 2002. She earned her PhD. in German from the University of Southern Califonia, a MA in German Studies from the University of New Mexico, and a Staatsexamen in English and History from the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. She published a monograph entitled German Women in Cameroon, Travelogues from Colonial Times in 2003 and  several articles on contemporary German-speaking women and minority writers. Her interests and research are in 19th and 20th century German literature and culture. Currently, she is working on another monograph. It explores personal memories of fleeing from Kaliningrad in East Prussia to the West at the end of WW II and how these real events are mirrored in contemporary German literature.

Denk Mal! Deutsch ohne Grenzen is a textbook for teaching intermediate level students of German, co-authored by Karin Schestokat, Tobias Barske, Megan McKinstry, and Jane Sokolosky. It "blends engaging texts, rich cultural presentations, innovative technology, and contemporary short movies in a ground-breaking new program that is designed to engage and intrigue intermediate students of German." (quoted from the Vista Higher Learning catalogue.)

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2013-honorees/karin-schestokat

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