Adjunct Professor, is the
MCL German Studies Coordinator. She received her Ph.D. in German
Studies from the University of California, Davis, with an emphasis
on issues of national and gender identities in post-wall Berlin
literature and film. She has been teaching courses in German
language and literature at USF since 2004, and has been pursuing
research in both fields. She earned an M.A. in German Studies from
San Francisco State University, and completed the Erste
Staatsexamen at the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster,
Germany, majoring in Education with a focus on German Studies and
History.
Susanne Hoelscher's research is focused on late 19th to
21st century German literature and culture and includes
psychoanalytic thought, critical theory, and film studies. She is
particularly interested in issues of national and gender identities
and has presented and published in this area. At the University of
San Francisco, she has been teaching in the German and Comparative
Literature programs since 2004 and has enjoyed her encounters with
many wonderful students!
