Heike Henderson

Education

Ph.D. in German Literature with a Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research
University of California, Davis (1997)
Master of Arts in German
University of Cincinnati (1991)
“Zwischenprüfung” (Bachelor of Arts Equivalent) in German, Political Science and Italian
Philipps-Universität Marburg (1987)

Major Research Fields

Select Publications

Henderson, Heike. “Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel.” Women in German Yearbook 22. Ed. Helga Kraft and Maggie McCarthy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. 236-257.

Henderson, Heike. “Beyond Currywurst and Döner: The Role of Food in German Multicultural Literature and Society.” Glossen 20 (2004). <http://www.dickinson.edu/glossen/heft20/henderson.html>.

Henderson, Heike. “Cancer, Children, and Career.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (November 19, 2004): C3. Also online: <http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/11/2004111601c.htm>.

Henderson, Heike. “Geschichte(n) erzählen: Literarische Erinnerungen an eine Kindheit in der Türkei.” (Telling History/Stories: Literary Memories of a Childhood in Turkey.) Literatur und Identität: Deutsch-deutsche Befindlichkeiten und die multikulturelle Gesellschaft. (Literature and Identity: German-German Considerations and the Multicultural Society.) Contemporary German Literature and Society Series, vol. 3. Ed. Ursula E. Beitter. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. 81-95.

Henderson, Heike. “Die deutsche Vereinigung im Spiegel der Literatur — zu Texten von Brussig, Schulze, Delius, Klier und Dahn.” (German Unification in the Mirror of Literature: Texts, Trends, and Observations.) Review Essay. Glossen 6 (1999). <http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/germn/glossen/heft6/henderson.html>.

Henderson, Heike. “Re-Thinking and Re-Writing Heimat: Turkish Women Writers in Germany.” Women in German Yearbook 13. Ed. Sara Friedrichsmeyer and Patricia Herminghouse. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. 225-243.

Hofmann, Heike. “Biographism,” “Biography, Literary,” “Erlebnisdichtung,” and “Participation and Exclusion.” The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. Ed. Friederike Eigler and Susanne Kord. Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 1997. 49-50, 51-52, 122-123, 388-389.

Hofmann, Heike. “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand . . . Wedekinds Lulu: Femme Fatale par excellence?” (Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . . Wedekind’s Lulu: Femme Fatale par excellence?) Focus on Literatur vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 1-10.

Select Recent Presentations

“Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel.” South Central Modern Language Association Convention, Houston, Texas, October 2005.

“Academic Performances.” Contribution to the Poster Session. Women in German Annual Conference, Rio Rico, Arizona, October 2002.

“Strategies for Program Building.” Modern Language Association of America, Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2001.

“Still Marginalized? Turkish Women Writers in Germany.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 2001.

“Juggling Acts: Fighting Cancer, Getting Tenure, and Raising a Happy Child.” Video Presentation. Women in German Annual Conference, Rio Rico, Arizona, October 2001.

“Abgewickelt: Geschichtenüber den sozialen Auf- und Abstieg.” (Downsized: Stories about Social Advancement and Decline.) Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Boise, Idaho, October 2000.

“Türkische Schriftstellerinnen in Deutschland: Texte, Themen und Debatten.” (Turkish Women Writers in Germany: Texts, Topics and Debates.) Erste Internationale Tagung Sprachenvielfalt in der Literatur / Linguistic Diversity in Literature, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 2000.

“Expanding the Canon of German Literature: Teaching a Course about Migrants and Minorities.” Pacific Northwest Council for Languages Annual Conference, Tacoma, Washington, April 1999.

“Geschichte(n) erzählen: Literarische Erinnerungen an eine Kindheit in der Türkei.” (Telling History/Stories: Literary Memories of a Childhood in Turkey.) Schreiben im heutigen Deutschland: Loyola College Berlin Seminar, Berlin, Germany, June 1998.

“Not Just for German Majors . . . Speaking of Race in the German Studies Curriculum.” Women in German Annual Conference, Aptos, California, October 1997.

Courses Taught

Major Service Responsibilities

German Section Head

Schedule all German Courses and Coordinate Conversation Labs and Tutoring.
Recruit, Interview, Supervise, and Support Adjunct Faculty. Select Textbooks for all German classes and coordinate the development of common Course Policies.
Selection of all German Videos, Computer Software, and Books to be ordered by the Modern Languages Resource Center and the Albertsons Library.
Program Building and Public Relations Work.
Liaison to area High School Teachers and German Communities.
Complete Revision of the German Curriculum. All curriculum changes were implemented in Fall, 1998.
Faculty Advisor for all German Majors and Minors.
Coordinator of the Exchange Program with Saarbrücken, Germany.
Member of the Gender Studies Advisory Board
Member of numerous Committees at the Department, College and University level.