Notable Achievements

Associate Professor of German Erika Berroth earned two materials grants from the German Foreign Office and the German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). The grants cover two curated collections of German language publications: German language poetry across the ages, and German language texts in natural history, climate science, and the anthropocene. Students will engage with those collections in their studies of German language, literatures, and cultures at all proficiency levels. Success with DAAD materials grants is made possible through Berroth’s commitment to community engagement as a DAAD Ortslektorin.

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Erika Berroth

Associate Professor of German

Education

Staatsexamen: State Board Examination - MA; Postgraduate Degree in English Studies; Ph.D. , Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Germany; University of Nottingham, England; University of California, Santa Barbara 2013

Awards

Southwestern University Teaching Award in 2005. 

  • Biography

    Education

    Staatsexamen: State Board Examination - MA; Postgraduate Degree in English Studies; Ph.D. , Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Germany; University of Nottingham, England; University of California, Santa Barbara 2013

    Awards

    Southwestern University Teaching Award in 2005. 

  • Research

    Transnational Identity Narratives - Contemporary German Language Literature by Autors with Migration Backgrounds in East Central Europe;

    Environmental Humanities in German Studies - Eco-Texts and Eco-Film, Eco-Pedagogy, Cultures of Environmentalism, Eco-criticism, Identity Politics and Notions of Home

    Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) - Perspectives on a German Classic

    Germany and the New Europe - The New Berlin, Contemporary German Culture, Traditions and Innovations in Memory Cultures, Sports Cultures and National Identity

    Awards & Fellowships

    Received DADD, Mellon, Cullen, Sam Taylor and other awards and fellowships to support research projects abroad.

In the News

  • Southwestern Student, Alumna Selected for 2024–2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    Leora Ammerman ’24 and Sierra Rupp ’23 selected for English Teaching Assistant Program in Spain; Ella Stewart ’24 named an alternate.

  • Scott McLean SCOPE
    SURF Program Ushers in New Wave of Student-Faculty Research at Southwestern University

    Applications are now open for the summer Southwestern Undergraduate Research with Faculty (SURF) program, offering students the opportunity to conduct paid, full-time research and creative works alongside faculty members.

  • Sierra Rupp ’23
    Alumna Sierra Rupp ’23 Set to Embark on International Journey

    Recent political science graduate earns Critical Language Scholarship to study Russian in Kyrgyzstan and Fulbright grant to teach English in Spain.

  • Southwestern Arch
    Southwestern Student, Alumna Selected for 2024–2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    Leora Ammerman ’24 and Sierra Rupp ’23 selected for English Teaching Assistant Program in Spain; Ella Stewart ’24 named an alternate.

  • Several faculty report that the quietest students in their brick-and-mortar classes have blossomed in the online environment, contributing more frequently to both synchronous and asynchronous conversation
    It’s Just Not the Same, Part 4

    Southwestern faculty reflect on how remote teaching might change how they teach in the classroom when campus life resumes this fall.

  • Associate Professor of German Erika Berroth
    It’s Just Not the Same, Part 2

    SU faculty reflect on the challenges—and some unexpected rewards—of moving their classes online.

  • Southwestern University
    Eight Southwestern Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Grants from the 2019 Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund

    The competitive funding will allow SU faculty to pursue various research projects.

  • Dr. Debika Sihi teaches a marketing class.
    My Southwestern Experience

    Jonah Rohne ’19 reflects on his favorite part of the University: the faculty.

  • Seven Southwestern Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sam Taylor Fellowship Grant

    Grants ranging from $1,100 to $1,830 will allow faculty to pursue graduate study or postgraduate research.