Meagan K TrippAssistant Professor of German

Meagan K. Tripp is an Assistant Professor of German. She teaches courses at all levels of the

German curriculum and a Connections course (first-year seminar) called Performing Bodies. Her

research examines intersections between modernist literature and dance with attention to

embodiment, gender, sexuality, and poetics. She also works on inclusive pedagogies,

articulation, and outreach. She serves on the National German Exam committee and as a

college representative for the Central Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association of

Teachers of German. In 2024, she received a Goethe-Institut / American Association of

Teachers of German Certificate of Merit, an award for the furthering of German education in

the United States. At F&M, she is a founding board member of the FPS Queer and Trans

Alliance, an affinity group for faculty and staff.

Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, University of Minnesota

M.A. in German Studies, University of New Mexico

B.A. Alma College

German 102 – Beginning German II: What is German?

German 454 – The Arts in/as German Literature and Culture

German 453 – Scientific Discourses in German Literature and Culture

German 327/427 – Language Matters in German Culture

German 202 – Intermediate German II: Stories of 20 th Century German and the African Diaspora

German 201 – Intermediate German I: Familie, Freund*innen, Heimat

German 102 – Beginning German II: What is German?

German 101 – Beginning German I: What is German?

INT 350 – Language Precepting Seminar

German Studies

“Multiplicity as Resistance: Dancing Wedekind’s Lulu.” Feminist German Studies, Vol. 39, No.

2, 2023, pp. 1-24.

“Writing the Ephemeral: Expressionist Poetics and the Dancer’s Presence and

Disappearance.” In: Bewegungsfreiheit. Tanz als kulturelle Manifestation (1900–1950).

Freedom to Move. Dance as Cultural Manifestation (1900–1950). Rita Rieger (Ed.). 2017.

German Curriculum and Pedagogy

“Gender-Just Language and the Politics of Language as a Topic in an Advanced College

German Course.” – Under Review

“A Collaboration between a High School and a College German Program: Retention and

Articulation.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2024, pp.

61–65.

Recent Conference Presentations

“Best Practices for Multi-Level Courses in Post-Secondary German Programs” – Panel,

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Fall 2023

“Collaborations between K-12 and College: Advocacy, Articulation, Mentorship” –

Roundtable, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Fall 2022

“Translating a Dancer-Poet – Ingeborg Lacour-Torrup’s “Tanz,”” – Seminar, German Studies

Association, Fall 2022

“Lasker-Schüler and Sacharoff: at the Intersection of Androgyny and Orientalism” - Panel,

German Studies Association, Fall 2021

“The Politics of Writing and Publishing Queer Modernist Dance” – Seminar, German Studies

Association, Fall 2020

“Fostering Inclusive Classroom and Departmental Environments for LGBTQIA+-Learners” –

Co-presented: Jaime Helm ’20, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign

Languages, Spring 2020

Recent Service to F&M

Queer and Trans Alliance (Affinity Group) Executive Board & Founding Member, 2021-

present

Curriculum Subcommittee / Ad Hoc Teaching and Learning Subcommittee, 2021-22, 2023-

present

WGSS Program Committee, 2020-2024

Guest Lecturer on Sexuality and Heterosexism for INT 178 Identity, Power and Inequality,

Fall 2022 & 2023