Ann Schmiesing
Associate Professor of German and Nordic Studies

Ann Schmiesing is an associate professor of German and Nordic Studies with research interests in 18th and 19th-century German and Norwegian literature and culture. She received an M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in German from Cambridge University (U.K.). Her book Norway’s Christiania Theatre, 1827-1867: From Danish Showhouse to National Stage was published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in 2006. Her many publications in nationally and internationally peer-reviewed journals include articles on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Daniel Chodowiecki, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Johan Falkberget, and on issues pertaining to drama, narrative fiction, theatre history, and book illustration. She has also published and/or presented papers on several issues in humanities pedagogy, including service learning, curriculum development, and the utilization of rare books collections in humanities teaching.