Meagan K TrippAssistant Professor of German
Biography
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.
Education
Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, University of Minnesota
M.A. in German Studies, University of New Mexico
B.A. Alma College
Current Courses
German 102 鈥� Beginning German II: What is German?
Courses Recently Taught
German 454 鈥� The Arts in/as German Literature and Culture
German 453 鈥� Scientific Discourses in German Literature and Culture
German 327/427 鈥� Language Matters in German Culture
German 202 鈥� Intermediate German II: Stories of 20 th Century German and the African Diaspora
German 201 鈥� Intermediate German I: Familie, Freund*innen, Heimat
German 102 鈥� Beginning German II: What is German?
German 101 鈥� Beginning German I: What is German?
INT 350 鈥� Language Precepting Seminar
Publications, Presentations, and Service
German Studies
鈥淢ultiplicity as Resistance: Dancing Wedekind鈥檚 Lulu.鈥� Feminist German Studies, Vol. 39, No.
2, 2023, pp. 1-24.
鈥淲riting the Ephemeral: Expressionist Poetics and the Dancer鈥檚 Presence and
Disappearance.鈥� In: Bewegungsfreiheit. Tanz als kulturelle Manifestation (1900鈥�1950).
Freedom to Move. Dance as Cultural Manifestation (1900鈥�1950). Rita Rieger (Ed.). 2017.
German Curriculum and Pedagogy
鈥淕ender-Just Language and the Politics of Language as a Topic in an Advanced College
German Course.鈥� 鈥� Under Review
鈥淎 Collaboration between a High School and a College German Program: Retention and
Articulation.鈥� Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2024, pp.
61鈥�65.
Recent Conference Presentations
鈥淏est Practices for Multi-Level Courses in Post-Secondary German Programs鈥� 鈥� Panel,
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Fall 2023
鈥淐ollaborations between K-12 and College: Advocacy, Articulation, Mentorship鈥� 鈥�
Roundtable, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Fall 2022
鈥淭ranslating a Dancer-Poet 鈥� Ingeborg Lacour-Torrup鈥檚 鈥淭anz,鈥濃�� 鈥� Seminar, German Studies
Association, Fall 2022
鈥淟asker-Sch眉ler and Sacharoff: at the Intersection of Androgyny and Orientalism鈥� - Panel,
German Studies Association, Fall 2021
鈥淭he Politics of Writing and Publishing Queer Modernist Dance鈥� 鈥� Seminar, German Studies
Association, Fall 2020
鈥淔ostering Inclusive Classroom and Departmental Environments for LGBTQIA+-Learners鈥� 鈥�
Co-presented: Jaime Helm 鈥�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