German Faculty

Nora Carr
Queens Hall 205B
718-997-5657
nora.carr@qc.cuny.edu

Nora Carr is currently a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center. She holds a BA in History and French from NYU and an MA in Comparative Literature from the Graduate Center. Her interests include 20th-century French, German, and Latin American literature.

Christa Spreizer, Associate Professor, received her PhD and MA in German Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and her BA in Economics and German from Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests include nineteenth and twentieth century German literature and culture. She has published a book on the Expressionist Walter Hasenclever, and articles on Expressionism, Nietzschean feminism, Wilhelmine consumerism, Wilhelmine journalism, Romanticism, and the use of multimedia technologies in the foreign language classroom. Her edited volume on women and journalism, “Discovering Women’s History: German-speaking Journalists 1900-1950” appeared in 2014.

Prof. Spreizer has received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Fulbright, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), PSC-CUNY and other grants and funding for her research and teaching. Currently she serves as a DAAD Research Ambassador (2019-2021), assisting faculty and students interested in studying, conducting research, or initiating collaborative research projects with German colleagues.

Professor Spreizer coordinates the German Program, teaches all course levels, and is also the academic adviser for the CUNY/Berlin Winter and Summer semester programs.

Office: Queens Hall 330D
Phone: 718-997-5587
christine.spreizer@qc.cuny.edu