Education
PhD, American Studies. Universität Heidelberg, 2021.
MA, International Affairs. Columbia University, 2014.
BA, Astrophysics. Cornell University, 2007.
MA, International Affairs. Columbia University, 2014.
BA, Astrophysics. Cornell University, 2007.
Book
Writing Wars: Authorship and American War Fiction, WWI to Present. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2022.
Academic Writing
"When 'The End of Everything' Really Is." Apocalyptica, Vol. 1 (2022), 181-186.
“Remembering and Forgetting the Great War in Germany,” in Beyond Their Limits of Longing: Contemporary Writers and Veterans Reflect on the Lingering Stories of WWI. Edited by Jennifer Orth-Veillon. Milspeak Books [forthcoming, Oct 2022].
“The Theory of Everything (2014).” In the Lexicon of Global Melodrama. Edited by Heike Paul, Sarah Marak, Katharina Gerund, and Marius Henderson, 335-338. Bielefeld: Transcript, May 2022.
“Contemporary Fictions of War.” In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction, 1980-2020. Edited by Patrick O’Donnell, Stephen Burn, and Lesley Larkin. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, May 2022.
“‘[T]o tell the truth against dominant mythologies is always offensive’—An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen.” Amerikastudien/American Studies, Vol. 67, Issue 1 (2022), 81-91.
“Collision Course: Don’t Look Up and the Politicization of American Science.” HCA Graduate Blog, 26 Jan 2022
"Blitzkrieg Reconsidered? Assessing the Importance of Morale and Unit Cohesion in the 2008 Russia-Georgia War." Defence Studies, Vol 15/3, October 2015
"Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Strategy in Modern War." Military Review, Jan-Feb 2012
“Remembering and Forgetting the Great War in Germany,” in Beyond Their Limits of Longing: Contemporary Writers and Veterans Reflect on the Lingering Stories of WWI. Edited by Jennifer Orth-Veillon. Milspeak Books [forthcoming, Oct 2022].
“The Theory of Everything (2014).” In the Lexicon of Global Melodrama. Edited by Heike Paul, Sarah Marak, Katharina Gerund, and Marius Henderson, 335-338. Bielefeld: Transcript, May 2022.
“Contemporary Fictions of War.” In The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction, 1980-2020. Edited by Patrick O’Donnell, Stephen Burn, and Lesley Larkin. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, May 2022.
“‘[T]o tell the truth against dominant mythologies is always offensive’—An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen.” Amerikastudien/American Studies, Vol. 67, Issue 1 (2022), 81-91.
“Collision Course: Don’t Look Up and the Politicization of American Science.” HCA Graduate Blog, 26 Jan 2022
"Blitzkrieg Reconsidered? Assessing the Importance of Morale and Unit Cohesion in the 2008 Russia-Georgia War." Defence Studies, Vol 15/3, October 2015
"Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Strategy in Modern War." Military Review, Jan-Feb 2012
Conference Presentations
"Being Human After War: Veteran Writers and the Pubic Sphere." Invited panelist with Liam Corey, Hilarly Lithgow, and Roy Scranton, Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, 9-12 January 2020.
"Marvel's Black Panther and the Metonymic War Veteran in American Culture." Presented at the German Association for American Studies Annual Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 13-15 June 2019.
“Authority, Authenticity, and the American War Novel.” Presented at the Historical Fictions Research Conference, Manchester, England, 21-22 February 2019.
“The Influence of the Shift to an All-Volunteer Force on American War Fiction.” Presented at the War, Literature and the Arts Conference, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, 20-21 September 2018.
"Marvel's Black Panther and the Metonymic War Veteran in American Culture." Presented at the German Association for American Studies Annual Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 13-15 June 2019.
“Authority, Authenticity, and the American War Novel.” Presented at the Historical Fictions Research Conference, Manchester, England, 21-22 February 2019.
“The Influence of the Shift to an All-Volunteer Force on American War Fiction.” Presented at the War, Literature and the Arts Conference, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, 20-21 September 2018.
Book Reviews
Seven Books for a Literary Lockdown, from Ancient Classics to the End of the Universe. Review essay for the for the Heidelberg Center of American Studies Graduate Blog.
2019 in Books: Come for the Novels, Stay for the Dinosaurs. Review essay for the Heidelberg Center of American Studies Graduate Blog.
Desert Mementos: Stories of Iraq and Nevada, by Caleb S. Cage. Michigan War Studies Review, 2019-063, July 2019
Military Service and American Democracy: From WWII to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, by William A. Taylor. Michigan War Studies Review, 2018-098, November 2018
The Invisible Wounds of War, by Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard. Joint Forces Quarterly 79, October 2015
Ghost Fleet, by PW Singer and August Cole. The Huffington Post, 7/6/2015
The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman. Words After War, 10/16/2014
2019 in Books: Come for the Novels, Stay for the Dinosaurs. Review essay for the Heidelberg Center of American Studies Graduate Blog.
Desert Mementos: Stories of Iraq and Nevada, by Caleb S. Cage. Michigan War Studies Review, 2019-063, July 2019
Military Service and American Democracy: From WWII to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, by William A. Taylor. Michigan War Studies Review, 2018-098, November 2018
The Invisible Wounds of War, by Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard. Joint Forces Quarterly 79, October 2015
Ghost Fleet, by PW Singer and August Cole. The Huffington Post, 7/6/2015
The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman. Words After War, 10/16/2014
Selected Essays, Articles, and Commentary
"Remembering and Forgetting the Great War in Germany." U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, 8/28/2018
"The Unvarnished Tyrant: American Soldiers and the Final Months of Saddam." War on the Rocks, 7/21/2017
"A Brief History of Military-to-Civilian Conversions in the Department of Defense, 1965-2015." Institute for Defense Analyses, 7/2017
"Beyond Finding the Enemy: Embracing Sociocultural Intelligence in Stability Operations." Small Wars Journal, 7/14/2015
"Through A New Prism: A Next Generation Strategy for the US-German Relationship." Atlantic Council, 6/9/2015 (Co-Author)
"Geography, Demographics, and Strategy - A Blessing or a Curse?" War Council, 7/31/2014
"The Fear of Looking Weak in International Politics." Journal of International Affairs, 3/25/2014
"Building Bridges Between the Military and Universities." The New York Times, 3/7/2014
"Ty Carter Awarded Medal of Honor." The Daily Beast, 8/31/2013
"The Dangers of a Sensationalist Portrayal of Veterans." The New York Times, 8/6/2013
"Afghanistan's Opium Economy: Incentives, Insurgency, and International Demand." Journal of International Affairs, 12/5/2012
"The Unvarnished Tyrant: American Soldiers and the Final Months of Saddam." War on the Rocks, 7/21/2017
"A Brief History of Military-to-Civilian Conversions in the Department of Defense, 1965-2015." Institute for Defense Analyses, 7/2017
"Beyond Finding the Enemy: Embracing Sociocultural Intelligence in Stability Operations." Small Wars Journal, 7/14/2015
"Through A New Prism: A Next Generation Strategy for the US-German Relationship." Atlantic Council, 6/9/2015 (Co-Author)
"Geography, Demographics, and Strategy - A Blessing or a Curse?" War Council, 7/31/2014
"The Fear of Looking Weak in International Politics." Journal of International Affairs, 3/25/2014
"Building Bridges Between the Military and Universities." The New York Times, 3/7/2014
"Ty Carter Awarded Medal of Honor." The Daily Beast, 8/31/2013
"The Dangers of a Sensationalist Portrayal of Veterans." The New York Times, 8/6/2013
"Afghanistan's Opium Economy: Incentives, Insurgency, and International Demand." Journal of International Affairs, 12/5/2012
Fiction and Creative Essays
"Different Kinds of Infinity," a short story in The Road Ahead: Fiction from the Forever War (Pegasus Books), 2017
"Mortars and Cakes," a personal essay in Drunken Boat 24, December 2016
"Our Own Great Illusion," a short story for Words After War, 2/18/2015
"The Other Side of the Door," a short story in Collier's Magazine, May 2014
"Mortars and Cakes," a personal essay in Drunken Boat 24, December 2016
"Our Own Great Illusion," a short story for Words After War, 2/18/2015
"The Other Side of the Door," a short story in Collier's Magazine, May 2014
Other Media and Appearances
“Authenticity Across Genres.” Heidelberg University English Department Lecture Series, November 2021
“The Scales of Isolation: Nature and Community in Richard Powers’s The Overstory.” Heidelberg University English Department Lecture Series, November 2020
"Exposing the Fault Lines? How Corona Has Affected American Civil-Military Relations," for the Heidelberg Center for American Studies podcast series on Corona in the USA, 4 Sep 2020
Book Event: The Road Ahead (with Adrian Bonenberger, Kristen L. Rouse, Kayla Williams, and TM Gibbons-Neff)
Politics and Prose, Washington DC, 28 Jan 2017
"The US and Germany: Rivalry is cool, too." Interview with Deutsche Welle, 10 Jun 2015
"When Vets Come Home: 5 Things You Should Say (and 5 Things You Shouldn't)" by Feifei Sun. NationSwell, 7 Apr 2014 (quoted)
"Veterans' Disability, PTSD, and Postwar Adjustment." Panel, American Enterprise Institute, 13 Mar 2014
"Veterans Reflect on Military Service Through Creative Writing." Panel, Fairfield University, 11 Nov 2013
"Retiring the Vietnam-Vet Stereotype," by Sally Satel and Richard McNally. The Atlantic, 11 Nov 2013 (quoted)
"The Traces of War Remain (German)," by Kristina Sandig. Profile in Die Amberger Zeitung, 28 Jul 2012
“The Scales of Isolation: Nature and Community in Richard Powers’s The Overstory.” Heidelberg University English Department Lecture Series, November 2020
"Exposing the Fault Lines? How Corona Has Affected American Civil-Military Relations," for the Heidelberg Center for American Studies podcast series on Corona in the USA, 4 Sep 2020
Book Event: The Road Ahead (with Adrian Bonenberger, Kristen L. Rouse, Kayla Williams, and TM Gibbons-Neff)
Politics and Prose, Washington DC, 28 Jan 2017
"The US and Germany: Rivalry is cool, too." Interview with Deutsche Welle, 10 Jun 2015
"When Vets Come Home: 5 Things You Should Say (and 5 Things You Shouldn't)" by Feifei Sun. NationSwell, 7 Apr 2014 (quoted)
"Veterans' Disability, PTSD, and Postwar Adjustment." Panel, American Enterprise Institute, 13 Mar 2014
"Veterans Reflect on Military Service Through Creative Writing." Panel, Fairfield University, 11 Nov 2013
"Retiring the Vietnam-Vet Stereotype," by Sally Satel and Richard McNally. The Atlantic, 11 Nov 2013 (quoted)
"The Traces of War Remain (German)," by Kristina Sandig. Profile in Die Amberger Zeitung, 28 Jul 2012
