Annika Orich

Annika Orich is an Assistant Professor of German at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Modern Languages. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century German literature, film, and culture, with specialties in intersections of science and art, multiculturalism, migration, memory, identity, and humor. She holds a PhD from UC Berkeley (2017) and degrees from the University of Calgary and the European University Viadrina. Her current book project explores reproductive processes in German culture and their cultural anxieties.

• Education: PhD in German & Film Studies (UC Berkeley, 2017), MA in German & English (Calgary, 2008), Diplom in Cultural Studies (Viadrina, 2006)

Research interests include German cinema, globalization, memory studies, and the role of humor in cultural discourse. Her recent work critiques political discourses through archival analysis and examines humor's role in shaping German identity. She has co-authored studies on Nazi imagery in post-unification comedy and cinematic representations of the Nazi past.

Her awards include the Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship (2012–2013) and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2009–2013). She has taught German language courses at Freie Universität Berlin and contributed to Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies.

• Awards: Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2008), multiple research fellowships

Teaching spans elementary German to advanced topics like science and technology in German culture. She advises undergraduate research projects and coordinates internships. Her work bridges cultural theory with contemporary societal issues, including pandemic impacts on reproductive technologies.