Jennifer Jenson

Jennifer Jenson is a Lecturer in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago, part of the Division of the Humanities. She joined the department in 2018 and focuses on Germanophone literature from 1945 to the present, memory studies, and gender studies. Her research explores intersections of memory, art, and literature in post-1945 German-speaking contexts, including her master’s project on memory and resistance in Christoph Hein’s novel Trutz.

Education:

• MA in Germanic Studies (2018), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• BA in German Studies and Interdisciplinary Humanities (Art History emphasis), Brigham Young University (2016)

Teaching Experience:

• University of Chicago: German 201 (Märchen), Humanities Division Online Pedagogy Assistant
• BYU and UIUC: Taught German 101/102 courses

Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to memory and healing, particularly through literary and artistic analysis. She has engaged with Holocaust and genocide studies through her graduate coursework and research.