Manuela Wagner

Manuela Wagner serves as a Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs campus, affiliated with German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies. She is an active member of the Faculty and the Gladstein Committee, with her institutional profile hosted by the university's languages department.

Her research spans German Studies, Applied Linguistics, and Discourse Studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to language structure, acquisition, and sociocultural contexts. Core focus areas include second language learning mechanisms, discourse analysis in multilingual environments, and the intersection of linguistic theory with German cultural studies. This work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical language education applications.