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Nele Sawallisch is Assistant Professor of American Literature at the Department of English Studies, Department II, University of Trier, where she has been teaching since October 2021. She is actively involved in academic leadership, serving as the Equal Opportunity Officer for her faculty and as the director of the Trier Center for American Studies since summer 2024.
Her academic training includes a PhD from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2017), and earlier degrees in American Studies, English, French, and Education through a trinational program with studies in France and Quebec.
- PhD, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2017
- MA and Staatsexamen (Teacher's Degree), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2012
Her research focuses on Comedy and Humor Studies, Sentimentality, African American and African Canadian literatures, 19th-century North American literature, Life Writing, and Transnational American Studies. Her work emphasizes transatlantic perspectives and the intersection of literature, culture, and identity.
She has been actively engaged in public scholarship through numerous podcast appearances and interviews, particularly on topics related to humor, gender, and race in American and Canadian cultures. Although no peer-reviewed journal articles are listed in the provided text, her contributions to academic discourse are evident through her leadership in research networks, public lectures, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
She is committed to inclusive teaching practices and student mentorship, offering supervision for BA/BEd and MA/MEd theses, though she has indicated she cannot accept further theses for 2025. She emphasizes feedback, peer review, and active classroom participation.
Nele Sawallisch is involved in the Trier Center for American Studies and has contributed to collaborative academic events such as the 'Riverine Borders' symposium at MUDAM Luxembourg, highlighting her engagement with transnational and interdisciplinary research networks in the Greater Region of Europe.
