Rebekah Slodounik

Rebekah Slodounik serves as Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of German Studies at Bucknell University, based in Coleman Hall (room 265). Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. and M.A. in Germanic Languages & Literatures from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Germanic Languages & Literatures and English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

Research Focus

Her work centers on German Jewish literature and culture, American Jewish literature, Holocaust Studies, and Memory Studies, examining intersections of Jewish identity, gender, and historical trauma. She employs Narrative theory to analyze how literature processes collective memory, particularly regarding antisemitism and Holocaust representation in contemporary and historical contexts.

Publication Trends

Her 2016-2023 publications reveal a consistent trajectory in German Jewish literary criticism, evolving from postmemorial autobiography (Mendelsohn) to displacement narratives (Seghers) and contemporary analyses of antisemitism. Key threads include exile experiences, fairy tale adaptations as resistance literature, and the intersection of Jewish and female identities in post-Holocaust German discourse.

Teaching Profile

She instructs German language, literature, and culture courses with specialized modules on Holocaust representation, antisemitism, and German Jewish cultural production across historical periods.