Sophie K. Maas

Sophie K. Maas is a Research Assistant at the Department of Classical Philology, University of Göttingen, since October 2022. She also held a part-time lecturer position (50%) at the same department from April 2021 to September 2022 and worked as a student assistant at the university's Classical Philology Seminar and Collaborative Research Center 1136 from 2015-2017 and 2018-2020.

• Education: Master of Education in Latin and English Philology (University of Göttingen, Durham University)
• Additional Training: Certificate in Higher Education Didactics (2024)

Her research focuses on Latin didactics, particularly the comprehensibility of German vocabulary explanations in Latin textbooks. She analyzes quantitative cross-sectional studies and empirical analyses of vocabulary acquisition challenges in Latin classrooms, addressing language-sensitive teaching methods and educational testing approaches.

Recent publications include studies on vocabulary assessment methodologies (2025), mythological classroom projects (2025), and analyses of translation barriers in Latin instruction (2021-2020). Her work appears in journals like Der Altsprachliche Unterricht and Mitteilungen des Deutschen Altphilologenverbandes.

She contributes to educational initiatives such as YLAB (Geisteswissenschaftliches Schülerlabor) and serves as a coordinator for Latin supplementary exams. Her institutional roles include financial planning for academic staff contracts and didactic design of the ILIAS learning platform.