Professor Riegert joined the Kenyon College community in 2008. He enjoys teaching German language, literature and culture at all levels, and has taught advanced courses with topics such as Love and Madness in German Literature, the representation of the Holocaust, the history of German film, and German women writers.

Areas of Expertise

nineteenth-century German-Jewish literature

Education

Riegert is a proud native of Minnesota. He received his B.A. from St. John's University in Minnesota and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in German from the University of Minnesota. He has spent a total of five years in German-speaking countries, including stints in Austria as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant and as a Fulbright Dissertation Research Scholar. His academic specialization and recent publications are in nineteenth-century German-Jewish literature; his additional research interests include Austrian Literature and Culture, Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Gender Studies, and Minority Discourses.