Active with the TGDP: Around 2003-2005
PhD from the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures (UNC-Chapel Hill), MA in German Literature (UNC-Chapel Hill), BA in History and German (UT Austin)
After receiving his PhD in 2013, Alex joined the Department of Germanic Studies as a lecturer. Since 2014, he has been an Assistant Professor of post-war German literature. His work centers on a wide array of intersections between literature, culture, and theory and has also moved into other forms of media. He has published for instance on photography and new literary ethnographic practices; Postcolonialism and neoliberalism; the transnational connections of musical cultures, practices, and public spheres; and post-‘68 reevaluations of Marxism, futurology, and other science fictions.
