The department has an outstanding placement record. Over the last decade, Ph.D.s in German accepted tenure-track or long-term positions at the following institutions: University of Arizona, Brigham Young University, Georgetown University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Southern Illinois University, Indiana University/Purdue University, University of Maryland, McGill University in Montreal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ohio State University, University of Rochester, University of Virginia, University of Washington at Seattle, and Washington University in St. Louis.
The department is committed to helping students secure appointments in academia. This effort includes a workshop on all aspects of the academic job market early in each fall semester, reviewing of curriculum vitae and letters of application, mock interviews, and follow-up advising.
The following is a list of first-time—and in some cases current—positions of graduates:
Ames, Eric [Assoc. Prof., University of Washington]
Ascárate, Richard [Visiting Asst. Prof., George Washington University]
Augustyn, Prisca [Asst. Prof., Florida Atlantic University]
Baackmann, Susanne [Assoc. Prof., University of New Mexico]
Byram, Katra [Senior Lecturer, Ohio State]
Clarke, Robert [Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley]
Cleek, John [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Coffey, Michael [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Collier Sy-Quia, Hilary [Visiting Asst. Prof., Stanford University]
Cowan, Michael [Assoc. Prof., McGill University, Montreal]
Cudahy, Mary [Asst. Prof., Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL]
Dewey, Tonya [Asst. Prof., Univ. Bergen, Norway]
Erlin, Matthew [Asst. Prof., Washington Universiy, St. Louis]
Gramling, David [Asst. Prof., The University of Arizona]
Hall, Sara [Assoc. Prof., University of Illinois, Chicago]
Harjes, Kirsten [Lecturer, UC Davis]
Howell, Tess [Adjunct Prof. Southern Methodist University]
Huffmaster, Michael [Visiting Professor, Marlboro College, Vermont]
Hwang, June [Asst. Prof., University of Rochester]
Kapczynski, Jennifer [Asst. Prof., Washington University]
Kooiker, Jason [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Kopp, Kristin [Assoc. Prof., University of Missouri]
Koser, Julie [Asst. Prof., University of Maryland]
Kosta, Barbara [Prof., The University of Arizona
Layne, Priscilla, [Asst. Prof., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
McFarland, Robert [Assoc. Prof., Brigham Young]
McCormick, Richard [Professor, University of Minnesota]
Price, Timothy [Research Fellow, Univ. Frankfurt, Germany]
Reitter, Paul [Asst. Prof., University of Ohio]
Roberts, Lee [Asst. Prof., Indiana University/Purdue University]
Sakalauskaite, Aida [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Shin, Suin [Lecturer, Indiana University Purdue at Fort Wayne]
Starkey, Kathryn [Assoc. Prof., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
Toth, Gergely [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Trop, Gabriel [Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
Warner, Chantelle [Asst. Prof., The University of Arizona]
Wellmon, Chad [Asst. Prof., University of Virginia]
Whitt, Jason [Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK]
Williarty, Kevin [Asst. Prof., University of Connecticut]
Yamini-Hamedani, Azadeh [Asst. Prof., Simon Fraser University, Canada]