Ph.D. in Germanic Studies from the University of Minnesota and an M.A. in Modern European History from UCLA.  She recently received a summer research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Besides courses in language, literature, and culture in German, she teaches courses for Women's Studies,  International Studies, and IWU's General Education program in English: LC 116 "German Postwar Cinema" (Art, G), LC 272 "From Utopia to Science Fiction: Imagining the Future in Russia and Germany" (IT, G), and LC 274 "The Superwomen of Central European Fiction and Film" (CHC, G). She also maintains an active interest in instructional technology/CALL. Her complete c.v. and further course information can be found on her Web site.

Recent publications:

"Science fiction is an international genre." Invited essay for the fiftieth anniversary issue. Extrapolation 50.1 (Spring 2009) 15-16.

With Esther Dischereit and Jennifer Good. "Esther Dischereit, Self-Interview - Based on a Conversation with Sonja Fritzsche and Jennifer Good." Women in German Yearbook 23 (2007): 1-9.

Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. DDR Studien/East German Studies Series. Bern; Oxford: Peter Lang, September 2006.

"Utopia, Dystopia, and Ostalgia: The Pre- and Post Unification Visions of East German Science Fiction Writer Alexander Kröger." Journal of Utopian Studies 17.3 (Winter 2006): 441-464.

"Reading Ursula Le Guin in East Germany." Extrapolation 47.3 (2006): 471-487.

"East Germany's Werkstatt Zukunft: Futurology and the Science Fiction Films of defa-futurum." German Studies Review 29:2 (May 2006): 367-386.

"Reconceptualizing East German Popular Literature Via the Science Fiction Niche." The German Quarterly 77.4 (2004): 443-461.