{"id":565,"date":"2025-06-03T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perso-stg.unifr.ch\/thomas.austenfeld\/?page_id=565"},"modified":"2025-07-25T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:35:56","slug":"curriculum-vitae-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/thomas.austenfeld\/curriculum-vitae-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CURRICULUM VITAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Employment History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor of American Literature,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unifr.ch\/home\/welcomeF.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg<\/a>\u00a0(Suisse), August 1,2006-July 31, 2025\u00a0<\/strong>[Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, 1 July 2009 through 30 June 2011]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Language and Literature,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ung.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Georgia College &amp; State University<\/a>\u00a0(now University of North Georgia) [Tenured], July 1, 2003 \u2013 July 31, 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor of English and&nbsp;Department Head of Language &amp; Literature, North Georgia College &amp; State University, July 1, 2000 \u2013 June 30, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor of English [Tenured],\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drury.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Drury College<\/a>\u00a0(now Drury University), Springfield (Missouri), August 1997 \u2013 June 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Professor, Drury College, 1991-1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guest Appointment as Associate Instructor, English Language Institute, University of Utah, Summer School 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ph. 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