{"id":593,"date":"2025-06-03T15:33:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perso-stg.unifr.ch\/thomas.austenfeld\/?page_id=593"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:30:32","slug":"professional-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/thomas.austenfeld\/professional-service\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFESSIONAL SERVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Professional Service \u2013 University of Fribourg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Organizer, SANAS &#8220;Spring Reading Group&#8221; Workshop with Prof. <strong>Beth Ann Fennelly<\/strong>, (University of Mississippi), Fribourg, May 10, 2025. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer, with Prof. <strong>Julia Straub<\/strong>, of a CUSO Workshop, \u201cMothers and Their Others in Literary and Cultural Studies,\u201d Fribourg, February 22, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutional Sponsor for Lina Serir (Tlemcen University, Algeria, PhD 2025) for a one-year Swiss Excellency Fellowship, AY 2024-2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, two panels of the Robert Lowell Society at the ALA Conference, Chicago, May 22-25, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MOVETIA visit to Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University (Istanbul) for eight hours teaching on (1) Modernist American Poetry and (2) Toni Morrison\u2019s&nbsp;<em>A Mercy<\/em>, April 22-26, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host and moderator, Book discussion group sponsored by the U.S. Embassy Bern on the occasion of Women\u2019s History Month, of&nbsp;<em>Chemistry Lessons&nbsp;<\/em>by Bonnie Garmus,<strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>March 15, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director, Biennial Conference of the Swiss Association of North American Studies.\u00a0\u00a0Fribourg, November 18-19, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0Keynote speakers:\u00a0Prof. <strong>Jim Phelan<\/strong>\u00a0(The Ohio State University) and Prof.\u00a0<strong>Natasha Trethewey<\/strong>\u00a0(Northwestern University).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[with Aur\u00e9lie Zurbr\u00fcgg] Organizer, CUSO Doctoral Conference, \u201cNew Perspectives on Rhetoric, Authorship, and Narrative.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Fribourg, November 17, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0Invited Speakers:\u00a0 Prof. <strong>Jim Phelan<\/strong>\u00a0(The Ohio State University) and Prof. <strong>Ingo Berensmeyer<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Munich)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasurer, Swiss Association for North American Studies (SANAS), January 2022 \u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Search committee for Professor of Modern English Literature, U. of Fribourg, Fall 2021 \/ Spring 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussion evening with Fribourg students about the American elections, organized and invited by the&nbsp;<em>English Fachschaft<\/em>, TEAMS, December 7, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four live interview segments (total 22 minutes) on&nbsp;<em>RadioFreiburg<\/em>&nbsp;on the U.S. Presidential Elections, November 4, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online visit to Gaetan Maret\u2019s high school class on Career Day, October 1, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reader \/ Evaluator for&nbsp;<em>Amerikastudien \/ American Studies<\/em>, 2020, 2021, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outside evaluator of doctoral thesis on Gjertrud Schnackenberg, by Alexandra Kraeva, U. of Mulhouse. February 3, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer for&nbsp;<em>swissuniversities<\/em>-sponsored one-day workshop entitled&nbsp;<em>\u201cTransnational Conversations\u201d. Multilingual Writing and Cultural Exchange in Europe and the Americas.&nbsp;<\/em>Guest: Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Jennifer Reimer<\/strong>, U. of Graz. December 6, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cExpert\u201d and \u201cExaminer\u201d on Federal Matura Exams in English conducted by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. Beginning Fall 2019, <strong>ongoing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served on Habilitation Committee for Dr. Sonja Klimek, Department of German, Fall 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served on Dissertation Committee for Sebastian Imoberdorf,&nbsp;<em>Identidades m\u00faltiples \u2014<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hibridismo cultural y social en la narrativa hispanounidense de los siglos XX y XXI<\/em>, November 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, Swiss European Mobility Exchange visit by Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Snezana Vuletic<\/strong>, LMU M\u00fcnchen, for multiple guest lectures. \u201cAdichie\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Half of a Yellow Sun<\/em>\u201d and \u201cAn Introduction to Postcolonial Criticism.\u201d November 11-15, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radio interview conducted by Valentin Br\u00fcgger of Radio Freiburg with Prof. Austenfeld, on the occasion of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s visit to the University, November 14, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, Guest Lecture by&nbsp;<strong>Zoe Boekbinder<\/strong>, New Orleans, \u201cThe Folsom Prison Project,\u201d October 29, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Search committee for Full Professor of English Literature, U. of Fribourg, Fall 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, Guest Lecture by Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Sascha P\u00f6hlmann<\/strong>, U. of Konstanz, \u201cWalt Whitman and Future-Founding Poetry,\u201d October 22, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Search committee for Full Professor of Spanish Literature, U. of Fribourg, Fall 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer, with Patrizia Zanella, of CUSO Workshop,&nbsp;<em>Literary Texts and Legal Epistemologies in North American Indigenous Studies.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Guest: Prof. Jill Doerfler, Chair of the Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota-Duluth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radio Interview on \u201cEcho der Zeit\u201d (SRF) on the death of Toni Morrison. Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 18:00h.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Served as Secretary-General and Treasurer to IAUPE, The International Association of University Professors of English<\/strong>, from August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussant, International Whitman Week, Liberal Studies, New York University, May 27-June 1, 2019. Organized by Prof. Karen Karbiener.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosted Mariam Taha, Cairo University, for a 6-month dissertation research stay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, Guest lectures by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Frank Mehring<\/strong>, Radboud University, Nijmegen.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201c<em>Confessin\u2019 the Blues<\/em>: Sonic Life Writing\u201d and \u201c<em>The Weary Blues<\/em>: Remediating the Literary Harlem Renaissance in Visual Culture.\u201d May 6 and 7, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Head, Department of English, University of Fribourg.<\/u>&nbsp;&nbsp;Elected for term from January 2019 to July 2021.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, CUSO Workshop for Doctoral Candidates. \u201cAmerican Literature and the Archive.\u201d Guest: Prof. Randall Fuller, Herman Melville Distinguished Chair of 19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Century Literature, University of Kansas.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fribourg, April 12-13, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Senior Editor (Southern Literature), Editorial Board, Oxford Research Encyclopedia Literature, 2015-2019. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 2018, External Member of a Promotion Commission, University of Basel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer, \u201cThe Sacred Word,\u201d Poetry event with Don Paterson and Marie-Elsa Bragg. Fribourg, March 15, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convener and Director, <strong>&#8220;Beyond the Alps: Robert Lowell in Europe. The Centennial Conference.&#8221;<\/strong> March 30 \u2013 April 2, 2017. Supporting Grants received from the&nbsp;<strong>Forschungspool der Universit\u00e4t Freiburg,&nbsp;<\/strong>the&nbsp;<strong>Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur F\u00f6rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung,<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Staatssekretariat f\u00fcr Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI<em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, weekend seminar visit by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Mathilde Roza<\/strong>, Radboud University Nijmegen, November 2016. \u201cTeaching&nbsp;<em>The Orenda<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008, 2012, 2016, 2018: Commentator on American Presidential and Midterm Elections, Radio Fribourg (francophone).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Fulbright Senior Scholar Visitor Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Richard Kopley<\/strong>, Pennsylvania State University emeritus, guest lecturer and researcher in Fribourg September 25-October 13, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Struktur- und Berufungskommission \u201cIslamische Studien\u201d in der Philosophischen Fakult\u00e4t und dem Schweizerischen Zentrum f\u00fcr Islam und Gesellschaft, Fribourg, March-December, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, guest lecture by Prof<strong>. Mita Banerjee<\/strong>, Mainz University, December 2015. \u201cNaturalism and Naturalization.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host and organizer (with Patrizia Zanella) of\u00a0<strong>SANAS Mini-Conference, \u201cAmerican Earth: Ecocriticism and American Studies,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>November 2015, Fribourg. Keynote speakers: Prof. <strong>Scott Slovic, University of Idaho<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and Prof. <strong>Alexa Weik von Mossner, University of Klagenfurt.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>President of the Department of Languages and Literature<\/u>, July 2015 \u2013 June 2017.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sponsor, Three-months\u2019 research visit by&nbsp;<strong>Ieva Stoncikaite,<\/strong>&nbsp;doctoral student from the Universitat de Lleida, fall 2015. \u201cErica Jong and Aging.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, guest lecture by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Jiri Flajsar<\/strong>, Palacky University, Olomouc, May 2015. \u201cSuburbia from Novel to Film.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, weekend seminar visit by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Hans Bak<\/strong>, Radboud University Nijmegen, April 2015. \u201cMalcolm Cowley\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Exile\u2019s Return<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sponsor, Three-months\u2019 research visit to the English department by Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Federico Bellini<\/strong>, Universit\u00e0 Cattolica, Milano, spring 2015. \u201cMelville\u2019s Novels.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, guest lecture by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Larry Howe<\/strong>, Roosevelt University Chicago and Distinguished Fulbright Scholar at Syddansk U., Denmark, March 3, 2015. \u201cPower and Primitivism in Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Emperor Jones.<\/em>\u201c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participant, SSASA Symposium 2014, \u201cNew Writing, New Voice, New Directions.\u201d Salzburg, Schloss Leopoldskron, September 27-October 1, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delegate of the Humanities Faculty to the Professorial Plenary of the University of Fribourg, August 2014-June, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRapporteur,\u201d Subcommittee of&nbsp;<em>Horizon 2020<\/em>, tasked with reimagining Faculty Governance, 2014-2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President, \u201cKommission Katholische Seelsorge,\u201d August 2013- June 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, search committee for Professor of Modern History (francophone), spring 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, search committee for Professor of German Literature, 2013-2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taught \u201cAmerican Short Stories\u201d as part of a Continuing Education event, February 12, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>\u201cResponsable du domaine Anglais\u201d\/ Head of English Department,<\/u>&nbsp;July 2013-June 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, guest lecture by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Kathy Lou Schultz<\/strong>, University of Memphis, October 8, 2013. \u201cThe Harlem Renaissance.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 2013, Member of an invited vice-rectoral commission to evaluate the work of the Faculty of Letters, University of Lausanne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Visit by American poet&nbsp;<strong>Dana Gioia<\/strong>&nbsp;to the University of Fribourg, April 27-30, 2013.&nbsp;Funding for this visit provided in part by the Fondation Jan Michalski, Montricher, Switzerland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host Mentor for a SCIEX project on writer Gary Shteyngart, conducted by Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Enik\u00f6 Maior<\/strong>&nbsp;(Partium University, Oradea, Romania) at the University of Fribourg, January 15-July 15, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest lecture by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Peter Barry<\/strong>, Aberystwyth University. \u201cPoems in Chains: Conversations Among American Poems.\u201d Fribourg, September 25, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conference Director,&nbsp; Narrenschiff \/ Ship of Fools: A Transatlantic Encounter, <\/strong>Fribourg and Basel, May 10-12, 2012.&nbsp;Financial support granted by the Schweizer Staatssekretariat f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest lecture by <strong>His Excellency, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, Donald S. Beyer, Jr<\/strong>. \u201cAmerican elections and the role of the media.\u201d May 3, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-organizer (with Boris Vejdovsky, Lausanne) of the&nbsp;<strong>CUSO seminar<\/strong>, \u201cAesthetics and Politics; Or, What\u2019s Entitled to be Beautiful Today?\u201d, March 22-23, 2012, Cr\u00eat-B\u00e9rard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer (with Brigitte Zaugg, Metz) of the&nbsp;<strong>EAAS workshop<\/strong>&nbsp;# 14, \u201cPhysical Hygiene, Mental Health, and the Growth of a Nation: Literature in the Service of Advancing America,\u201d Izmir, March 30-April 2, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest lecture by Prof.&nbsp;<strong>Meg Tyler<\/strong>, Boston University. \u201cThe State of the American Lyric in the 21st Century.\u201d Cosponsored by the Fulbright Commission. March 15, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Dean, Faculty of Humanities<\/u>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Facult\u00e9 des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines \/ Philosophische Fakult\u00e4t), the largest academic division within the University of Fribourg, comprising areas of study in Languages and Literatures (French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Greek, Multilingualism), Ancient \/ Medieval \/ Modern \/ Contemporary History, European Studies, Archaeology, Art History, Musicology, Philosophy, Social Sciences and Social Work, Education, Special Education and Speech Therapy, Psychology)<strong>, elected to a two-year term from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011, with all duties thereunto appertaining:&nbsp;<\/strong>Lead six faculty meetings (a body composed of about 140 elected members representing approx. 80 professors, 250 scientific collaborators, 4000+ students) per academic year in German; lead biweekly deans\u2019 council meetings in French; lead regular sessions of the council of department presidents; develop and oversee administrative policies for the faculty and implement them within the University; plan and coordinate educational and fiscal policy of the dean\u2019s office and represent the faculty vis-\u00e0-vis the Rectorate and the administrative arm of the University; organize structural and search committees for new and vacant posts; chair all German-speaking search committees (French-speaking committees are chaired by appropriate francophone vice-deans); chair dissertation defenses and \u201cHabilitation\u201d presentations in German or English; bestow doctoral degrees and titles of \u201cPrivatdozent\u201d; approve and sign by hand all diplomas, awards, and admission letters sent out by the Faculty; lead multilingual diploma and graduation ceremonies three times per year; welcome conferences across the disciplines within the Faculty; assure continuous functioning of the faculty during intersemesters. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spring 2011, External Member of a Promotion Commission, University of Lausanne<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Fulbright Senior Scholar Visitor Prof. <strong>Eric Carl Link<\/strong>, University of Memphis, guest lecturer and researcher in Fribourg April 3 \u2013 May 13, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Co-organizer<\/strong>&nbsp;(with Prof. Jens Herlth and Prof. Dimiter Daphinoff) of the international conference \u201cTerrorism through the Lens of Literary Epistemology: Historical Imagination and Narrative Practice,\u201d Fribourg, December 2-4, 2010, co-sponsored by the SNF, the&nbsp;<em>Staatssekretariat f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung<\/em>, and the Rectorate of the University of Fribourg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest Lecture by visiting scholar, Prof. <strong>Diederik Oostdijk<\/strong>, Free University Amsterdam, November 10, 2010, with a presentation on \u201cAmerican Poetry of the Vietnam War.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Panelist, CRUS Conference, &#8220;Qualit\u00e4t der Forschung in den Geisteswissenschaften,&#8221; Z\u00fcrich, October 27-28, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participant, Salzburg Global Seminar (SSASAA), \u201cTo Honor Emory Elliott: American Literary History in a New Key,\u201d September 24-27, 2010, Schloss Leopoldskron Salzburg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as&nbsp;<strong>manuscript reader&nbsp;<\/strong>for&nbsp;<em>Great Plains Quarterly<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Mosaic<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>PMLA<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>L\u2019Analisi linguistica e letteraria&nbsp;<\/em>(Milano),<em>&nbsp;<\/em>and the University of Alabama Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest Lecture by visiting scholar, Prof. <strong>Jewel Spears Brooker<\/strong>, Eckerd College, May 25-27, 2010, with a presentation on the early work of T.S. Eliot. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, Bern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participant, Salzburg Global Seminar (SSASAA), \u201cGlobalization and American Popular Culture,\u201d September 25-28, 2009, Schloss Leopoldskron Salzburg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest Lecture by visiting scholar, Prof. <strong>Sandra Spanier<\/strong>, Pennsylvania State University, on September 15, 2009. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, Bern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, Guest Lecture by visiting poet and publisher,&nbsp;<strong>Paul Tayyar<\/strong>, on March 17, 2009. Sponsored by SANAS.Coordinator, Guest Lecture by Visiting Fulbright Professor of American Studies,&nbsp;<strong>Michael A. Rozendal<\/strong>, on February 17, 2009. Sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, Bern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participant, Salzburg Global Seminar (SSASAA), \u201cTransnationalism and Immigration Shock in American Society and Literature,\u201d October 30-November 2, 2008, Schloss Leopoldskron Salzburg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Commission \u201c30+\u201d for examination and admission of students without High School \u201cmaturit\u00e9\u201d exam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Co-organizer<\/strong>&nbsp;(with Agnieszka Soltysik and Patrick Vincent) of the&nbsp;<strong>SANAS Conference 2008<\/strong>, \u201cWriting American Women: Text, Gender, Performance\u201d and the Troisi\u00e8me Cycle Colloquium, \u201cDisciplinary Formations\u201d at Cr\u00eat-B\u00e9rard, November 13-15, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Commission de structure et d\u2019appel, Sciences de l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9, Fall 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Academic Board of the American College Program, Fribourg (ongoing).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Awarded \u20ac 1400 in print subvention support<\/strong>&nbsp;by the \u201cCommission des Publications, Conseil de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Fribourg,\u201d May 2008, for&nbsp;<em>Kay Boyle for the Twenty-First Century<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Strukturkommission Germanistik, Summer\/Fall 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Groupe Pilotage, \u201cRestructuration de la Facult\u00e9 des Lettres,\u201d 2008-2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit to the University of Mississippi for the purpose of negotiating an exchange agreement, April 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel moderator, \u201cMaster Evening,\u201d February 28, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Session Organizer, Kay Boyle Society, American Literature Association, San Francisco, May 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, \u201cCommission des R\u00e8glements,\u201d 2007-2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Commission on \u201cLeitbild \/ Charte\u201d of the Faculty of Philosophy, 2007-2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convener, Kay Boyle Business Meeting, ALA Boston May 2007, ALA San Francisco May 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaired Western American Literature Association meeting, \u201cThings That Go Boom: Sites of Trauma in the American West,\u201d at ALA, Boston, May 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Negotiated exchange agreement between University of Fribourg and North Georgia College &amp; State University, May 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outside specialist, Matura Exams Coll\u00e8ge Gambach, June 2007, June 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Western Literature Association Panel at the ALA Boston, May 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host and organizer of SANAS \u201cReading Group\u201d (Will Kaufmann) in Fribourg, April 27, 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examiner and \u201cAssesseur\u201d on oral exams, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occasional Organist, University Chapel, 2006-2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosted Thanksgiving dinner for exchange students, November 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exchange Program Coordinator (<\/strong>assisted by Dr. Alexa Weik v. 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