Emily Goodling is a Lecturer in German, and teaches German language at all levels as well as seminars on cultural, literary, and political topics. In addition to her work at MIT, she has taught at Stanford University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Hillsdale College. During the summers, she has worked in and/or co-directed study abroad programs in Vienna, Berlin, and Würzburg. She is also focused on bringing together technology and literature in creative ways, and has designed and taught an asynchronous literature seminar at Georgia Tech. Other upper-level courses she has taught include seminars on the history of German opera, Thomas Mann’s novels, contemporary theater, and the relationship between literature and politics in 20th-century Germany.

Goodling’s pedagogical research centers on integrating political education and discussion into the language classroom: what potentialities are inherent in positioning political knowledge as a foundational part of intercultural and linguistic competence? Beyond the German-language classroom, Goodling’s literary research addresses changing conceptions of the political in German theater. Supported most recently by a Berlin Fellowship and Mellon Fellowship, her current work focuses on a group of so-called “postmigrant” theaters and performance spaces in contemporary Berlin, and explores the complexities of their desire to provide a platform for underrepresented voices on stage. Goodling’s work has appeared in The Drama Review, Monatshefte, and Comparative Drama.

Education:
PhD Stanford University (German Studies)
MA Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz (Comparative Literature)
BA Hillsdale College (German & Classics)