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German

Mary Bricker earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois. Her research and teaching spans Jewish Studies, Business German, and eighteenth- to twentieth-century German literature. She teaches all levels of German language and literature as well as Holocaust literature, Business German, Germanic and Norse Mythology, and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Her research includes Children and Young Adult literature, G. E. Lessing, M. M. Bakhtin, and exile literature. She serves as the Treasurer of The Lessing Society.