Jason Williamson

  • Senior Teaching Faculty, German

Education

  • PhD, Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin
  • MA, German, University of Oklahoma
  • BBA, Management, University of Oklahoma

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
GERMAN 102-202 Second-Semester German No Meeting Pattern

Courses Taught

  • GERMAN 204 - German in Your Field and Beyond
  • GERMAN 331 - Intermediate German Grammar and Usage
  • GERMAN 332 - Intermediate Conversation and Composition

Teaching Interests

  • German language instruction across all levels
  • German for specific purposes (business, STEM)
  • Postwar literature and culture

Research Interests

  • 20th and 21st-century German literature, history, and culture
  • Cultural responses to terrorism
  • Life writing
  • Content-based instruction

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Williamson's ongoing research explores the legacy of 1977’s violent “German Autumn”—the pinnacle of leftist terrorism in West Germany. At the moment, he is focusing on discursive practices in memoirs written by former terrorists and by family members of their victims, respectively.