In addition to teaching courses in German Studies, Comparative Literature, Humanities and Fine Arts, as well as Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies, I offer workshops for educators in Holocaust Studies and inclusive pedagogical approaches.
Educator Workshops Facilitated
June 2025 “The Experimental Sterilization of Female Concentration Camp Prisoners,” Independent Presenter and Facilitator, Teaching Institute, Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida
Oct 2023 “Decolonization on the University Campus,” Independent Presenter, National Women’s Studies Association, Baltimore, MD
Oct 2022 “Teaching Difficult and Controversial Topics,” Independent Presenter, Teaching Academy, UMass Amherst
Oct 2019 “Diversifying and Decolonizing the German Curriculum,” Coalition of Women in German Workshop Co-Organizer, Sewanee, Tennessee
Oct 2019 “Foreign Language Learning and Students with Disabilities,” Independent Organizer and Presenter, German and Scandinavian Studies, UMass Amherst
University Teaching Experience
University of Massachusetts Amherst
September 2015-July 2024
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Teacher of Record)
WGSS 187: Gender, Sexuality, and Culture (Spring 2023)
WGSS 286: History of Sexuality and Race in the United States (Fall 2023**; Summer 2023**; Summer 2022; Fall 2022*)
*includes role as Faculty Sponsor for Independent Study within the Honors College
**indicates that I instructed two sections of the course during the same semester
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Teaching Assistant)
WGSS 187: Gender, Sexuality, and Culture (Fall 2021)
WGSS 286: History of Sexuality and Race in the United States (Spring 2022)
Humanities and Fine Arts (Teacher of Record)
First Year Seminar: Where the Holocaust meets Graphic Novels: Reading Maus I-II (Fall 2023)
First Year Seminar 191: Where are we walking? Exploring UMass with Indigenous
Knowledges (Fall 2022)
First Year Seminar 191: Graphic Novels: A Glimpse of the Canon (Fall 2020; Fall 2021)
German and Scandinavian Studies (Teaching Assistant)
German 376: The Holocaust (Spring 2024; Spring 2021)
German 285: Language Suite Conversation (Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
German 240: Intermediate German II (Summer 2021; Spring 2019; Spring 2018)
German 230: Intermediate German I (Fall 2017)
German 120: Elementary German II (Spring 2017; Spring 2016; Summer 2017)
German 110: Elementary German I (Summer 2022; Fall 2020; Summer 2020; Fall 2016;
Fall 2015)
German and Scandinavian Studies (Guest Lecturer and/or Instructor)
German Program:
The Holocaust (Spring 2023; Spring 2022)
Adv. Scientific and Technical German I (Spring 2019)
STEM-German IV (Spring 2019)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program:
Gender and Difference (Spring 2023)
Comparative Literature (Instructor of Record)
Comparative Literature 141: Good & Evil, East vs. West (Fall 2018)
Public-Facing Educational Service
North Andover Public Schools
April 2022
“A Historic Journey Through Germany” Chaperone
This international trip was organized by the Massachusetts American Association of Teachers of German (MA AATG), Konstanze Schiller, M.A.
K12 Middlebury Interactive Languages
Summer 2018; Summer 2019
Dormitory Head; Teacher
As the dormitory head for the German Academy, I was responsible for the health and welfare of our German students. As the 4 week program was strictly immersive, I spoke exclusively in German while organizing all residential events and hands-on activities in conjunction with dormitory staff. Moreover, I assisted in planning and participating in academy wide events and excursions in collaboration with the academy director. In the summer of 2019, I took on the added responsibility of instructing a 1-week cultural enrichment course.
Tiarra Maznick, PhD 