Courses taught as Instructor of Record:
The Medical Surreal: Doctor and Patient Narratives – Columbia University. Spring 2025.
- self-designed 3000-level undergraduate seminar, cross-listed for German Literature and Medical Humanities
- syllabus selected for a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Scholars Fellowship
- introduces students to techniques for reading historical, discipline-specific materials and challenging narrative techniques at the intersections of literature and medical science from the 18th-20th centuries
Literature Humanities – Columbia University. 2025-2026.
- comprehensive introductory seminar for all incoming Columbia College freshman covering significant literary works from Enheduanna to Woolf (see the reading list here)
- seminar-style instruction designed to encourage collaboration and thinking together to address challenging texts from many different traditions
- queries the role of literature and narrative in constructing and transmitting accumulated knowledges across time and culture
German Reading and Translation – Columbia University. Summer 2023.
- Developed curriculum and designed assignments for the development of advanced grammar and translation theory
- Incorporated student interests into material selections
- Assessed translated work for semantic accuracy and translation technique
- Ran translation exams necessary for the fulfillment of departmental graduate language requirements.
Intermediate German II – Columbia University. Spring 2022, Fall 2024.
- 75-minutes classes meeting three times a week
- Prepared grammar, literature, film, and other media assignments
- Self-designed new materials for the continuing exploration of the basics of 20th-century German history
- led optional break-away sessions for close engagement with primary historical materials
Intermediate German I – Columbia University. Fall 2021.
- 75-minutes classes meeting three times a week
- Prepared grammar, literature, film, and other media assignments
- Self-designed new materials for the introduction of the basics of 20th-century German history
- led optional break-away sessions for close engagement with primary historical materials
Elementary German II – Columbia University. Spring 2021.
- 75-minutes classes meeting three times a week
- Prepared grammar, literature, film, and other media assignments
- Designed metalinguistic reflective activities to encourage development of cross-language skills
- Collaborated in the creation of novel, effective assessment and learning activities across multiple sections
Elementary German I – Columbia University. Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021.
- 75-minutes classes meeting three times a week
- Prepared grammar, literature, film, and other media assignments
- Designed metalinguistic reflective activities to encourage development of cross-language skills
- Collaborated in the creation of novel, effective assessment and learning activities across multiple sections
- Contributed to the development of Online-modality protocols and hybrid teaching
US History and Citizenship – Project Worthmore, Denver, CO. 2015-2018.
- community course meeting for 60 minutes, once per week focusing on the needs of local refugee and immigrant families and workers
- designed curricula, materials, and classroom activities uniting the development of strong English language skills with basic US history and civic education
Guest Lectures:
Music Humanities – Columbia University. 2022-2025
- As a member of Columbia’s Collegium Musicum early music ensemble, lead discussions on Josquin de Prez’s “Ave Maria” and Renaissance performance practices for numerous sections of Music Humanities in the early weeks of each semester
- Introduce students to basic vocal terminology and listening practices important to polyphonic music
Skye Shannon Savage, PhD 