Susanne Unger

I coordinate the certificate program in environmental studies at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, an international, English-language research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In this role, I advise graduate students, teach graduate seminars, supervise students' final projects, organize and lead fieldtrips and workshops for students, and liaise with the university's administration and departments across LMU.

Teach English as a foreign language to students at an academic-track state secondary school.

Developed and conducted workshops (in-person and online, in English and in German) on teaching for incoming and current faculty members at Technical University Munich. Offered consultations and feedback to instructors on their pedagogy and teaching practices.

Language edited scholarly essays and books in the social sciences and humanities.

Wrote and edited scripts for "ZEISS Beyond Talks - The Podcast" https://www.zeiss.de/corporate/ueber-zeiss/zeiss-beyond-talks-the-podcast.html

Conducted domestic and international legal and non-legal research utilizing relevant research tools and directed users to appropriate resources. Compiled and organized information obtained in research projects into a coherent, focused collection of information for the firm's attorneys.

Performed translations from German to English and from English to German; performed language review and substantive review of a range of general, technical, and legal documents. Proofread English translations of Dutch and French source documents. Performed foreign language document review using Relativity software.

Designed and maintained a WordPress website for a scholarly journal. Curated scholarly digital content, conducted author interviews, edited texts for publications, promoted new publications via social media.

Taught eight courses in linguistic and cultural anthropology to over 300 undergraduate students. Students learned about cross-cultural perspectives on communication patterns, gender, sexuality, and dis/ability.

Taught courses in linguistic and cultural anthropology that introduced students to the similarities and differences in human communication across cultures.

Taught courses in linguistic and cultural anthropology that introduced students to the similarities and differences in human communication across cultures.

Responsible for course planning and curriculum development. Managed teacher conferences and training programs. Marketed and promoted language courses and exams. Served as the liaison for language course programs and exams at Goethe-Institut locations in Germany and the US. Trained language examiners at Goethe-Institut affiliates in North America.

Commissioned essays by linguistic anthropologists for a monthly news column. Identified relevant contributors and topics. Edited submissions for content and style and promoted online column through social media.

Designed and taught five courses in cultural and linguistic anthropology to undergraduate students. Supervised research projects, mentored indigenous students' initiative. Obtained funding to invite guest speakers and documentary filmmakers to campus for lectures and film screenings.

Taught a self-designed undergraduate course on gender and culture. Founded and obtained funding for a professional development initiative for junior scholars in anthropology.

Wrote pieces of copy for forthcoming books. Solicited and handled endorsements of forthcoming books. Created book review lists for over 40 academic books and prepared accompanying promotional materials (print and social media). Maintained the publicity database.

Taught a self-designed course on the history of linguistic anthropology.

Translated scholarly texts in the humanities and social sciences from German to English. Clients included scholars at various German universities and research instutions and the German news magazine Der Spiegel.

Conceptualized and authored thematic websites for a selection of scholarly essays. Wrote descriptive texts, collaborated with authors and photographers to generate supplemental materials for anthropology instructors, conducted and published author interviews.