Winder McConnell
Curriculum Vitae (Short Version)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 913-796-6129 (home)
530-574-2285 (cell)
Personal
Born:
Citizenship:
Marital Status:
November 19, 1945, Belfast, Ireland
Irish; U.S. Resident Alien since 1974
Married; two daughters
Education
Elementary education in Belfast, Ireland and Montreal, Canada
1967:
1969:
1973:
B.A. , Honors History and German , McGill University, Montreal
M.A. Honors in German Literature, University of Kansas
Ph .D. in German (Medieval) Literature, University of Kansas
Employment (since receiving Ph .D.)
1973-1974:
1974-1976:
1976-1978:
1978-1982:
1982-1988:
1988-2012:
Ordinarius, Gymnasium MUnden, Hann. MUnden,
West Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Assistant Professor of German , The Johns Hopkins
University
Assistant Professor of German , University of California , Davis
Associate Professor of German, University of California, Davis
Professor of German , University of California, Davis
Major Service Obligations at the University of California, Davis
Chairman , Department of German and Russian , University of California , Davis: 1984-1990, 19931995, 1998-2008
Director, Russian Program, University of California, Davis: 2003-2008
Director of Medieval Studies Program , University of California, Davis on various occasions.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning , University of California, Davis, 20092012
Gradaute Adviser in German: 2003-2005.
Countless committee assignments, including chairing committees (senate and college) between
1978 and 2010.
Appointments outside the University of California, Davis
Acting Director, Summer M.A. Program in German, University of California , Santa Barbara (1990)
Visiting Professor, University of Stirling , Scotland : 1990-1991
Teaching
A wide spectrum of undergraduate and graduate courses between 1974 and 2008 , including, but
not limited to, all levels of German language; heroic epic, courtly romance, medieval warfare,
med ieval love poetry , the young Goethe, medieval manuscripts, troubadour epics , chivalry, the
Italian Westerns.
Recent Publications
"Siegfried and the Nibelungen Through the Centuries. A Brief History." Leitmotive. The Wagner
Quarterly. Vol. 25, No.3 (Fall , 2011) : 7-20.
"Er ist ein wol gevriunder man": Essays in Honor of Ernst S. Dick on the Occasion of His Eightieth
Birthday. Ed . with Karen McConnell. Hildesheim : Olms , 2009 .
[Full bibliography -120+ books, articles, reviews, reprints, translations -- available upon request 1