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Dr. Carol Anne T. Costabile-Heming

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

(940) 565-2404

Email: Carolanne.Costabile-heming@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 1992
    Major: Germanic Languages and Literature
    Dissertation: Dramatic Provocations: Reform as Theme in Dramatic Works
  • MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1989
    Major: Germanic Languages & Literature
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1985
    Major: German

Professional Positions

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2012 - Present).
  • Department Chair, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2012 - 2015).
  • Professor, Northern Kentucky University. Northern Kentucky University. (2008 - 2012).
  • Founding Chair, Northern Kentucky University. Northern Kentucky University. (2008 - 2011).
  • Associate Dean, Missouri State University. Missouri State University. (2005 - 2008).
  • Professor, Missouri State University. Missouri State University. (2004 - 2008).
  • Associate Professor, Missouri State University. Missouri State University. (1999 - 2004).
  • Assistant Professor, Missouri State University. Missouri State University. (1997 - 1999).
  • Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University. The Pennsylvania State University. (1992 - 1997).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Faculty Associate for Fulbright Programs, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2021 - Present).
  • Affiliated Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2020 - Present).
  • Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University. Southeast Missouri State University. (1991 - 1992).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Oral Proficiency in German--Superior, ACTFL. (2018 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • FREN 5200 - Seminar in French, 1 course.
  • GERM 1010 - Elementary German, 1 course.
  • GERM 1020 - Elementary German, 1 course.
  • GERM 2040 - Intermediate German, 1 course.
  • GERM 2050 - Intermediate German, 3 courses.
  • GERM 3040 - Topics in German Culture, 4 courses.
  • GERM 3044 - Contemporary Germany, 3 courses.
  • GERM 3045 - The Berlin Wall, 1 course.
  • GERM 3050 - Topics in German Literature, 1 course.
  • GERM 3056 - German Novella, 2 courses.
  • GERM 3060 - Advanced German I (Oral Communication), 7 courses.
  • GERM 3070 - Advanced German II (Written Communication), 3 courses.
  • GERM 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 3 courses.
  • GERM 4320 - Topics in German Cinema, 4 courses.
  • GERM 4338 - German Translation, 2 courses.
  • GERM 4350 - Topics in Advanced German Literature, 1 course.
  • GERM 4900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • GERM 4920 - Cooperative Education in German, 2 courses.
  • GERM 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 2 courses.
  • GERM 5900 - Special Problems, 9 courses.
  • SPAN 5200 - Seminar in Spanish, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Supervised Research, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (August 2022 - May 2023).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (June 6, 2022 - May 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, History. (2018 - December 2022).
  • Supervised Research, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (August 30, 2021 - May 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (November 2016 - July 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 2021 - April 2021).
  • Supervised Research, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (June 1, 2020 - August 7, 2020).
  • Supervised Research, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 1, 2017 - May 4, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, History. (May 2017).
  • Supervised Research, Honors College. (January 2017 - May 2017).
  • Supervised Research, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 2017 - May 2017).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T., Halverson, R.J. (2015). Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States: The New Millennium. Rochester, NY, Camden House.
  • Rachel Halverson and Kristie Foell. (2004). Berlin. The Symphony Continues: Orchestrating Architectural, Social and Artistic Change in Germany's New Capital.
  • Rachel Halverson and Kristie Foell. (2001). Textual Responses to German Unification: Processing Historical and Social Change in Literature and Film ..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1997). Intertextual Exile: Volker Braun's Dramatic Re-Vision of GDR Society.

    • Book Chapter

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2023). History in the Mainstream: Charité. Entertaining German Culture: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film. 151-171. Berghahn Books. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/EhrigEntertaining
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2023). Like “A Bolt Out of the Blue”: Stories of Gender Transformation from the GDR. Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction. 138-144. London, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Gender-and-Science-Fiction/Fritzsche-Omry-Yaszek-Pearson/p/book/9780367537012
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2022). Imagining German Studies for the Future. Transverse Disciplines: Working Across and Beyond Academic Disciplines. 81-106. University of Toronto Press.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T., Lewis, A., Glajar, V. (2021). "Citizen Informants, Glitches in the System, and the Limits of Collaboration: Eastern Experiences in the Cold War Era". Histories of Surveillance from Antiquity to the Digital Era: The Eyes and Ears of Power. 146-162. Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Histories-of-Surveillance-from-Antiquity-to-the-Digital-Era-The-Eyes-and/Marklund-Skouvig/p/book/9780367340698#
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). Espionage and the Cold War in DEFA Films: Double Agents in for eyes only (1963) and Chiffriert an Chef Ausfall Nr. 5 (1979).. Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe: Files, Literature, Film, and Television. 255-277. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2016). “Perpetrator as Victim in Jana Döhring’s Stasiratte”. Secret Police Files from the Eastern Bloc: Between Surveillance and Life Writing.. 137-149. Rochester, NY, Camden House.
  • N/A. (2016). "Intellectuals and the Wende: Missed Opportunities and Dashed Hopes." Re-Reading East Germany: The Literature and Film of the GDR (1949-2009). Ed. Karen Leeder.. Re-Reading East Germany: The Literature and Film of the GDR (1949-2009).. 197-213. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • N/A. (2015). “Re-Reading Christa Wolf’s Störfall Following the Fukushima Catastrophe.”. Catastrophe and Catharsis: Narratives of Disaster and Redemption in German Culture and Beyond. 90-105. Rochester, NY, Camden House.
  • Rachel J. Halverson. (2015). “Introduction: Challenges and Opportunities for the Study of German.”. Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States: The New Millennium.. 1-14. Rochester, NY, Camden House.
  • N/A. (2014). "'Der Fall Loest': A Case Study of Crime Stories and the Public Sphere in the GDR." In: Tatort Germany: The Curious Case of German Language Crime Fiction. Ed. Lynn M. Kutch and Todd Herzog.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2011). "History in Context: The Spreebogen and Das Haus am Werderschen Markt in the Context of the Architectural Debates."in After the Berlin Wall: Germany and Beyond . Eds. Katharina Gerstenberger and Jana Braziel.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2004). "Berlin Snapshots: Images of the City in Short Fiction." In Berlin. The Symphony Continues: Orchestrating Architectural, Social and Artistic Change in Germany's New Capital . Eds. Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson and Kristie A. Foell..
  • Rachel J. Halverson. (2004). "Berlin's Symphony Continues: Architectural, Social and Artistic Changes." In Berlin. The Symphony Continues: Orchestrating Architectural, Social and Artistic Change in Germany's New Capital. Eds. Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson and Kristie A. Foell..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2003). "Jürgen Fuchs: Documenting Life, Death, and the Stasi." In East German Writers and the Politics of Culture: Dealing with the Stasi. Eds. Paul Cooke and Andrew Plowman..
  • Rachel Halverson and Kristie Foell. (2001). "'Schreiber, was siehst du?' Processing Historical and Social Change." In Textual Responses to German Unification: Processing Historical and Social Change in Literature and Film. Eds. Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel Halverson and Kristie Foell..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1997). "Censorship and Review Processes: The Case of Günter Kunert." What Remains? East German Culture and the Postwar Public. Ed. Marc Silberman..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1997). "Texts and Contexts: GDR Literature during the 1970s." Beyond 1989: Re-reading German Literature since 1945. Ed. Keith Bullivant..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1996). "Confronting the Wall: Images of the Berlin Wall in GDR Short Prose." The Berlin Wall: Representations and Perspectives. Eds. Ernst Schürer, Manfred Keune, Philip Jenkins..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1995). "Nachrichten: Electronic News Bulletins and the German Language." Virtual Connections: Online Activities and Projects for Networking Language Learners. Ed. Mark Warschauer..
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1995). "Was war, was ist, was sein wird: Die Rezeption der Werke Günter Kunerts." Kunert Werkstatt. Materialien und Studien zu Günter Kunerts literarischem Werk. Eds. Manfred Keune and Manfred Durzak..

    • Book Review

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2021). Rev. of Angermuseum Erfurt, Kai Uwe Schierz, Patrick Rössler, Miriam Krautwurst, and Elizabeth Otto, editors. 4 “Bauhausmädels” Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Margarete Heumann, Margaretha Reichardt. Sandstein Verlag, 2019. Feminist German Studies. 113-115.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). Interwoven Fates: 20th Century German History and the European Refugee Crisis. The Athenaeum Review. (3) 188-190. https://athenaeumreview.org/
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2017). Rev. of Sagen, was ist! Jürgen Fuchs zwischen Interpretation, Forschung und Kritik. Glossen. 43 http://blogs.dickinson.edu/glossen/glossen-43-2017-current-issue/5559-2/
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2017). Rev. of Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies: History, Pedagogy, Theory.. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 50 (1) 102-103.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2017). Rev. of The Autobiographical Turn in Germanophone Documentary and Experimental Film. Women in German Yearbook. 128 (Summer) 17-18. Women in German.

    • Education Kits and Manipulatives

  • Costabile-Heming, C., Schicker, J. (2022). Teaching Guide: The Architects. DEFA Film Library. https://ecommerce.umass.edu/defa/film/3598

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2024). Anna Seghers. Short Story Criticism. Gale.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2005). "East Germany" Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence . Rodney P. Carlisle, General Editor..

    • Journal Article

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T., Halverson, R.J. (2023). Reading Literature in the Digital Age: Connecting Students to Texts Orally and Aurally. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. 56 (2) 24.
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2022). The Li(v)es of Spies: Documentary Portraits of East German Unofficial Informants (IMs). Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies. 21-32.
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2021). “Das Buch als vollkommenstes aller Medien”: Judith Schalansky, Book Making, and the Art of Literature. Gegenwartsliteratur. XX 169-189.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2020). Literary Afterlives: Archives, Literature Museums, and the Visibility of Texts. Textpraxis. (2) 16. https://www.textpraxis.net/carol-anne-costabile-heming-literary-afterlives
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). Expanding the Nation—Thoughts on Moving German Studies Forward in the 21st Century. The German Quarterly. Beyond the Nation: Pondering German Studies in the Twenty-First Century. 92 (4) 454-458.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). “Eine Wünschelrute auf der Suche nach den Meinigen”: The Role of the German Language in Katja Petrowskaja’s Vielleicht Esther. Germanistik in Ireland. 99-115. http://www.hartung-gorre.de/Ireland_14.htm
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). Surveillance and the GDR’s Cultural Sphere: Franz Fühmann, the State, and the Stasi. German Life and Letters. 72 (3) 335-356.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2018). Von “Nachruf” bis “Eigentum”: Defining Origin in Volker Braun’s Post-Unification Works. Limbus: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies. (11) 159-174.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2017). “The Reconstructed City Palace and Humboldt Forum in Berlin: Restoring Architectural Identity or Distorting the Memory of Historic Spaces?”. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 25 (4) 441-454.
  • N/A. (2015). “Preserving the Self: Constructs of Memory and Biography in the Works of Jürgen Fuchs.”. Edinburgh German Yearbook. 9 163-177.
  • Christy Crutsinger, Julie Glass, and Carol Anne Costabile-Heming. (2015). Changing the culture: Mentoring faculty at the margin. The Department Chair. 25 (3) 9-10. Academic Chairperson's Conference.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2011). "Responding to the MLA Report: Re-Contextualizing German Departments for the 21st Century.". The German Quarterly.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2011). "The Stasi on Display in Berlin: The Role of the Museum in the GDR's Contested Legacy." Stasi on Display Related Links: http://blogs.dickinson.edu/glossen/archive/most-recent-issue-322011/carol-anne-constabile-heming-glossen32/.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2010). "Illness as Metaphor: Christa Wolf, the GDR and Beyond.". Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2008). "Overcoming the Silence: Narrative Strategies in Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel.". Colloquia Germanica.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2005). "Tracing History through Berlin's Topography: Historical Memories and Post-1989 Berlin Narratives.". German Life and Letters.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2005). "Where Public and Private Intersect: The Intermingling of Spheres in Christa Wolf's Ein Tag im Jahr.". Orbis Litterarum.
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2004). "'Zur Sache Deutschland': Volker Braun Takes Stock.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2004). "The Presence and Absence of the Past: Sites of Memory/Forgetting in F. C. Delius' Die Flatterzunge.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2002). "Offizielle und inoffizielle Zensurverfahren in der DDR: Der Fall Günter Kunert.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2002). "Peter Schneider's Eduards Heimkehr and the Image of the 'New Berlin.'".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2001). "Das Buch stört immer noch.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2000). REZENSUR : A Case Study of Censorship and Programmatic Reception in the GDR.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1998). "Keeping the Public Sphere Public: Problematizing Censorship in the former German Democratic Republic for American University Students.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1997). "Experimenting with Androgyny: Malina and Ingeborg Bachmann's Search for Utopia.".
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1991). "Christa Wolf's 'Büchner Prize Acceptance Speech': An Exercise in Sprach- and Kulturkritik.".

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Costabile-Heming, C.A. (2021). Scholarly Productivity and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cultivating Community in a Remote Writing Group. Academic Impressions. https://www.academicimpressions.com/blog/scholarly-productivity-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-%E2%80%A8cultivating-community-in-a-remote-writing-group/?cache=1
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (1997). "The Literature of the German Democratic Republic.".

    • Scholarly Note

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (2019). Lessons from the Stasi Files or Why GDR Studies Still Matter. Other. https://diversityingermancurriculum.weebly.com/ddgc-blog/lessons-from-the-stasi-files-or-why-gdr-studies-still-matter

    • Written Case with Instructional Material

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (2020). Checking Reading Comprehension Remotely using Student-designed Comics. FLTMag. (July) https://fltmag.com/checking-reading-using-comics/

Presentations Given

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Re-Reading Christa Wolf's Störfall Following the Fukushima Catastrophe.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "German Studies in the Global Arena: The Status of German in the United States and an Overview of Strategies for Managing the Crises in the Profession.", (2011 - 2011).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Intellectuals and the Wende: Missed Opportunities and Dashed Hopes.", (2011 - 2011).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Thinking Outside the Box: Making German Departments Relevant for the New Decade.", (2011 - 2011).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Behind Every Great Man… Konrad Zuse and His Muse.", (2010 - 2010).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Making History Come Alive through Biographies and Avatars.", (2010 - 2010).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "History in Context: The Foreign Ministry and the Federal Chancellery in the Context of the Architectural Debates.", (2009 - 2009).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Stasi on Display in Berlin: The Role of the Museum in the GDR's Contested Legacy.", (2009 - 2009).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Personal Histories in Berlin Films from the 1940s and Today.", (2007 - 2007).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Continued Confrontations with the Past: F.C. Delius' Mein Jahr als Mörder and the Legacies of Twentieth-Century German History.", (2006 - 2006).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Illness as Metaphor: Christa Wolf and the GDR.", (2004 - 2004).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Where Public and Private Intersect: The Intermingling of Spheres in Christa Wolf's Ein Tag im Jahr.", (2004 - 2004).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Mahagonny Resurrected? Metaphors for Understanding 21st Century Berlin.", (2003 - 2003).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Silencing of Critical Voices.", (2003 - 2003).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Tracing History through Berlin's Topography: Historical Memories and Post-1989 Berlin Narratives.", (2003 - 2003).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Sexual versus social satisfaction: Metaphors for understanding unified Germany in Peter Schneider's Eduards Heimkehr.", (2001 - 2001).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Changing Topography of Berlin in Peter Schneider's Eduards Heimkehr.", (2001 - 2001).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Stasi Re-Visited: Literary Representations of the Stasi.", (2000 - 2000).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Uncovering the Truth: Jürgen Fuchs's Retrospective on the Stasi.", (2000 - 2000).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Wenn die Zensierten sprechen: Über die Zensurmechanismen der DDR.", (2000 - 2000).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Erinnerungsspiele: Günter Kunert's Autobiography in the Context of (East/ West) German Literary History.", (1998 - 1998).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Questioning the Public Sphere: Critical Literature as an Extension of the State?", (1998 - 1998).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Reconstructing History through Constructions of Memory: Stasi-Files as Collective Memory.", (1998 - 1998).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Approaching the Past: History and Fiction in Monika Maron's Stille Zeile Sechs and Brigitte Burmeister's Unter dem Namen Norma.", (1997 - 1997).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Quest for Utopia: Androgyny in Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina.", (1997 - 1997).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "External Borders and Internal Barriers: GDR Literature and Its Contexts.", (1996 - 1996).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Engendering the Dialectic: Agnes Heller, Christa Wolf, and the Dialectic of Enlightenment.", (1994 - 1994).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "The Death of Utopia: Volker Braun's Die Zickzackbrücke.", (1994 - 1994).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Transit and Exile: Volker Braun and Anna Seghers.", (1993 - 1993).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Aufrüstung: DDR-Literatur in einem europäischen Kontext.", (1992 - 1992).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Stepping Out of the Shadows of Greatness: Christian Dietrich Grabbe's Dramatic Works: An Answer to Epigonentum?", (1992 - 1992).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Images of the Wall in GDR Short Prose.", (1991 - 1991).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Volker Braun's Der Stoff zum Leben 1-3: Utopian Visions and Reality.", (1991 - 1991).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Christa Wolf's 'Büchner-Preis-Rede': Sprachkritik or Kulturkritik: The Frankfurt School Interprets Christa Wolf.", (1989 - 1989).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster: Vergangenheitsbewältigung and the Present.", (1989 - 1989).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), "Georg Büchner's Erbe in the GDR--Volker Braun.", (1989 - 1989).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), IXVII. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer, Literaturunterricht neu beleben: Autor*inneninterviews im Unterricht, Der Internationale Deutschlehrerinnen- und Deutschlehrerverband, Vienna, Austria. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Focus on German Studies Conference, “The Devil Inside’: Incarnations of Faust after 1945.” Keynote address for “The Faust Myth in Tradition and Transition: Classical and Contemporary Interpretations of the Faust Myth.”, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Lecture

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Mittwochsseminar, Literarische Nachleben: Archiv, Museum, Kanon, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany, Germany. (2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Deutsches Literaturarchiv Mittwochsseminar, Friedrich Christian Delius: Sammler, Literat, Zeitzeuge, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar, Germany, Germany. (2017).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Berlin Republic, "The Monument to Unification: Architectural Citations in the Berlin Republic.", University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), IVG, "Die Staatssicherheitsdienst in Literatur und Film: Ein Vergleich der Darstellung in den Werken Jürgen Fuchs und im Film Das Leben der anderen.", IVG, Shanghai, China, China. (2015 - 2015).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Deutsches Literaturarchiv Mittwochsseminar, Friedrich Christian Delius: Satirischer Chronist, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar, Germany, Germany. (2015).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), ACFTL Conference, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from a German Perspective.”, ACTFL, Chicago, United States of America. (2023).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), „F WIE FÄLSCHUNG“. GEFÄLSCHTE PROVENIENZEN IN DER LITERATUR UND IHREN WISSENSCHAFTEN / ‘F FOR FAKE‘. FALSIFIED PROVENANCES IN LITERATURE AND LITERARY STUDIES, Ghost Writers in Klaus Modick’s Bestseller (2006) and Ulrich Woelk’s Joanna Mandelbrot und ich (2008), Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany, Germany. (2023 - 2023).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), Yanacek, H. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association Conference, Cultivating Community in a Remote Writing Group, Modern Language Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), SCOLT Conference, Who Gets to Work? Challenging Perceptions of Belonging in the German Workplace, Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association, “Decolonizing Language Study: A New Paradigm for Promoting Intercultural and Translingual Understanding.”, Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, Toronto, Canada. (2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association Annual Meeting, “Das Buch als vollkommenste aller Medien: Judith Schalansky, Book Making, and Literature.“, German Studies Association, Portland, Oregon, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Texas AATG, DAAD Funding as Recruitment Tool, Texas AATG, Temple, TX, United States of America. (2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.A. (Author & Presenter), Texas AATG, Listening and Literature: Authentic Materials in the German Classroom, Texas AATG, Temple, TX, United States of America. (2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), The Eyes and Ears of Power, Stasi Informants as Censors: Unofficial Operatives in Publishing Houses, Copenhagen, Denmark. (2018 - 2018).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Listening and Literature: Authentic Material in the German Classroom, Atlanta, United States of America. (2018).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association, “Young Writers and the Public Sphere: Jürgen Fuchs’ Early Writings.”, German Studies Association, Atlanta, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), American Comparative Literature Association, “Questioning the Legacy of Surveillance in the GDR’s Cultural Sphere: The Case of Franz Fühmann.”, Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands. (2017 - 2017).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association Conference, “Espionage and the Cold War in DEFA Films: The Double Agents in streng geheim (1963) and Chiffriert an Chef (1979).”, German Studies Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Writer, Scientist, Poet, “Goethe and the GDR: A Cultural Legacy.”, Dallas Goethe Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2016).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association Conference, German Language Enrollments, Modern Language Association, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Academic Chairs Conference, "Making Program Review Work for You.", Academic Chairs Conference, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association Annual Conference, "'Der ständige Blick nach Osten': Eastern Memory Landscapes in Christa Wolf's Late Life Writings.", German Studies Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), AATG, "Living German History in Berlin.", AATG, San Antonio, TX, (2014 - 2014).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Academic Chairpersons Conference, "Changing the Culture: Mentoring Faculty at the Margin.", Academic Chairpersons Conference, Jacksonville, FL, (2014 - 2014).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), City Margins, City Memories, "The Humboldtforum in Berlin: Restoring Architectural Identity or Distorting the Memory of Historic Spaces?", London, England, (2014 - 2014).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), German Studies Association, "Whose Voice Is It?: The Synchronization of POW Statements in Piloten im Pyjama (1968).", German Studies Association, Kansas City, MO, (2014 - 2014).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Southern Conference on Language Teaching, "Movie Making: An Innovative Approach to German Cinema.", Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Memphis, TN, (2014 - 2014).
  • Crutsinger, C.A. (Author & Presenter), Glass, J. (Author & Presenter), Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Academic Chairperson's Conference, Changing the culture: Faculty success through mentoring, Jacksonville, FA, United States of America. (2014).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), German Studies Association, "Geschichte als Geschichte: Jana Döring's Stasiratte.", German Studies Association, Denver, CO, (2013 - 2013).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Southern Conference on Language Teaching, "Advocacy 2.0 – Creating a New OS for Advocacy.", Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Birmingham, AL, (2013 - 2013).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Southern Conference on Language Teaching, "Critical Thinking in the German Classroom.", Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Birmingham, AL, (2013 - 2013).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Texas Foreign Language Association, "Movie Making: An Innovative Approach to German Cinema.", Texas Foreign Language Association, (2013 - 2013).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), German Studies Association, "'And the Books Remain': Reading Christa Wolf through Stadt der Engel oder The Overcoat of Dr. Freud. ", German Studies Association, (2012 - 2012).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, "A Life as Others View It: Christa Wolf's Reckoning with her Past in Stadt der Engel oder The Overcoat of Dr. Freud. ", University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (2012 - 2012).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Southern Conference on Language Teaching, "Making History Come Alive.", Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Atlanta, GA, (2012 - 2012).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Presenter), Women in German, "Mentoring for 21st Century Contexts.", Women in German, Pennsylvania, (2012 - 2012).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), 55th Annual ASEEES Convention, “Valentina Glajar’s The Secret Police Dossier of Herta Müller.”, Association for Slavik, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2023).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), 29th Conference Council of European Studies, The Brasch Family’s Shattered Lives: Failed Utopias in East and West., Council of European Studies, Iceland, Iceland. (2023 - 2023).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), ACTFL, Undergraduate Research in the Advanced German Classroom: How, When, Why., American Association of Teachers of German, Boston, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, The Li(v)es of Spies: Documentary Portraits of East German IMs, Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Chicago, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), The Persistence of Reading in a Digital Age, Staging Self-Interpretation: F. C. Delius Reads Himself, American Friends of Marbach, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Germany. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association International Symposium, Hospitality as Tolerance: Engaging Migrant Communities in Recent German Literature, Modern Language Association, Glasgow Scotland, United Kingdom. (2022 - 2022).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), ACTFL Conference, “Mentoring, Advocacy, Undergraduate Research: Three Pillars of Program Success.”, ACTFL, United States of America. (2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association Conference, “Taking the Literature Industry to Task: Marlene Streeruwitz’ Nachkommen. and Die Reise einer jungen Anarchistin in Griechenland.”, German Studies Association, Indianapolis, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), American Comparative Literature Association Conference, The Politics of Prizes: Literary Prizes and the Canon in Contemporary Germany, American Comparative Literature Association, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Chair), Modern Language Association Conference, Changing Departmental and Institutional Culture for Equity 2: Best Practives for Allyship and Mentoring, Modern Language Association, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author & Presenter), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, “Challenging Perceptions of Belonging: Fatma Aydemir’s ‘Arbeit’.”, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Nihil Obstat: Reading and Circulation of Texts After Censorship., The Story Behind the (Unfinished) Story: A Case of Study of the Publication History of East German Writer Volker Braun’s Unvollendete Geschichte (Unfinished Story), NYU Global, Prague, Czech Republic. (2019 - 2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Brockmann, S. (Panelist), Stuhlmann, A. (Panelist), Behrs, J. (Panelist), Kleeberg, M.A. (Panelist), German Studies Association Conference, Michael Kleeberg: A Life in German Literature, German Studies Association, Portland, Oregon, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Panelist), Lewis, A. (Panelist), Petrescu, C. (Panelist), Glajar, V. (Panelist), Cultural Exchanges Festival, Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, United Kingdom. (2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), Halverson, R. (Author & Presenter), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Literary Interviews Online: Expanding Literature Orally and Aurally, American Association of Teachers of German, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Paper

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Author), Weber, C. (Presenter), German Studies Association Conference, SPARK for German: Strengthening German Programs Through K-12 Partnerships, German Studies Association, Houston, Tx, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author), German Studies Association Annual Conference, Satirizing Capitalism: F. C. Delius’ Unsere Siemenswelt (1972) as Challenge to the Status Quo, German Studies Association, Houston, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Author & Presenter), German Studies Association Conference, Life Writing of Refugees to and from Eastern European Communism, German Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2017).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall," sponsored by German Embassy, Other, Funded. (2014 - 2014).

    • Fellowship

  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists," sponsored by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), International, Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C., "Marbach Fellowship," sponsored by Deutsches Literaturarchiv, International, Funded. ( - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C., "CERCLL Collaborators Travel Award," sponsored by University of Arizona, State, Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Costabile-Heming, C., "Marbach Postdoctoral Stipend," sponsored by Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, International, Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "The Literature Industry in Germany," sponsored by University of Notre Dame, Private, Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "Marbach Fellowship," sponsored by Deutsches Literaturarchiv, International, Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "Research Stay for University Academics and Scientists," sponsored by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), International, Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Costabile-Heming, C. (Principal), "F.C. Delius: Witnessing German History," sponsored by Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, Other, Funded. (2014 - 2014).

    • Grant - Service

  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Principal), "Campus Weeks 2021 - Time To Act," sponsored by Embassy of the Federal Rep of Germany, OG, Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Principal), "Campus Weeks 2020 - Building Tomorrow," sponsored by Embassy of the Federal Rep of Germany, OG, Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Costabile-Heming, C.T. (Principal), "Celebrating 30 Years of Freedom," sponsored by American Association of Teachers of, NFP, Funded. (2019 - 2019).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion Committee. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, WFN Mentoring and Equity Advocates Network. (September 2019 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2022 - May 2024).
  • Member, Executive Committee Women's Faculty Network Leadership Team. (September 4, 2020 - March 2024).
  • Other (Leadership Team), Women's Faculty Network. (August 2019 - March 2024).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women. (October 14, 2020 - September 2023).
  • Committee Member, University Faculty Grievance Committee. (February 11, 2020 - September 13, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Participation in Governance. (June 2020 - May 2023).
  • Co-Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Director, Undergraduate German Research Conference. (August 2019 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, Advertising and Recruitment Committee. (August 2021 - May 2022).
  • Committee Chair, Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion Committee. (August 2019 - May 2022).
  • Member, CLASS Inclusive Excellence Committee. (November 17, 2020 - May 2021).
  • Committee Member, SCA Award Selection Committee. (September 2020 - November 2020).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, WLLC. (October 2020).
  • Committee Member, Advertising and Recruitment Committee. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Committee Member, SCA Award Selection Committee. (September 2018 - December 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Ad hoc SPOT committee. (August 2018 - December 2018).
  • Committee Member, Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion Committee. (August 2018 - December 2018).
  • Faculty Advisor, Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society. (September 2016 - December 2018).
  • Director, Undergraduate German Research Conference. (September 2016 - December 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Personel Affairs Committee. (September 2017 - May 2018).
  • Chairperson, Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure. (September 2017 - May 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Japanese Lecturer Search Committee. (September 2017 - December 2017).
  • Committee Member, Study Abroad Committee. (2014 - 2017).
  • Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2015 - May 15, 2017).
  • Member, Personel Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016).
  • Committee Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2015 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, China Advisory Council. (2013 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, Ad hoc Full Professor Promotion Committee. (September 1, 2016 - November 15, 2016).
  • Co-Chair, Arabic Lecturer Search Committee. (September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016).
  • Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure Committee. (January 1, 2016 - March 1, 2016).
  • Co-Chair, Chinese Lecturer Search Committee. (September 1, 2015 - February 1, 2016).
  • Chairperson, Scholarly and Creative Activity Award. (2014 - 2015).
  • Member, Global Affairs Committee. (2012 - 2015).
  • Co-Chair, Visiting Chinese Lecturer Search Committee. (June 1, 2015 - August 31, 2015).
  • Co-Chair, Visiting Japanese Lecturer Search Committee. (June 1, 2015 - August 31, 2015).
  • Committee Chair, Executive Committee. (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).
  • Member, CAS, Dean Search Committee. (2013 - 2014).
  • Member, Academic Planning Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, Study Abroad Director Search Committee. (2012 - 2013).