Monika Holzschuh Sator

 Adjunct Assistant Professor

Office: KIN 411
Office Phone: 613-533-2076
E-Mail: monika.holzschuh@queensu.ca

I grew up in a small village in Swabia in Germany close to Heilbronn . I have also lived in Reutlingen and spent a wonderful year in Paris before coming to Canada in 1987. Since completing my PhD here in the department, I have continued to teach part-time. I very much enjoy working at Queen's while being very involved in my children's lives at the same time.

Education: 

B.A. Honor’s (Guelph, 1989)
M.A. (Carleton, 1991)
PhD (Queen’s, 2000)
Thesis Title:'Alles was gedacht und geträumt wird, läuft am Ende doch auf eine Heirat hinaus...' Studien zur Liebessemantik und Ehekonzeption in Ludwig Tiecks William Lovell und Vittoria Accorombona.
[An examination of different concepts of love and marriage in two novels by Romantic author Ludwig Tieck, on the basis of Niklas Luhmann's discourse analysis and his studies on the "semantics" of love.]

Area of Specialization:
Business German, Language Teaching
German Romanticism and 19th century literature

I began by teaching our third-year Business courses, GRMN 306*  and 307* for which I have compiled my own teaching materials, Deutsch in Beruf und Wirtschaft. I now coordinate all our Business German Courses, including GRMN 206*  and 207* (not offered in 2008/09).
I have also taught our Introductory Literature Courses, GRMN 311*  and 312*. 
What I enjoy most is teaching a section of our introductory language Course, German 101* and GRMN 102* .

2008/2009
Fall: GRMN 306*, GRMN 311.
Winter: GRMN 101*, GRMN 307*.

Administration
JCAA (Committee to administer the Collective Agreement between bargaining) 2008/2009
FLABU and SABU (All Faculty, Archivists and Librarians) Bargaining Team 2007/2008.
Executive, Queen's University Faculty Association 2006/2007.
Policitical Action and Communication Committee, QUFA 2006/2007.
Sessional Adjuncts Research and Professional Development Fund Committee 2005-2007.
Sessional Adjuncts Bargaining Team 2005/2006.

What I like to do when I'm not teaching:
taking pictures, mostly of our children and of beautiful Kingston, and trying to keep the photo albums up to date!