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Agnete
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University of
Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: aschmidt2@wisc.edu
home phone: 608-270-0244
office phone: 608-260-2090 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
An experienced teacher
and researcher with an extensive
knowledge of education at many levels; flexible and adaptable with
a strong ability to engage students; innovative, independent, and organized.
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ph.D., Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts degrees in
English Language and Literature, Danish Language and
Literature, and English as a Second Language
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Aarhus College of Education, Denmark
Bachelor of
Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in
Secondary Education
Major: Education
Minors: English Language
and Literature
English as a Second
Language
French Language and
Literature
Secondary Education
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Ministry of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark
Certified Student Counselor
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The
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998 - present)
Faculty Associate, Distinguished Lecturer, Senior Lecturer,
The, then, Department of Scandinavian Studies, (now a Unit in GNS) 2006 - present
Assistant Visiting Professor, Department of Scandinavian
Studies, 1998-2006
Courses taught
- Danish Language, level 1,2, 3,
and 4
- Readings in Danish Literature
- Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
- Soeren Kierkegaard and Scandinavian
Literature
- Survey of Scandinavian Literature
- Contemporary Scandinavian Poetry
- Scandinavian Life and
Civilization
- The Writings of
Hans Christian Andersen
- Criminal Utopias - Scandinavian Science and Crime Fiction
- The Woman in Scandinavian Literature
- Scandinavian Languages 401
- Scandinavian Humor and Noir
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The
University of Aarhus, Denmark (1996 - 1998)
Adjunct Faculty.
Courses Taught
- Modern American and British Women's
Literature
- American Women's Literature around the turn
of the Century
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Berkshire
Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1993 - 1994)
Fulbright Professor of English.
Courses Taught (Day and Evening Sessions)
- English, Freshman Composition I and II
- Scandinavian Literature
- European Literature
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Bjerringbro
Junior College, Bjerringbro, Denmark, (1980 - 1998)
Courses Taught (Day Session)
- English Language and Literature
- Danish Language and Literature Courses Taught (Evening Session)
- English Language and Literature
- Public Speaking and Communication
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Student
Counselor (1984 - 1998)
Administer programs about Bjerringbro Junior
College and the Danish Educational System |
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Plan
and hold informative meetings and workshops about Bjerringbro Junior College (BJC)
designed to increase recruitment to the gymnasium |
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Prepare
and supervise visits to BJC by middle school and high school students and their teachers |
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Welcome
and initiate new students to BJC |
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Participate
in workshops about financial aid |
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Institute
workshops about beneficial exam-behavior |
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Serve
as liaison between the students and the faculty |
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Perform
administrative duties for the president |
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Design
programs for foreign exchange students |
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Guide
and inform students in their career choices |
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Assist
students with personal and study-related problems
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Selected
College Activities |
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Organized
and directed study-trips to Scotland in 1982, England and Wales in 1985, Ireland in 1996,
London in 1998, France in 1998 |
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Developed
student exchange with British school in 1992-93 |
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Active
participant in the European Comenius Project from 1995 till now |
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San
Francisco State University (1986 - 1987) |
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Fulbright Research Scholar |
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Researched American Women's Literature from
1963-87 |
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Interacted with the Department for Women's
Studies on campus |
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- Interviewed various women with a view to
publication of book |
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Selected PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS |
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Beginner's
Danish", Hippocrene Books, New York, 2007 |
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"A Douglas Coupland
Reader, Generation X and After", Systime, Denmark 1996 |
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"A Taste of
Horror", Systime, Denmark 1993 |
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"Love and Marriage, an
Anthology about Love, Marriage, Children and Divorce", Systime, Denmark 1993 |
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"The Crucial Years.
American Women's Literature from 1963-87", Schønberg, Denmark 1988 |
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Articles in BOOKS
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“"Erna Juel-Hansenl" in Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol 300: Danish Writers from the Reformation to Decadence 1550-1900, ed. Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2004. |
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Articles in Professional Journals
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"From Periphery to Center: (Post-Feminist) Female Detectives in Contemporary Scandinavian Crime Fiction." Scandinavian Studies, Winter 2015, VOlume 87, Number 4.
"Hans Christian Andersen", published in "Etemaad", Iranian Newspaper, Interview/-article by journalist Ali Masudi N, July 2012 |
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"Danish at the University of Madison" Danish-American Heritage Foundation, December, 2010. |
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"Untangling the Knot - Words, Power, and Identity in Svend Aage Madsen." In Scandinavica ed. Claire Thomson, University College London, 2009 |
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"Using
the Internet in the teaching of English", May 1997 |
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"Teaching
at an American Community College", English Publications, Denmark 1994 |
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Papers given at Professional Meetings
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"Scientific Crime - A New Direction" Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, New Orleans, May2016
“Crossing the Bridge – Female and Male Physicality, Space, and Language” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Columbus, Ohio, May 2015.
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“The Obvious Victims – Immigrants in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Crime Novels” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Yale, March 2014.
- “Anxious Female Crime Solvers – Anxiety and Flow and 3 female detectives.” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, San Francisco, May 2013.
- “From Sexy to Serious 2” – The Normalcy of Female Detectives and Crime Solvers in Scandinavian Crime Fiction. Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2012.
- “From periphery to Center – The role of the female in Scandinavian *Femi-Krimi*”, Symposium on Stieg Larsson and Scandinavian Crime Fiction, UCLA, May 2011. (Invited paper)
- “From Sexy to Serious - The Development of Female Detectives and Crime Solvers in Scandinavian Crime Fiction.” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, Chicago, April 2011
- "Is One Woman Enough?" Perspectives on women in Svend Aage Madsen,
specifically Genspejlet", Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian
Studies, Seattle, April 2010
- “Letters from Immigrants – Longing and Politeness”, “Language as Homeland”, University of Wisconsin Madison, February 2010 (Invited paper)
"Words as Creators of Identity" Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, Madison, May 2009
“Identity, Power, and Theology in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” (P.K.Dick) MMLA Conference, Minneapolis, November 2008
“Power, Identity and Control in Svend Aage Madsen” Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Fairbanks, March 2008
“Bilingualism and Podcasting.” Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Augustana, Rock Island, April 2007
“Who Needs Academia? Education in Denmark from Borderliners, 1993 to The Trilogy, 2004” Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Oxford, Mississippi, May 2006
“Perceptions of Education and Learning (in Denmark) from Stolen Spring to
Borderliners.” Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Portland, May 2005
“Sonnergaard and the Women” Society for the Adv.of Scand. Studies, Redondo B., May 2004 The Transatlantic Bridge of Egotistic Narcissism”
Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Minneapolis, May 2003
“Popular Literature and the female writer” Society for the Advancement of Scand. Studies, Salt Lake City, May 2002
"Women in Scandinavia”, UW-Madison, May 2002
“Cyberspace and Feminism” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, Chicago, May 2001
“Science Fiction and the freedom to be a radical” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, Madison, May 2000 |
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Seminar Presentations |
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“The Making of the Danish Nation”, Road Scholar Program, April and Sept. 2013 (Invited Lecture)
“Innovation in Popular Culture,” Danish American Heritage Society Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, October 2013 (Invited Lecture)
“From Periphery to Center – Women in Scandinavian “Femi-Crime”’,
International Symposium on “Stieg Larsson and Scandinavian Crime Fiction”, Los Angeles, UCLA, May 2011 (Invited Lecture)
“Kierkegaard and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Anxiety and Flow for Scandinavian Female Crime Solvers”, at Regional Meeting for Teachers of Danish, UC Berkeley, San Francisco, October 2012.
“Dorrit Willumsen and “The Creation of Bianca”, UCLA, May 2011. (Invited presentation)
“The Role of the Female Detective in Scandinavian Crime Fiction” North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Vancouver B.C. September 2010
“Teaching Praxis and Didactics – The Writing Component in Teaching” Hindsgavl Meeting of Danish Assistant Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Denmark, July 2010
“Technology and Podcasting – ways to improve your language teaching”, Hindsgavl Meeting of Danish Assistant Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Denmark, July 2008
“Power and Identity in Svend Åge Madsen – with a view to Foucault and Kristeva”,
North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Madison, WI, Oct. 2007
“Denmark and The Mohammed Drawings”, International Learning Center, UW Madison, Nov. 2006 (Invited presentation)
“Podcasting as an educational tool in language learning”, North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 2006
“Technology as a tool in contemporary language learning”, North American Regional Meeting of Danish professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Austin, TX, Oct. 2004
“Male perceptions of Women in Literature,” North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Seattle, WA, Oct. 2003
“Female writers and popular culture”, North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 2002
“Danish Writers and Cyberspace”, North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, San Francisco, CA, November 2001
“National Identity and Fictional Representations”, North American Regional Meeting of Danish Professors, Danish Ministry of Education, New York, NY, November 2000
“How to Use the Internet in Classroom Teaching”, Seminars for various College Professors, Denmark 1997-8
“Scandinavian History and Literature”, Berkshire Community College, 1994
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AWARDS
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Chancellor's Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching, UW Madison 2011 |
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Teaching Academy Fellow, UW Madison, 2009 |
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Nominated for Student Personnel Association Award, UW Madison 2005 |
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Nominated for Campus Impact Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin Madison 2005 |
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IN TIME technology grants at UW Madison, 2005, 2004, 2002 |
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Award
for outstanding leadership in Bjerringbro, Denmark, 1997 |
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Winner
of a competition designed by Center for Technology in Teaching, Copenhagen, Denmark, May
1997 |
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Fulbright
Scholarship 1993-1994 |
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Fulbright
Research Scholarship 1986-1987 |
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ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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Web-editing,
podcasting
and Internet skills. |
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Responsible
for creating the initial homepages for BJC |
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Teaching
seminars about the use of the Internet in teaching |
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Certified
tennis coach with 22 years of coaching experience, and several national and regional
championships in the past |
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