Martina Kerlova has been a member of the German and Slavic Departments since 2002. Before coming to Northwestern she earned Master’s Degrees in German Literature from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and a Master’s Degree in German Studies from Charles University in Prague. For her first Master’s thesis, Martina wrote on “Schriftsteller des Grazer ‘Forum Stadtpark’ und Wolfgang Bauer im realen Umfeld der Gesellschaft.” Her second thesis was on the politics of the Sudeten German Party in interwar Czechoslovakia. She has earned fellowships from DAAD, ÖAD, and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and has studied in Konstanz, Düsseldorf, and Graz. During the summer 2003, Martina participated in a Herder Institute teaching seminar in Leipzig supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. In addition to German, Martina has taught first and second-year Czech in the Slavic Department. Inthe summer 2004, she recevied a grant from the Hewlett Foundation at Northwestern University to develop video- and computer-based material for learning Czech. In her previous lives, Martina taught German in Prague, administered the European Union’s “Leonardo” retraining program for the Czech Republic, conducted market research on retail businesses in Central Europe, and traveled across the old continent as a professional tour guide. In her free time, Martina likes to read literature, attend theater, backpack in National Parks and go cross-country skiing.