My curriculum vitae

1. POLLY E. KIENLE
18 Eliot Rd., Lexington, MA 02421
Tel: (781) 862-2385; Email: PollyKienle@hotmail.com
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant and Museum Teacher, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
(April 2007-present)
• Teach museum programs related to all permanent and short-term exhibitions; development of
U.S. history educational programming for grades 3-8 – program based on Massachusetts
Department of Education curriculum standards, keystone exhibition “Sowing the Seeds of
Liberty: Lexington and the American Revolution”, and public history/museum education best
practices; interpreted exhibition on mid-century industrial design to course groups from the
Rhode Island School of Design
• Consulted for 2007 Summer Teacher Institute on integrating digital technology into education in
the history classroom and in public history; presentation on web resources for interpreting and
teaching the material culture of colonial America; presented related paper “Primary Sources
Online: Using Digital Resources to Teach Colonial History in the Massachusetts Public Schools”
at the New England Historical Association 2007 fall meeting; recommendations since
implemented include new Education Department blog and a virtual discussion forum for
Education Department staff
• Contribution to National Heritage Museum Learning Blog on using primary sources to teach
colonial history (http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/learning/); featured and
expanded on on-site education program on the archaeology of colonial New England through
the development of online material for elementary school teachers and classrooms
• Participated in 2008 American Association of Museums Professional Education Webinar “The
Digital Museum: Transforming the Future Now” with particular attention to online learning
environments; transferred presented material through collaboration on Museum webinars on
Masonic material culture and Masonic genealogy
• Collaboration with curator on exhibition-related seminar for Education Department staff on the
history and material culture of Massachusetts Freemasonry
Consulting Historian and Docent, Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA
(June 2007-present)
• Nominated member of Reinterpretation Committee for Munroe Tavern, site of the first British
headquarters in the Revolutionary War; collaborated on thorough reconceptualization of
presentation and interpretation of historic house museum
• Conducted original research in collaboration with curator in curatorial collection and archives to
develop furnishing plan and interpretation of the ‘George Washington Room’ at Munroe Tavern
• Conducting grant-funded archival research on the social economy of 18th-century Lexington
using the family of Col. William Munroe as case study
• Member of Collections Committee – collections management and collections-related public
programming
• Docent at Munroe Tavern and Buckman Tavern, for Lexington Walking Tour
Consulting Historian, Plate of Peas Productions (May-September 2008)
• Consulted for media firm specializing in historical documentaries on a film about U.S. Army
tactical deception against the German Army on the Western Front 1944-45 (“Ghost Army”);
research at the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, using German-
language military documents
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2. Research Associate, EU-Funded Project “Crime and Culture”, University of
Konstanz, Germany, Department of History and Sociology (January 2006-
August 2006)
• Coordinated communications between 6 research teams in 6 different European countries; in
addition, translation and editing of all publications in qualitative sociological study examining
the cultural dimension of corruption
Co-Director, “Network for International Women Doctoral Candidates and Post-
Doctoral Scholars”, University of Konstanz, Germany (Spring 2003-August
2006)
• Transformed Network from a small, grass-roots initiative to a well-respected, grant-funded
group offering diverse and innovative programming to nearly 100 members
• Organized international conference on women in academics (Sept. 2005); initiated “Work-in-
Progress” workshop for women Ph.D. candidates combining interdisciplinary presentations with
presentation, writing, and feedback skills; maintained advice center for international women
scholars; created and held networking events, career development seminars, round-table
discussions; launched scholarly writing workshop
• Invited to contribute to internal planning for graduate professional development center for new
University of Konstanz Graduate School (2005-06)
• Created and conducted a prototypical cross-disciplinary workshop for network members,
“Image and Text” involving art history, media studies, literature, and history (winter 2005-06)
• Secured four consecutive grants from the University of Konstanz Women’s Center, two project
grants from the University Committee for Curricular Affairs and Professional Development,
start-up grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Instructor and Curriculum Developer, Department of History and Sociology,
University of Konstanz, Germany (1999-2005) – all courses of own design
Undergraduate Courses
• Introductory Seminar “The German-Polish Border in Historical Perspective” (spring term 2005) -
Conducted grant-funded research on methodology for final project, State Certification in Higher
Education Teaching
• Introductory Seminar “State, Society and Individual in Changing Times: Women and Men as
Historical Protagonists from the End of the Russian Empire to Stalin’s Rule” (fall term 2003-
2004; cross-listed under Gender Studies)- Funded by a curriculum grant from the University of
Konstanz Women’s Center
• Introductory Seminar “Everyday Life of the Eastern Front in World War II”, with Prof. Dr. Bianka
Pietrow-Ennker (Spring 2001)
Graduate and Professional Development Courses
• “Work-in-Progress” Interdisciplinary Workshops (November 2004 – January 2005, January 2006,
August 2006) - For female doctoral candidates and post-doctoral scholars
• Project Course “What is Military History?” (spring term 2004)
• Seminar “Pre-War Stalinism: The Major Theoretical Approaches in Western Historical Research”
(fall term 2001-02 – spring term 2003)
• English-language Seminar “Stalinism in the Soviet Union: New Directions in Western and Easter
European Research” (collaboration with Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow,
fall term 2001-02; - Spring term 2002)- Co-taught course, and supervised editing and publication
of German and Russian student essays in anthology
• Seminar “Urban Culture and Sites of Memory in Eastern Central Europe”, with Prof. Dr. Bianka
Pietrow-Ennker, Dr. Rainer Lindner, Dr. Christoph Mick (spring term 2002) - Project culminated
in group trip to four Eastern European cities; study groups produced a travel reader in advance
• Reading Course “Current Topics in Modern German History in English and American Research”
(Spring 1999)
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3. Translator and Editor, Academic Publications and Non-Governmental
Organizations (1996-2006)
• For Chair for the Sociology of Culture, Religion, and Knowledge, University of Konstanz, Prof.
Dr. Hans Georg Soeffner – Conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, grants into
English; conference contribution anthology into German
• Translation and editorial services, simultaneous interpreting for other historians and
sociologists, University of Konstanz
• For University of Konstanz (2005-06) – Translation of: successful grant proposal for German
Research Foundation (DFG) program restructuring university academic departments; University
homepage, International Office brochures, press information Public Relations Office,
compilation of University’s official English-German glossary
• Translation, editing, and simultaneous interpreting for EU-funded non-governmental
organizations Lake Konstanz Foundation, Eco-Camping, Green Roofs
Trainer for English as a Foreign Language and German as a Foreign Language
at Sprachen & Wirtschaft Training, Meersburg, Germany (1998-2003)
• Design and instruction of group, partner and individual courses based on individual needs of
clients from beginner to proficiency levels; focus on Business English, Communication Skills and
Cultural Competency; based in part on university coursework in social and historical linguistics
(Konstanz degree in German Language and Literature)
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate in German and Eastern European History, Department of
History and Sociology, University of Konstanz, Germany (2008)
PhD Thesis: Images of the Russian Enemy and Propaganda on the ’Eastern Front’. The 35th Infantry
Division between Ideological Principles and Combat Experience
State Certification in Theory and Practice of Higher Education Teaching, State
Center for Higher Education Teaching, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (spring
2004 – fall 2005)
• Innovative optional university consortium certification program for instructors consisting of
intensive compact seminars and application in practice
• Completed three-year program in eighteen months; final project spurred history department to
change evaluation practice
• Final project: Analyzed standard evaluation practice in undergraduate history seminars using
qualitative and quantitative methods, developed alternative model for student-instructor
evaluation, incorporated and institutionalized use of student project posters in undergraduate
history instruction (University of Konstanz, spring term 2005)
Magister Artium, University of Konstanz, Germany (with preliminary certification
for secondary school teaching – ‘erstes Staatsexamen’) (1998)
Major Subjects: History; German Language and Literature
Minor Subjects: Theory of Secondary Education; English Language and Literature
Masters’ Thesis in History: “The School System in the Soviet Occupation Zone, 1945-1949: From
Reconstruction to Building a State”, supervisor Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert
• Research Assistant for Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert, independent research in support of professor and
translation of articles for publication (1994-1997)
• Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Department of Germanic Languages and Literature (1993-94)
Preliminary Studies in Major Subject History, University of Konstanz, Germany
(Grundstudium) (1992-93)
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4. Preliminary Examination in History (Zwischenprüfung): July 1993; topic: The German Military in the
19th Century, examiner Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert
Studies in German Language and Literature as Guest Student (1991-92)
(coursework and Bryn Mawr degree equivalent to Preliminary Studies (Grundstudium) in
Major Subject German Language and Literature), University of Konstanz, Germany
German Academic Exchange (DAAD) Fellowship, University of Konstanz,
Germany (1989-1990)
Coursework in German Literature, French Literature, Literary Theory, language studies
A.B. Cum Laude with honors, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Major Subjects: French Language and Literature; German Studies (May 1989)
Senior Thesis in German Studies: “The Reading Habits of the Working Class during the Weimar
Republic”, supervisor Prof. Jane Caplan
• Study Abroad, Avignon Summer Program in French Language and Literature (1988)
PUBLICATIONS
• “Captivity and the Myth of Eastern Spaces: Gender, Space, and Genre in the Works of Edwin
Erich Dwinger and Maria de Smeth”, in: Sibel Vurgun, ed., Gender and Space: A Transdisciplinary
Collection, including Documentation of the 11th Workshop for Women in Research, Hans-Böckler
Foundation (Düsseldorf: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 2005), pp. 227-271 (original in German)
• ”Pre-War Stalinism: The Major Theoretical Approaches in Western Historical Research”, in: Polly
Kienle and Olga Pavlenko (eds.), Stalinism in the Soviet Union. New Directions in Russian and
Abroad. Proceedings of the Russian-German Student Research Seminar. Konstanz, Germany. July
4-6th, 2002 (Moscow: Russian State University for the Humanities, 2006), pp. 13-34.
• with Olga Pavlenko (eds.), Stalinism in the Soviet Union. New Directions in Russian and Abroad.
Proceedings of the Russian-German Student Research Seminar. Konstanz, Germany. July 4-6th,
2002 (Moscow: Russian State University for the Humanities, 2006).
• “A Woman in the Wehrmacht Propaganda Organization: Maria de Smeth’s Struggle with the
Soviet Union“, in: Ariadne 47 (Special Issue: “Beyond ’Natural Gender’? Masculinity and Peace,
Femininity and War“) (original in German)
• “Vernacular Commemoration: An Autobiographical Narrative of an American’s Experience as a
POW in World War Two Germany (Review of: Dawn Trimble Bunyak, Our Last Mission: A World
War II Prisoner in Germany (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003))”, appeared as H-NET
Book Review for H-German September 2004, http://www.h-
net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=57641096798062
• “How the Eastern Front Banished the Father: Youthful Rebellion against Traditional Authority
and the German War of Annihilation in Eastern Europe”, paper presented at Rutgers University’s
Department of Germanic Literature’s conference “Beyond Oedipus: Multidisciplinary
Approaches to the Father”, April 2004, http://www.kaiarturdiers.de/fatherkienle.doc
• “Wehrmacht Documents and Soldiers’ Letters in the Former ’Center for the Preservation of
historical-documentary Collections’ at the Russian State Military Archives in Moscow“, in: Stefan
Creuzberger and Rainer Lindner (eds.): Russian Archives and Historical Research: Legal
Foundations – Work Conditions – Perspectives for Research (Frankfurt et al. 2003), pp. 243-254
(original in German)
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
• Recipient New England Museum Association Professional Development Scholarship for NEMA
2008 Annual Conference (Fall 2008)
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5. • Recipient 2008 Dan H. Fenn Jr./Lexington Minute Men Award for Lexington history for primary
source research on Munroe Tavern at public and private archives (William Munroe tavern
account books, ca. 1769-1793) (Spring 2008)
• Awarded four consecutive grants, University of Konstanz Women’s Center, two project grants,
University of Konstanz Committee for Curricular Affairs and Professional Development, and start-
up grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Network for International
Women Doctoral Candidates and Post-Doctoral Scholars, University of Konstanz, Germany
(2003-2006)
• Awarded project grant, University of Konstanz Committee for Curricular Affairs and Professional
Development for research on and seminar-based experimental teaching methodology towards
State Certification in Higher Education Teaching (spring 2005)
• DAAD Fellowship for the completion of doctoral project, University of Konstanz (July-Sept.
2006)
• Doctoral Fellowship from the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Germany (2003-2004)
• Grant from Women’s Center, University of Konstanz, for Undergraduate Introductory Course
“State, Society and Individual in Changing Times: Women and Men as Historical Protagonists
from the End of the Russian Empire to Stalin’s Rule“ (Fall 2003)
• University Society of the University of Konstanz PhD-Project Prize 2001 for archival research in
Moscow and language study at the Russian State University of the Humanities, Moscow
(January-March 2002)
• State Graduate Fellowship, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1999-2000, 2001-2002)
• DAAD Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies, University of Konstanz, Germany (1989-1990)
• German Prize, Bryn Mawr College, best essay in German Studies (1989)
• Student Representative to faculty Curriculum Committee, Bryn Mawr College (elected position)
(Fall 1988-Summer 1989)
LANGUAGES & DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• English (native language), German (native fluency in speech and writing), French (fluency in
speech and writing), Italian and Spanish (reading knowledge), Russian (basic knowledge)
• Familiar with a range of productivity and presentation software, social networking tools, theory
and practice of presenting curriculum content online and through digital formats
REFERENCES – Available upon request
• Joanne Myers, Director of Education and Public Programs, National Heritage Museum,
Lexington, MA
• Susan Bennett, Executive Director, Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA
• Deborah S. Bassett, former Curator, Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA
• Thomas Nolden, Professor of Comparative Literature, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
LIST OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS PARTICIPATED IN AND PAPERS PRESENTED
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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