Mary Beth Stein

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Mary Beth Stein

Associate Professor of German and International Affairs

Full-time Faculty


Contact:

Office Phone: 202-994-6896
Fax: 202-994-0171

Professor Stein received her Ph.D. in folklore, with minors in German studies and anthropology, from Indiana University in 1993. She taught at Haverford College and Carleton College before coming to GW in 1997. She has been the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from the Mellon Foundation, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and in 2000-2001 Professor Stein was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Institute for European Ethnology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She has published numerous articles on German studies topics and is currently working on a book on East German life histories. At GW Professor Stein teaches courses on 19th and 20th century German literature and culture, as well as a new course: Berlin Before and after the Wall.


German studies (literature and culture, folklore)

Ph.D., Indiana University