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 Prof. Phillip S.
McKnight, Chair School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Academic
BA (1967) and MA (1969) in Germanic Languages & Literatures at
the University of Colorado. PhD (1978) in German at Brown
University. Academic appointments at the University of Southern
California and the University of Kentucky. Extensive study and
research at the University of Bonn, University of Tübingen, the Free
University of Berlin, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and Leipzig
University in Germany.
Professional
Fulbright Research grants, German Academic Exchange grants,
International Research Exchange grant, Japan Foundation grant,
Center for International Business, Education and Research (CIBER),
DOE Title VI, NDEA, Woodrow Wilson. Founder and editor of the
International Wezel Yearbook. Developed Foreign Languages and
International Economics BA degree and created the Kentucky Germany
Business Council (22 German-owned businesses, German-American
Chamber of Commerce, and University Kentucky) at UK. Established
Global Economics and Modern Languages BS degree at Georgia Tech.
Established collaboration between Modern Languages and ME, ECE, ISYE
and Computing at Georgia Tech. Developed collaboration for
international internships with Siemens, UPS, Michelin, ZF
Industries, JETRO and others for Georgia Tech students. Established
undergraduate study abroad/exchange programs targeted to
engineering, computer science, and International Affairs/Modern
Language students at the Technical University of Munich and
Monterrey Tech in Mexico. Currently developing joint MS in
Information Technology Design and Language Pedagogy and
International Website Localization with the School of Literature,
Communication and Culture (Media Design section) at Georgia Tech.
Research interests include German literature
and culture, applied language learning in the context of the global
economy, literary representations of history, web-based
instructional materials.
Selected Publications
Selected Books
Wezel Jahrbuch 2000-2003. Studien zur europäischen Aufklärung.
Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag.
Johann Karl Wezels pädagogische Schriften. Mit
einer Einführung herausgegeben und
eingeleitet von Phillip S. McKnight. Regensburger Beiträge zur
deutschen Sprach-und Literaturwissenschaft. Reihe A/Quellen,
Bd.10.Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / New York / Paris / Wien:
Lang, 1996.
Understanding Christoph Hein. Columbia, S.C.:
University of South Carolina Press,
1995.
Symposium on the Literature of the GDR. Special
Edition for
Colloquia Germanica, 21(1988), Nr. 1.
Symposium on Satire. Special Edition of Colloquia Germanica, 18
(1985), Nr. 3.
Selected Articles
Teaching Global Economics in German: Content
Understanding, Development, Outreach, Internships and
Interdisciplinary Links. In: ERIC. Clearing House for Languages and
Linguistics, 2002.
Geschichte und DDR-Literatur (Amnesie,
Fragmentierung, Chronik, Kritisches Bewußtsein und Weichenstellung
im Rückblick auf die Mitter der 50er Jahre: Mankurt, Horn und
Horns Ende). In: Rückblicken auf die Literatur der DDR,
ed. Hans-Christian Stillmark. In: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren
Germanistik, 2002.
Foreign Language Study: Bankruptcy and Merger
In: Applied Language Study: New
Objectives, New Methods, ed. John Joseph. Lanham / New York /
London: University Press
of America, 1984, S. 19-29.
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