Visiting Assistant Professor in German
Ph.D., Transcultural German Studies
University of Arizona / University of Leipzig
- 263C Dauer Hall
- pploschnitzki@ufl.edu
- 352-273-3787
- Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Office Hours — Fall 2021
- Tuesdays: 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
- Thursdays: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
- Or by appointment
Research/teaching interest and background
- Patrick Ploschnitzki holds a dual-degree PhD in Transcultural German Studies from the Universities of Arizona and Leipzig, and a Master’s degree in German Studies with a minor in Translation Studies from the University of Arizona. Previous employers include the University of Rhode Island’s German Section and Middlebury College’s German School. His research investigates sociocultural discourses around dubbing (i.e., lip-synchronized audiovisual translation) and dubbese related to US-American television translated for broadcast in German-speaking countries. Other research interests include the use of online translation tools in the language classroom, as well as connections between popular media and literary traditions, such as redefined Heimat imagery in contemporary punk and rap lyrics. He has published on Frischian opacity in “Oh Boy” (Monatshefte), collaborative literary translation (mTm Journal), and a fairy-tale simulation project in the German classroom (Die Unterrichtspraxis).Dr. Ploschnitzki also translates contemporary German, Swiss, and Austrian literature into English: Exchanges and Trans-Lit2 published his translations of German-Turkish author Zafer Şenocak’s work, and his work on Austrian author Jürgen Bauer’s “Das Fenster zur Welt” appeared in Translation Review. STILL Magazine dedicated a monograph to his co-translation of British-German author Sharon Dodua Otoo’s “Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin.”
Courses taught:
- GER 1130 Beginning Intensive German 1
- GEW 4401 Cities as Cultural Centers