James M. Pasternak
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- School: Temple University
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1801 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA - 19122 - Dates at Temple University: November 2008 - November 2018
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Biography
Temple University - German
Secondary Education, High School English and German Teacher at Bodine High School for International Affairs
James
Pasternak
Greater Philadelphia Area
After having worked in university education for the last fourteen years, I have returned to Philadelphia to seek new employment in academia or outside the university. I hold a doctorate in German from the University of Minnesota, speak fluent German, and I have traveled, lived and worked extensively in Central and Eastern Europe. I even still speak a little Russian. I possess many transferable skills to the public and private sectors, and I am currently researching new potential avenues of employment in the Philadelphia area.
I am now a realtor working in the Havertown, PA Office of Long and Foster. I enjoy my new line of work very much, but I have not always been involved in real estate. In the past, I have held many different positions requiring vastly different skill sets. For example, I have worked on the docks in Hamburg as a longshoreman, and I have also worked as a marketing intern for a German consulting firm in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the recent past, I have contemplated entrepreneurial ventures, and my job horizon is broadly defined.
I am an avid gardener and advocate for urban farming. In the future, I would love to open my own nursery and have a subsistence farm in rural Pennsylvania. My horticultural passion is broad, and I claim some knowledge about (for example) sedum propagation, woody plants, fruit and citrus trees, vegetable production, exotic and native plants, garden fixture construction, and general landscaping. Feel free to consult my garden projects and design website at either the link above or here: http://jamespa3.wix.com/james-pasternak.
Thank you in advance for your interest.
Experience
Education
The Ohio State University
Master’s Degree
Slavic and East European Studies
Major subjects and topics studied: Russian Language and Literature; Thesis completed pertaining to the effect of predatory government regulation on the growth of organized crime. 1988-1995: B.A. in German, B.A. in International Relations, minor: Economics (undergraduate degrees also earned at OSU).Polley and Associates
Fundamentals and Practice in Real Estate (two courses)
Real Estate Sales
Completed prerequisite courses to qualify to sit for state and national real estate examinations, which I passed on May 26, 2017. Looking forward to beginning a new career with a motivated team this summer.University of Maryland College Park
Master’s Degree
Germanic Studies
At UMD, I earned my stripes as a teacher. Largely on the basis of the fact that I spoke and understood German very well when admitted, the professors permitted me to teach courses normally reserved as teaching praktika for Ph.D. students, including advanced German grammar and the Introduction to German Culture class (a core class). In addition to my pedagogical training (one year's worth, followed up later by an additional teaching seminar in methodologies at the UMN, where I received my doctorate in 2012), I received exquisite training in German Literary History and Cultural Historical Methodologies by Elke Frederiksen, and I wrote my M.A. Thesis in German on the topic of the rise of Kievan Russia in the Ninth Century. In this work, I brought together my prior training as a Slavicist and my new-found interest in Scandinavian Studies as a sub-field of German literature.University of Maryland College Park
Master's degree
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Germanic Studies
German Generalist: Specialization in German literature and history, particular interest in the interdisciplinary applications of history and literature during the development of the historical novel alongside the institutionalization of the German historical discipline during the nineteenth century. Teaching: all proficiency levels of German language, literature, culture, and history. I enjoy teaching absolute beginners as much as teaching advanced students. 14 years experience, excellent peer reviews and student evaluations. M.A. in German from the University of Maryland, College Park (2003). Assisted department by teaching upper division courses typically reserved for the professorial faculty. Graduate student representative 4.0 GPA Focus: German literature
Publications
"Jesus Christ between Jews and Heathens: The Germanic Mission and the Portrayal of Christ in the Old Saxon Heliand," (author: Martin Friedrich (Translated from the German by Ariane Fischer and James Pasternak)
Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand Introductory and Critical Essays, with an Edition of the Leipzig Fragment (Edited By Valentine A. Pakis, West Virginia University Press
This translation of the German Medievalist Martin Friedrich's article describes the ways in which an early Germanic version of the Bible sought to make the Gospels more accessible and comprehensible to early medieval Germanic audiences.
"Jesus Christ between Jews and Heathens: The Germanic Mission and the Portrayal of Christ in the Old Saxon Heliand," (author: Martin Friedrich (Translated from the German by Ariane Fischer and James Pasternak)
Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand Introductory and Critical Essays, with an Edition of the Leipzig Fragment (Edited By Valentine A. Pakis, West Virginia University Press
This translation of the German Medievalist Martin Friedrich's article describes the ways in which an early Germanic version of the Bible sought to make the Gospels more accessible and comprehensible to early medieval Germanic audiences.
