MARY B Paddock
Assoc Prof for Modern Languages & Interdisciplinary Studies
MARY B Paddock
Assoc Prof for Modern Languages & Interdisciplinary Studies
Mary Paddock has been an associate professor of Modern Languages and Interdisciplinary Studies at Quinnipiac since 2019. Prior to joining the faculty full time, Dr. Paddock served as an assistant, associate, and senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Before arriving at Quinnipiac in 2008, Dr. Paddock held positions at Yale University, Smith College, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech). She has spent time studying and conducting research abroad under the aegis of Fulbright and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Dr. Paddock has taught German language, German culture (film, business), medieval European lyric in translation, linguistics, research methods, and senior capstone courses in the Modern Languages, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Environmental Studies programs.
Dr. Paddock's scholarship has focused on persona and discourse construction in lyric poetry of the German High Middle Ages, in fin-de-siecle German cabaret and drama, and more recently in post-World War II German film, television, and literature.
In 2016, Dr. Paddock launched the Collaborative for Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies with generous support from the Davis Educational Foundation. The Collaborative was created to support the development of interdisciplinary curricula and initiatives, promote collaboration among faculty in teaching and research and oversee the administration of interdisciplinary programs. As Founding Executive Director of the Collaborative, Dr. Paddock developed and administered majors in Interdisciplinary Studies (BA), Sustainability & Environmental Policy (BA), Environmental Science (BS), Environmental Studies (BA) co-major, the Independent Major (BA/BS), as well as the Independent Minor and provided support for CAS's eight interdisciplinary minors.
Before arriving at Quinnipiac in 2008, Dr. Paddock held positions at Yale University, Smith College, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech). She has spent time studying and conducting research abroad under the aegis of Fulbright and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Dr. Paddock has taught German language, German culture (film, business), medieval European lyric in translation, linguistics, research methods, and senior capstone courses in the Modern Languages, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Environmental Studies programs.
Dr. Paddock's scholarship has focused on persona and discourse construction in lyric poetry of the German High Middle Ages, in fin-de-siecle German cabaret and drama, and more recently in post-World War II German film, television, and literature.
In 2016, Dr. Paddock launched the Collaborative for Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies with generous support from the Davis Educational Foundation. The Collaborative was created to support the development of interdisciplinary curricula and initiatives, promote collaboration among faculty in teaching and research and oversee the administration of interdisciplinary programs. As Founding Executive Director of the Collaborative, Dr. Paddock developed and administered majors in Interdisciplinary Studies (BA), Sustainability & Environmental Policy (BA), Environmental Science (BS), Environmental Studies (BA) co-major, the Independent Major (BA/BS), as well as the Independent Minor and provided support for CAS's eight interdisciplinary minors.
Education
- BS, Georgetown University
- MA, Yale University
- MPHIL, Yale University
- PHD, Yale University
Areas of Expertise
- Germanic Language, Literature, and Culture; 1950s German Media
Organization
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Office Location
- College of Arts & Sciences 3 309
Mail Drop
- CL-AC3
Courses
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AN 215 Fundamentals of Human Language
Fall 2026 -
ENV 215 Research Methods in Environmental Studies
Fall 2026 -
GR 101 Elementary German I
Fall 2026 -
GR 102 Elementary German II
Spring 2027 -
GR 227 Nature & Imagination: Environmental Culture
Spring 2027 -
GR 230 German Film Club
Fall 2026 -
IDS 101 Introduction to Interdisciplinarity
Spring 2027 -
ML 215 Fundamentals of Human Language
Fall 2026
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of German, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Environmental Studies
Hamden, CT, USA
2023 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of German and Interdisciplinary Studies
Hamden, CT, USA
2019 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Senior Associate Dean
Hamden, CT, USA
2018 - 2026
Quinnipiac University
Associate Dean
Hamden, CT, USA
2011 - 2018
Quinnipiac University
Assistant Dean
Hamden, CT, USA
2008 - 2011
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Assistant Professor of German
Blacksburg, VA, USA
2005 - 2009
Smith College
Visiting Assistant Professor (German Studies)
Northampton, MA, USA
2001 - 2005
Yale University
Lector
New Haven, CT, USA
2000 - 2001
Selected Publications
Conference Presentation
Homegoing: Moral Reconstruction and 1950s German TV Miniseries
Mary Paddock
International Association for Environment, Space, and Place, Newport News, VA, Christopher Newport University (2024)
Conference Presentation
Layered Enclosure: Coming to Terms with the Past in the German Heimatfilm
Mary Paddock
International Association for Environment, Space, and Place, Pforzheim, Germany, Hochschule Pforzheim (Design) (2023)
Conference Presentation
Generic Traverse and Lyric Poetics in 13th-Century Sangspruchdichtung
Mary Paddock
German Studies Association, Montreal, Canada (2023)
Conference Presentation
'Strange Bodies': The Genius Criterion in Mapping a Literary Corpus
Mary Paddock
International Association for Environment, Space, and Place, Chicago, IL, USA, Loyola University (2022)