In the spring of 1995 Don left the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. in Secondary German Education which he put to great use while working as a bartender and/or office assistant over the next 7 years. Having moved to San Francisco in 1996, Don found himself in the perfect location when a mid-life crisis encouraged him to consider a return to the world of German literature. After first earning an M.A. in Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University he is now in his first year at UC Berkeley. He will be searching high and low for specific areas of research interest as well as a dissertation topic during the next few semesters. In the meantime his interests include the Holocaust; National Identity Formation; and Dutch literature and culture.

“Author Dead. Full Report at Eleven: The Questioning of the Author Function in City of Glass and The Lizard’s Tail”, Portals: A Comparative Literature Journal, 2004 4-15.

“Toward a Literary Categorization of the Diaries of Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum”, Presented at the Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium, Spring 2004.

“Book Review: Drietaligheid, Jan Pieter Guépin”, American Association of Netherlandic Studies Newsletter, Fall 2003.

“Peace in the Valley: A National-Political Interpretation of King Ottocars Rise and Fall”, Portals: A Comparative Literature Journal, 2003 5-20.