Curriculum Vitae
- PhD Candidate & Lecturer at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (since February 2025)
- PhD Candidate & Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart (October 2023-January 2025)
- Master of Arts Degree in English & American Studies at the University of Stuttgart (October 2020- July 2023)
- Student Assistant at the University of Stuttgart (October 2018- July 2023)
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Art History at the University of Stuttgart (October 2017- July 2020)
Research Interests
- Anglophone climate fiction
- Science fiction
- (De)-extinction
- Generations
- The Anthropocene
- The novel
Work in Progress
- Dissertation project: “Generational Tensions in the Climate Fiction Bildungsroman.”
Publications
- “Coming of Age in Crisis: The Bildungsroman and Resilience in Climate Fiction.” AmLit, Special Issue, October 2025.
- Huber, Karoline and Geoff Rodoreda. “Narrating Loss in James Bradley’s Clade (2015); or, Introducing Arrested Narrative in Climate Fiction.” Ecozona, vol. 15, no.1.
Teaching
- Currently: Introduction to Literary Studies (Winter 2025/26)
- Previous: Seminar Dystopias then and Now (Summer 2025)
Conference Papers
- “Colossal Biosciences: Another Jurassic Park Sequel Nobody Asked For” Trans People Are (In) the Future: SFRA, University of Rochester, July 29- Aug 3, 2025.
- “Coming of Mind in Water” Forgotten, Misplaced, Marginalized: Speculations We Don’t See, University of Warsaw, May 8-10, 2025.
- “Enclosure and Escape: The Female Bildungsroman in Speculative Climate Fiction” Speculative Fiction Across Media, UC Riverside/ Cal State LA, Oct 17-19, 2024.
- “Generational Transitions in Climate Fiction.” Transitions: SFRA, University of Tartu, May 7-11, 2024.
- “Children’s Resilience in Cli-Fi: The Bildungsroman in Times of Climate Crises.” The Ordinary Magic of Resilience in Anglophone Literatures: Past, Present, Futures, University of Stuttgart, Feb 22- 23, 2024.
- “The Limits of Geoengineering and Technological Solutionism in Clade.” Disruptive Imaginations: SFRA, TU Dresden, Aug 15-19, 2023.
Miscallaneous
- Guest Talks:
- “Do we live in the Anthropocene?” (virtual) Marist University, Poughkeepsie, NY, November 24, 2025. Guest talk (20min) in the Seminar “Modern Speculative Fiction” led by Dr. Sang-Keun Yoo.
- “Colossal Biosciences: Why Did We Learn Nothing from Jurassic Park?” (virtual) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA, Nov 12, 2025. Guest talk (40min) in the Seminar “Values and Technology” led by Dr. Stina Attebery.
- “Generations in Climate Fiction.” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, March 26, 2025.Guest talk (20min) in the Seminar “Climate Denialism” led by Dr. David Shipko.
