Meaghan Hepburn
Assistant Professor
Meaghan Hepburn is an Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Culture and Language Studies at the University of New Brunswick. Her work examines the memorialization of the National Socialist Aktion T4 euthanasia programme, in the mediums of literature, site museums, memorials, and art. This interdisciplinary topic includes research in the fields of German Studies, History, Museum Studies, and Disability studies. Other interests include second language acquisition, and she is the co-author of an intermediate German textbook based on the German TV series “Berlin, Berlin”. Meaghan is an avid theatre fan, and co-founded and co-directed several productions of the University of Toronto German Drama Club for Undergraduate students. She is also an enthusiastic traveller, and has lived in Germany and Austria for schooling and research, and also participated in a PAD teaching year in Springe and exchange to Universität Tübingen.
- BAH (Queen’s University)
- BAH Exchange (Universität Tübingen)
- MA (University of Toronto)
- PhD (University of Toronto – ongoing)
Research Interests:
German Studies, WWII, History, Pedagogy, Museum Studies, Disability Studies, German Culture, Theatre, Second Language Acquisition
Courses Taught:
- GER1001 – Introductory German I – Course Coordinator
- GER2001 – Intermediate German I
- GER2002 – Intermediate German II
- GER/WLCS 3055 – Rubble, Revolt, Reunification – German Literature in Translation
- GER/WLCS 3061 – From Tribes to a Nation – German Culture in Translation
Contact Meaghan Hepburn
Office: Carleton Hall, 316
Phone: 458-7715
Email: Meaghan Hepburn
Facebook: “German and German Studies at UNB”
