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Director, German Program
Director, International Engineering Program

Wagner, S., Hoecherl-Alden, G. (2024). Happily Ever After? Community Engagement and Social Justice through Fairy Tales, NECTFL Review, 93, p. 54-75.

Burgoyne, N., LaFountain, P., Ohnesorg, S., Wagner, S.M., Zarate Gonzalez, B. (2024). Community Engagement and German Teacher Training in Four American “SPARK for German” Teaching Labs, Kontexte. Internationales Journal zur Professionalisierung in Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 2.1., p. 149-163. https://doi.org/10.24403/jp.1360089 (40% co-author, authors in alphabetical order)

Wagner, S. & Hoecherl-Alden, G. (2024). Texts and Contexts: Linguistic landscapes, graffiti, film, and literature in L2 classes, Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 57.1, p. 16-31. (https://doi-org.ezproxy.stthomas.edu/10.1111/tger.12269)

Wagner, S. & Hoecherl-Alden, G. (2020). Mapping Memory and Historical Literacy onto the German Curriculum, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 53.1, p. 35-54.

Wagner, S., & Sullivan M. (2017). Supporting Students’ Intercultural Literacy through Mentoring Undergraduate Research Projects. Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, p. 87-108.

Wagner, S. (2016). Fostering Connections: Using Memorial to teach History in Study Abroad. Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, p. 231-254.

National Geographic Channel. (2016, September 4). Pope vs. Hitler [Video File].

Wagner, S. (2011). Drama Pedagogy in the Foreign Language Classroom: Wolfgang Borchert’s Das Brot, Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 51-65.

Wagner, S. (2010). Bühne frei für die Verschwörer. Der 20. Juli 1944 im deutschen Drama. Saarbrücken: VDM-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-639-03557-5.


2025-2026 Community Engaged Research Grant, University of St. Thomas, Center for the Common Good

2025 Provost Innovation Fellows Grant: AI-Powered Instructional Design and Research Applications Toolkit, University of St. Thomas, Spring 2025

2024 Minnesota German Teacher of the Year, American Association of Teachers of German, Minnesota

2023 Curricular Innovation in Sustainability Award, University of St. Thomas

2023 Lehramt.International, DAAD grant, for faculty exchange with Technical University Darmstadt

2021 Best Article in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German for 2020 article Mapping Memory and Historical Literacy onto the German Curriculum, Die Unterrichtspraxis 53.1, p. 35-542.

2021 Global Engagement Program Development Grants: Language & Career Readiness in Germany, University of St. Thomas, Office of Study Abroad

2012 AATG/Goethe Institut Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievement in furthering the teaching of German in schools in the United States

2021 Arkansas Achievers Award, Arkansas Democrat Gazette

2010 TraiNDaF II leadership program – Transatlantisches interkulturelles Nachwuchsförderungsprogramm Deutsch als Fremdsprache II

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C., Germany on Campus Grants (2025-2021, 2019-2011)


Dr. Wagner is hosting virtual office hours this semester.

Mondays: 3-4 p.m. (Register in advance)

Wednesdays: 12-1 p.m. (Register in advance)