Education

The University of Chicago, USA

Ph.D., Modern European History, December 1999

•  Dissertation: “The Politics of Fertility: Population Politics and Health Care in Berlin, 1919-1972.”
•  Supervisor: Michael Geyer, Committee: John Boyer, Leora Auslander, George Steinmetz

M.A.,  Modern European History, 1992

•  Thesis: “War, Women and the Volk: Gertrud Bäumer and the Political Corporatism of Friedrich Naumann.”

Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France

•  Intermediate French Language Diploma, 1991

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

B.A. (First Class Honours): History, 1990

•  Honours Thesis: “Social Darwinism and the Pan-German League: The Influence of German Public Opinion on Anglo-German Relations, 1871-1914.”
•  Concentrations: European History, International Relations

Universität Augsburg, Germany

•  Advanced German Language Diploma, German History, 1989
•  Additional course work in German History