Frederike OffizierFrederike Offizier works as a lecturer and researcher in the American studies department at Universität Potsdam, where she also completed her PhD with the project »Help Yourself, So Help You Science«. Part of her research was conducted as a fulbrightscholar at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her MA thesis »DeComposing the Self« was awarded the Hans-Jürgen-Bachorski-Preis. Her research focuses on biocultural studies, affect theory, performance studies, ecocriticism, and disaster narratives. Read More Read Less