Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D., Germanic Languages and
Literatures, 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A.,
Germanic Languages and Literatures, 2001
Universität Regensburg, B.A.
equivalent, English Studies, 1998, Geography, 1999
Dissertation
“Enacting the Roles
of Boss and Employee in German Business Meetings: A Conversation Analytic Study
of How Social Roles are Co-Constructed”
Thesis Director: Dr. Andrea
Golato
Recent and Forthcoming
Publications
Barske, T. and Golato, A. (2010). German so: Managing Sequence and
Action. Text and Talk,
30(3): 245-266.
Barske, T. (2009).
Book Review: “Passwort Deutsch: Kurs- und Übungsbuch, Vol. 1-3,” Die
Unterrichtspraxis, 42(2): 192-194.
Barske, T. (200). Passwort Deutsch:
Kurs- und Ubungsbuch, Vol. 4-5, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 42(2):
199-201.
Anton, C., Barske, T., Grabowski, J., and McKinstruy, M. (2013).
Mosaik: German Language and Culture (Col. 1-3). Vista Higher Learning, Inc:
Boston, MA.
Anton, C., Barske, T., Grabowski, J., and McKinstry, M.
(2013). Sag mal: An Introduction to German Language and Culture. Vista
Higher Learning, Inc.: Boston, MA.
Barske, T., McKinstry, M. Schestokat,
K., and Sokolosky, J. (2012). Denk mal! Deutsch ohne Grenzen (INtermediate
German Tetbook). Vista Higher Learning, Inc.: Boston, MA.
Barske, T.
(2009). Same Token, Different Actions: A Conversation Analytic Study of Social
Roles, Embodied Actions, and ok in German Business Meetings. Journal
for Business Communication: Special Issue on Meeting Talk, 46(1): 120-149.
Barske, T. (2004). Der Zivildienst [CD-ROM]. In R. DiDonato.
CD-Companion to Deutsch – Na klar! (4th ed.). Boston/Toronto:
McGraw-Hill.
Barske, T. (2004). Mehr Farbe in der Politik [CD-ROM]. In
R. DiDonato. CD Companion to Deutsch - Na klar! (4th ed.).
Boston/Toronto: McGraw-Hill.
Barske, T. (2001). Book Review: “German for
Starters,” Die Unterrichtspraxis, 34(1), 83-84.
Barske, T. &
Golato, A. German so: Managing Sequence and Action. Text &
Talk.
Barske, T. (under review). Zones of Interactional Transition
in German Business Meetings: Resolving Interactional Trouble and Reestablishing
Social Hierarchies. Research on Language and Social Interaction.
Barske, T. (under review). TCU-Final Intonation: A Conversation Analytic
Study of How Employees Use Intonation to Deliver Reports Collaboratively in
German Business Meetings. Journal of Pragmatics
Recent and Upcoming Conference
Presentations
Betz, E. & T. Barske "Creating Spaces and Contexts of Reference: How
Gestures Visualize Structure of Talk." Symposium on Reference in Interaction
from a Cross-Cultural Perspective, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH,
April 6-7, 2012.
Barske T. "Sequence Closings in German Business Meetings: Negotiating
Competing Courses of Actions through Eye Gaze," 3rd International Conference on
Converstaion Analysis, Mannheim, Germany, July 5, 2010.
Barske, T. "Constructing Social Roles in German Business Meetings by Altering
Repair Initiation," Association for Vusiness Communication, Antwerp, Belgium,
May 27, 2010.
Barske, T. & Golato, A “German turn-initial so: Managing sequence and
action,” Conference of the National Communications Association, San Diego,
November 24, 2008.
Barske, T. “Eliciting Stories in Business Meetings,”
Georgetown University Round Table 2008: Telling Stories, Washington, D.C., March
14-16, 2008.
Barske, T. “Same Token, Different Actions: The Significance
of Embodied Actions in Describing the Use of ok,” Conference of the National
Communications Association, Chicago, November 16, 2007.
Barske, T.
“’Look Away, Ok, Moving On:’ Conversation Analysis and the Structure of German
Business Meetings,” Humanities Forum, UWSP, November 8, 2007.
Barske, T.
“The Significance of TCU-Final Intonation to the Production of Reports in German
Business Meetings,” Conference of the International Pragmatics Association,
Gothenburg, Sweden, July 14, 2007. Paper accepted but not funded by UWSP.
Barske, T. & Markee, N. “Repair during ZITs,” Conference of the
American Association for Applied Linguistics, Los Angeles, April 21, 2007.
Barske, T. “What Happens If The Boss Is Wrong?: Challenging Social Roles
in German Business Meetings,” Conference of the National Communications
Association, San Antonio, November 18, 2006.
Barske, T. “Is ok Always
ok: Performing Different Actions with the Same Word,” Invited Lecture, German
Department & Linguistic Department, University of the Ryukyus, Naha, Japan,
July 21, 2006.
Barske, T. “Meaning Versus Function of the German
Particle e:.” Deutsches Seminar, UIUC, March 8, 2004.
Barske, T.
“Identification as Part of Telephone Opening Sequences: A Conversation Analytic
Discussion of the Sequential Consequences of Self-Identification versus Other
Identification,” Conference of the American Council for Teachers of Foreign
Languages, Philadelphia, November 23, 2003.
Barske, T. “Hello? Who’s
There?: Identification in German Telephone Openings,” Deutsches Seminar, UIUC,
February 13, 2001.
Pedagogy
Barske, T. "Bitte? S'il vous plait? ¿Por favor?: Teaching and
Learning Request STrategies in a Second Language (Poster Presentation),
"President's Summer, Madison, WI, April 14, 2011.
Barske, T. "Developing
a Foreign Language Exploration Program with Limited Resources," Conference of
the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Langauge Teachers, Appleton, WI, November
6, 2010.
Barske, T. & T. Leek "College, Curriculum, Communication
(Poster Presentation)," Conference of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign
Language Teachers, Appleton, WI, November 6, 2009.
Barske, T.
“Integrating Chat Rooms in Foreign Language Classrooms,” Conference of the
Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Appleton, WI, November 7,
2008.
Barske, T. “Language Related Episodes (LRE) in 2 Different Tasks Focusing
on German Adjective Endings,” AGTC Seminar on the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning (SoTL), UIUC, March 9, 2005.
Golato, A. & Barske, T. “The Use of Technology in the German Business
Language Classroom,” CITES Seminar Series, UIUC, April 8, 2004.
Professional Workshops
Barske, T., K. Conor, L. Dunemann, & J. Manlick "Interactive Games and
Activities to Engage your Students!," Conference of the Wisconsin Association of
Foreign Language Teachers, Appleton, WI, November 4, 2011.
Barske, T. & J. Schueller "Clips für Klassen: Film- und Videomaterial im
Deutschunterricht [Clips for Classes: Film and Video Materials in German
Lessons]," Seminar for Teaching Assistans, Goethe-Institut, Chicago,
September 30-October 2, 2011.
Barske, T., Fullard, K., Golato, A., & Lücke, M. “Berufskommunikation
Deutsch-integriert,” University of Rhode Island, Kingston, September 19-21,
2008.
Barske, T., Licht, M., Schlaak, E., & Seidlitz, L. “’Let the Games
Continue …’ - Workshop on Games in German Language Classrooms,” Conference of
the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, November 19,
2000.
Courses Taught
- First, second, and third-year German language courses, including study
abroad
- Business German
- Conversation and composition courses
- German culture courses
- German for reading knowledge
- Foreign Languages and ESL Teaching Methods courses
- Foreign Language and ESL Teacher Training seminars
- Introduction to Linguistics
Teaching Honors
2009 University Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin Stevens
Point
2003 Campus Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
2003 LAS Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Excellence
in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants, College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2001 Robert
L. Stone Excellence in Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Outstanding
Undergraduate Instruction, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign