Vita

Dr. Hoffman came to Penn State Harrisburg in 1985 after teaching at Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. Here she created courses in history for students of the humanities and secondary education social studies. She’s since coordinated the graduate program in humanities and the interdisciplinary humanities undergraduate major. She also served externally as Chief Faculty Consultant for the Advanced Placement European History Program of the College Board. She has published essays on the history of psychoanalysis and its application to historical interpretation; on historiography; and on history and humanities pedagogy. Her current research is in Holocaust and genocide studies, most recently an essay on the fate and activities of Jewish women during and after the Holocaust.

Education

• Ph.D. in European History, Bryn Mawr College
• B.A., Michigan State University: major in history, minors in philosophy and German

Research Areas

20th century cultural and intellectual history, especially of Germany; Holocaust and genocide studies; history of psychoanalysis and psychology; history and humanities pedagogy.

Professional Affiliations

• American Historical Association
• Association for Integrative Studies
• Cheiron (International Society for History of Behavioral and Social Sciences)
• Forum for History of Human Science
• Baltimore-Washington Area German History Seminar

Course Offerings

• HUM 515 Historical Writing
• HUM 515 Holocaust and Genocide Studies Institute for Teachers
• HIST 143 History of Fascism and Nazism
• HIST 144 The World at War, 1939-1945
• HIST 173 Vietnam in War and Peace
• HIST 320 Contemporary World History and Issues
• I HUM 400 Creative Expressions in the Humanities: Border-Crossing