Andrew Mills

Andrew teaches primarily intermediate and advanced German language and literature. In recent years he has developed and taught the following courses in German:

State Surveillance and Everyday Life in East Germany--The Hidden Life of German Bees--An Intimate Look at Warfare in the German Experience--Five Poems, Three Stories, and One Novel--Five Poems, Three Stories, and One Drama--Antisemitism in German Literature--Advanced German--Honor and Death in German Literature of the 19th Century--Introduction to German Literature--The World Wars in German Literature--Seminar in German Translation

His 2008 article "When Opportunism Knocks" explores the complexity of career opportunism in the music industry of the Third Reich and ruffled a number of feathers on both sides of the debate surrounding the popular composer Peter Kreuder. 

"When Opportunism Knocks: Evaluating the Career of Popular Entertainment Musician Peter Kreuder in the Third Reich." Music Research Forum. Volume 23. Published by the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. (September 2008) 

 Awards

• Honored Instructor Award, Michigan Housing, University of Michigan
• CRLT Lecturers' Professional Development Fund Grant. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan.
• LEO Lecturers' Professional Development Fund Grant. Lecturers' Employee Organization, University of Michigan. 
• Faculty Grant from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan.