Nathan Bates

German instructor since September 2007
Came to USD in 2018

German Language, Literature, History, Film, Culture, and
Foreign Language Pedagogy

20th Century Modernism; The relationship between language, technology, and literature; German Romanticism; Contemporary Germany; Time and Narrative; German in South Dakota, Humanities advocacy

Bates, Nathan, German in South Dakota: Making Global Connections with Local German Heritage. Presented at the 2024 MMLA Convention, Chicago, IL. (November 16, 2025)
Bates, Nathan, German in South Dakota. Presented at the Feed Your Mind lecture series, Yankton, SD. (August 01, 2025)
Bates, Nathan, German in South Dakota: Promoting Intercultural Competence by Utilizing Local German Heritage. Presented at the 2025 Symposium of German American Studies, Milwaukee, IL. (April 26, 2025)
Bates, Nathan, German in South Dakota: Making Global Connections with Local German Heritage. Presented at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2025 Convention, Kansas City, MO. (March 15, 2025)
Bates, Nathan J., The Artificial Silk-Mind: The Fictional Mind in Irmgard Keun’s The Artificial Silk-Girl. Presented at the 2022 MMLA Convention, Minneapolis, MN. (November 18, 2022)
Bates, Nathan, Building German Community through Collaboration: An Academic Consortium between South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota. Presented at the 2021 MMLA Conference, Milwaukee, WI. (November 06, 2021)
Bates, Nathan J., „Hat der Deutschunterricht eine Seele?“: Erfahrungen eines uneingeweihten Deutschlehrers mit Studierenden von Lakota und Dakota." ("Does German as second language instruction have a soul?": the Experiences of a Rookie German Teacher with Students of Lakota and Dakota). Presented at the GETVICO, New York City (online). (September 28, 2019)
Bates, Nathan J., The Artificial Mind of Irmgard Keun’s The Artificial Silk-Girl: The Boundedness of Representing the Mind in German High Modernist Novels. Presented at the (Un)told Stories: Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Research Conference, March 12-14, 2019, MUC, 2nd Floor, USD. (March 12, 2019)

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