Skip to main content Dr. Valentina Glajar
- Professor at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Editorial Review Board Member, Studii Romanesti Series, Polirom Press.
2024 - Present.
- Head, German Program.
2005 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of the Society for Romanian Studies.
2017 - Present.
- Member, Personnel Committee.
August 1, 2007 - Present.
- German Section Coordinator, Department of Modern Languages.
August 1, 2005 - Present.
- Advisor, Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Organization.
January 1, 2005 - Present.
2025
- Member, Faculty Senate.
May 2024 - August 2025.
- Chair, Department Scholarship Committee.
2022 - April 2025.
2024
- Member, Fulbright US Student Program, National Screening Committee.
November 2024 - December 2024.
- Chair, Society for Romanian Studies Best Article Award.
July 2024 - November 2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, East European Politics and Society.
May 2024 - October 2024.
- Speaker, Kissing Tree.
March 2024.
2023
- Member, College of Liberal Arts.
September 2023 - November 2023.
- Member, Society for Romanian Studies Best Article Award.
June 2023 - November 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Nebraska University Press.
September 2023 - October 2023.
2022
- Member, Japanese Search Committee.
2021 - 2022.
- Member, Fulbright US Student Program, National Screening Committee.
November 2022 - December 2022.
- Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference, Society for Romanian Studies, “Borders and Transfers”.
2020 - June 2022.
2021
- Fulbright Program Advisor, Texas State University.
2006 - 2021.
- Member, APR.
November 2021.
2020
- Roundtable co-organizer:, International Conference of Europeanists: Fringe and Minority Cultures under Surveillance in Communist Romania.
June 2020.
2018
- Member, Japanese Search Committee.
2018.
2017
- Reviewer / Referee, Colby College.
2017.
- Chair, German Search Committee.
2016 - 2017.
- Organizer, Cold War Spy Stories from the Eastern Bloc.
October 16, 2017.
- Co-Chair, German Studies Association.
October 6, 2017 - October 9, 2017.
- Co-Chair, American Comparative Literature Association.
July 6, 2017 - July 9, 2017.
- Chair, German Search Committee.
August 2016 - April 2017.
2016
- Co-Chair, Secret Police Files from the Eastern Bloc: Between Surveillance and Life Writing.
June 2016 - 2016.
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
September 29, 2016 - October 3, 2016.
- Co-Chair, German Studies Association.
September 29, 2016 - October 2, 2016.
- Coordinator / Organizer, From Roma Studies to Roma Inclusion: Can Academics Make a Difference?
June 2016.
2015
- Reviewer / Referee, Academic Studies Press.
2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, German Quarterly.
2015.
- Co-Chair, German Studies Association, three panels.
October 1, 2015.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Im Visier der Securitate.
August 23, 2015 - August 27, 2015.
- Co-Chair, IVG, seven panels, Im Visier der Securitate..
August 1, 2015.
2014
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Memory Studies; Journal of Genocide Research; Central Europe Review.
2014.
- External evaluator, Tenure and promotion to associate professor, University of Mississippi.
2014.
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
September 2014.
2013
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
October 2013.
- Commentator, German Studies Association.
October 2013.
- Respondent, Modern Language Association.
January 2013.
2012
- Reviewer / Referee, Palgrave Macmillan.
2012.
- Reviewer / Referee, Camden House.
2012.
- External evaluator, Tenure and promotion to associate professor, Washington and Lee University.
2012.
- Commentator, German Studies Association.
October 6, 2012.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Modern Language Association.
January 5, 2012.
2011
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
September 24, 2011.
- Commentator, German Studies Association.
September 24, 2011.
2010
- Research Enhancement Program Committee.
2010.
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
October 10, 2010.
- External evaluator, Dissertation, University of British Columbia.
July 2010.
- Reviewer / Referee, The Carl Beck Papers.
January 2010.
2009
- Reviewer / Referee, Modern Austrian Literature.
2002 - 2009.
- Co-Chair, Modern Language Association.
December 28, 2009.
- Moderator.
October 10, 2009.
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
October 9, 2009.
2008
- Library Committee.
2005 - 2008.
- Celebrity/Graduate Scholarship Committee, Graduate School.
2005 - 2008.
- Co-Chair, German Studies Association.
October 4, 2008.
- External evaluator, Tenure and promotion to associate professor, Gettysburg College.
July 2008.
2007
- Member, German Search Committee.
2006 - 2007.
- Coordinator / Organizer, German Studies Association.
October 7, 2007.
2005
- Chair, Romanian Studies Association of America, Modern Language Association.
December 30, 2005.
2004
- Reviewer / Referee, National Women’s Studies Association Journal.
2004.
- Faculty advisor for the German Club.
2003 - 2004.
2003
- Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of the Humanities.
2003.
- Faculty advisor for the German Club.
2002 - 2003.
2002
- Chair, Romanian Studies Association of America, Modern Language Association.
December 30, 2002.
2001
- Study Abroad Committee and Undergraduate Advising.
2000 - 2001.
- Faculty advisor for the Germanic Club.
1999 - 2001.
- Chair, Romanian Studies Association of America, Modern Language Association.
December 28, 2001.
- Chair, Comparative Drama Conference.
April 28, 2001.
2000
- Max Kade German House Committee.
1999 - 2000.
- Chair, Comparative Drama Conference.
April 27, 2000.
1998
- Chair, South Central Modern Language Association.
1998.
1997
- Secretary, South Central Modern Language Association.
1997.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Department of Germanic Languages.
1997.
