Amy Lynne Hill holds a PhD in German Studies and ComparativeMedia Analysis and Practice from Vanderbilt University. She is a teacher, author, and visual artist.
A Nashville native, Amy completed her B.A. in German Studies at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2010, and then accepted a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Dortmund, Germany in 2011. She remained in Dortmund, receiving her M.A in Applied Literary and Cultural Studies from the Technische Universität Dortmund (2014), where she also served as an instructor in the Sprachpraxis, teaching courses on academic writing and English grammar. After teaching at the university and other schools and institutions for several years, Amy returned to pursue her doctorate in 2016 in German and Comparative Media Analysis and Practice. Since 2023 she has taught at Austin Peay State University where she teaches all levels of German in addition to courses on World Literature.
Her research interests are diverse, with a focus on the intersection of sexology and feminist crime fiction, as well as cross-cultural connections in beauty and body cultures on various social media platforms in Germany and America with a focus on selfies and queer identities.
