Jörg Kreienbrock studied German Literature, Comparative Literature and Philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and the Freie Universität Berlin. He received his Ph.D. in 2005 from the Department of German at New York University with a dissertation thesis examining representations of the small and minute in the prose works of Robert Walser. From 2005 to 2006 he held a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies at Emory University. In 2006 he joined the German Department of Northwestern University as Assistant Professor.

His research and teaching interests include German literature from the 19th to the 21st century with an emphasis on contemporary literature, popular culture and literary theory. Professor Kreienbrock is currently working on a project examining representations of anger and wrath in Kleist, Vischer, von Doderer and Bernhard.

Recent publications: "Paying Attention. Reading Rainald Goetz Reading," in: Germanic Review Vol.8, No.3 (Summer 2006); "Das Paradies des Kredits. Zur Beziehung von Ökonomie und Literatur in Gottfried Kellers Die Leute von Seldwyla," in: Hahn, Hans; Seja, Uwe (eds.) – Gottfried Keller, ‘Die Leute von Seldwyla,’ (Frankfurt, Peter Lang 2007); “Foreign Bodies. Der Alltag des Ethnographen Hubert Fichte,” in: Visser, Anthonya et al. – Alltag als Genre. Lebensstile in Ost und West (forthcoming).