Dan Nolan is an Associate Professor of German Studies teaching at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His research in literary criticism focuses on gestures of truthfulness in the emerging republics of Germany and Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries. He also works on Mobile Language Learning, and helped to found the Mobile Language Learning Group at UMD. Working with students and faculty from across the campus, the Mobile Language Learning Group develops applications that tap into the potential of emerging mobile computational devices to augment a variety of aspects of second language acquisition. Check out the German Grammar Guide and the forthcoming Russian Grammar Guide on the Apple App store. In 2013 he founded the Russian Area Studies program at UMD with a focus on media studies and digital culture. His interests in digital culture and digital humanities are also evident in his work with Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects at UMD. Dan helped to setup a COIL Fellow program at UMD to help faculty develop international learning experiences that connect our students with their peers around the world. Dan's work coordinating support for COIL development at UMD is based in part on his experience as part of a Peer-to-Peer Dialogue program grant, New Steps International.
Special Issue: Germany for Future? Climate Action and Climate Activism in Germany. Nolan, D. Peabody, S., von Mering, S., Kost, K. (Eds.), German Politics and Society (forthcoming June 2026)
“Introduction: Cultures of Climate Action in Germany,” in Special Issue: Germany for Future? Climate Action and Climate Activism in Germany. Nolan, D. Peabody, S., von Mering, S., Kost, K. (Eds.), German Politics and Society (peer reviewed, accepted, forthcoming 2026)
“COIL at The University of Minnesota” by Doscher, S., Nolan, D., & Mendez, G. in Internationalisation at Home through Critical Virtual Exchange. Eds. Mirjam Hauch and Müge Satar. Routledge (book chapter, peer reviewed, accepted, forthcoming 2026)
“COIL: An Accessible Pedagogy for Global Learning,” in UMN’s Global Current Magazine, by Daniel Nolan (non-peer reviewed, Spring 2024)
“COIL Facilitation at US University Systems,” book chapter in A Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange, edited by Sarah Guth and Jon Rubin, Routledge, October 2022
“Introduction to Special Section: Sustainability and Community Engagement in German Studies,” Unterrichtspraxis 54.2, Fall 2021
“Closing the Loop: International Online Collaboration with Local and German Partners in Sustainability-focused Curriculum Development,” peer-reviewed, Unterrichtspraxis 54.2, Fall 2021
“COIL: A Global Experience for Everyone,” co-authored with Dr. Marzell I. Gray (UMD), Dr. Abimbola Asojo (UMTC), Dr. Jeff Lindgren (Interim Co-director, Center for Educational Innovation) and Dr. Amy Versnik Nowak (UMD), peer-reviewed, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice 21.4, 2021
“Heinrich von Kleist's ‘Marquise von O….’: Literary Honesty and the Precarious Potential of Disclosure,” peer-reviewed, Seminar 57.1.2, 2021
“Towards Prospective Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment,” co-authored with Abigail R. Clarke-Sather, Saleh Mamun, Patrick Schoff, Matthew Aro, and Bridget Ulrich, peer-reviewed, conference proceedings, Proceedings of the ASME 2020, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2020
“Sustainability and German Studies: From Ecocriticism to Community Engagement,” co-authored with Dr. Kiley Kost and Dr. Seth Peabody, not peer-reviewed, article-length essay, invited to contribute by journal editors, German Studies Review 43.2, 2020
“I too am naked, as are you: Literary Truthfulness in Kleist’s Epigrams,” German Studies Review 42.1 (peer-reviewed, 2019)
“University of Minnesota Duluth Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Case Study,” appeared in Case Studies of COILing Institutions series on the former SUNY COIL Center Director Dr. Jon Rubin’s website. Submitted by invitation.
not peer-reviewed, 2017
“Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Application Development Projects within Reach for Language Teachers,” co-authored with Dana Lindaman, peer-reviewed, IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies, 45.1, 2015