Alexandra Lehmann's Education*

*This is a first person narrative about my formal education. I received a lot of my schooling (primary, undergraduate and postgraduate) in Europe.

Because I am a first generation German-American, I used undergraduate and graduate opportunities to study German (Germanistik) and contemporary German history at universities in Braunschweig, Munich and Wuerzburg (where the grandfather I never met studied Physics). In Germany, my generation is known as "the grandchildren of the Second World War."

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German Fluency

I used to be fluent in German when I received a Fulbright Creative Writing Grant and researched contemporary German history (1933-1945) in archives. Several years have passed since then but I have been assured that my favorite language will return when I visit again like a familiar tune. Regrettably, my German is 'rusty'  now.

Bachelor of Arts

State University of New York at Albany granted me a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude.

Since I earn my living as a professional writer; this undergraduate education in U.S. and international forms of government informs my career. I've written for a Fortune 100 financial services company, a $1B private Real Estate Investment Trust, a heritage global media and information conglomerate, and non profits - young and old stage.

Graduate and Post Graduate

Sarah Lawrence accepted me into their graduate nonfiction writers program. Unfortunately I witnessed the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 from the World Financial Center (I walked through the WTC on mornings that year while earning my degree in Bronxville at nights). This eye witness changed the course of my life, as it did the world. I finished my degree, magna cum laude, in a deep state of trauma. Here is a published first person narrative about this experience.

After receiving my Masters of Fine Art in Nonfiction Writing, the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program awarded me a Creative Writing Scholarship. Once again, I returned to the University of Munich and through different Professors, was granted access into German archives.

Professional Accreditations