Annemarie Sammartino is an Associate Professor at Oberlin College. She is the author of “The Impossible Border: Germany and the East 1914-1922,”, which explored migration and the German crisis of sovereignty during and after World War I. Her more recent work examines urban planning and urban community, focusing in particular on East Germany and the United States. Professor Sammartino has also received Oberlin College’s “Professor Props” for outstanding instructor and mentor to first year students.