Service & Leadership

Selected institutional, professional, editorial, and academic service roles.

Institutional Leadership
since Dec. 2024

Chair of the Equal Opportunities Working Party

Responsible for combating gender discrimination, Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

since Dec. 2024

Member of the Staff Council

Employee representation body responsible for safeguarding staff rights, working conditions, and participation in institutional decision-making, Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

since Dec. 2021

Vice Chair of the Equal Opportunities Working Party

Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

since Oct. 2021

Member of the Curriculum Commission

Curricularkommission AB, Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

since Oct. 2017

Member of the Teaching Advisory Council English

Beirat UF Englisch, Lehrer*innenbildung West, Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

Oct. 2018 - Sept. 2024

Member of the Hochschulkollegium

Decision-making collegial body of a University of Education, Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

Nov. 2013 - Mar. 2014

Erasmus+ Departmental Coordinator

For partnerships with Masaryk University, Brno, and Ege University, Izmir.

Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2004

Deputy Women’s Representative

Philosophical Faculty IV, Language and Literary Studies, University of Regensburg.

Professional Leadership
Apr. 2024 - Apr. 2028

President of the EAAS

European Association for American Studies.

Oct. 2023 - Oct. 2024

President of the AAAS

Austrian Association for American Studies.

Oct. 2022 - Oct. 2023

Vice President of the AAAS

Austrian Association for American Studies.

Apr. 2022 - Apr. 2024

Secretary General of the EAAS

European Association for American Studies.

since Jan. 2021

AAAS International Delegate / EAAS Board Member for AAAS

Representative role connecting Austrian and European American Studies networks.

since Oct. 2018

Board Member of the AAAS

Elected board member of the Austrian Association for American Studies.

2018 - 2020

Member of the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award Committee

American Studies Association (ASA).

2017 - 2020

Member of the Gender and Sexuality Committee

American Studies Association (ASA).

2014 - 2022

Member of the Steering Committee of the EAAS Women’s Network

European Association for American Studies.

since Aug. 2010

Steering Committee Member of the Digital American Studies Initiative

German Association for American Studies

Editorial & Review Activities
Apr. 2024 - Apr. 2028

Director of The European Journal of American Studies (EJAS)

since May 2020

Editorial Board Member

Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies.

since Apr. 2020

Editorial Board Member

EAAS Book Series European Perspectives on the United States.

since June 2019

Editorial Board Member

Amerikastudien / American Studies.

since July 2025

Reader

Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media.

since Apr. 2024

Reader

RSAJournal.

since July 2023

Reader

The International History Review.

since Nov. 2018

Reader

JAAAS / Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies.

since Aug. 2018

Reader

European Journal of American Studies.

since May 2018

Reader

Open Cultural Studies.

since Apr. 2017

Reader

International Journal of Lifelong Education.

since Jan. 2017

Reader

Amerikastudien / American Studies.

since June 2016

External Referee

Fulbright Prize of the Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS).

Apr. 2016 - Apr. 2022

Editor

WiN: The EAAS Women’s Network Journal.

since Aug. 2015

Reader

Public Art Dialogue.

since Nov. 2012

Reader

Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies (COPAS).

Sept. 2002 - Feb. 2009

Assistant Editor

Amerikastudien / American Studies.

May 2001 - Oct. 2012

Editor

Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies (COPAS).

Academic & External Service
since Nov. 2013

Member and Reader, Visual Culture Caucus

American Studies Association (ASA).

ongoing

Curriculum and Advisory Service

Includes work in curriculum development, advisory structures, and academic self-governance across university and professional contexts.

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