Curriculum Vitae

Selected biographical, academic, and professional information.

Current Position
since Oct. 2017

Professor for English and American Studies

Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

Academic Positions
2017 - today

Professor for English and American Studies

Vorarlberg University of Education, Feldkirch.

2014 - 2017

Assistant Professor for American Studies

Akademische Oberrätin a.Z., University of Regensburg.

2016

Visiting Professor for American Studies

With a particular emphasis on Literary and Cultural Studies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

2005 - 2014

Assistant Professor for American Studies

Akademische Rätin a.Z., University of Regensburg.

2001 - 2005

Research Assistant and Instructor

American Studies, University of Regensburg.

2000 - 2001

Adjunct Professor

Department of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2000

Lecturer

American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.

Education
2014

Habilitation / Dr. habil. in American Studies

University of Regensburg.

Second book: Yellow Fever Years: An Epidemiology of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture.

2014

Venia Legendi / Teaching Qualification and Authorization

American Studies, University of Regensburg.

2005

Dr. phil. in American Studies

University of Regensburg.

Dissertation: From Sites of Memory to Cybersights: (Re)Framing Japanese American Experiences.

2000

First State Exam for Teaching High-School Level English and History

Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.

1999

Magister Artium in American Studies

Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.

M.A. thesis: Collective Memory as Catharsis? The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Public Discourse.

1995 - 2000

Graduate Studies

Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, English, History, and American Studies.

1992 - 1994

Undergraduate Studies

Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, English, History, and American Studies.

Academic and Research Stays Abroad
2003

American Studies Summer Institute

Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

2000 - 2001

Adjunct Professor and Independent Researcher

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

1994 - 1995

Graduate Studies Abroad

University of California, Davis, USA.

Further Qualifications
2018

Advanced Certificate for Higher Education in Bavaria

Advanced vocational training program at the Center for Didactics of Higher Education and Research, University of Regensburg.

2013

Certificate for Higher Education in Bavaria

Teaching-learning concepts, presentation and communication, testing, advising, and mentoring.

2011

Mentoring Program Certificate

University of Regensburg, with training in leadership, conflict management, mediation, rhetoric, and intercultural communication.

Other Positions
1995 - 1999

Special Services Agent

Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt/Main.

1992 - 1995

Teaching Supervisor

Folkestone Holiday Course (FHC) Language Travels, Limburg/Lahn and Folkestone, England.

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