Academic Career
- since October 2017 Junior Professor of "Teaching Literature and Diversity" at University of Cologne (positive interim evaluation)
- April - September 2018 Deputy Professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen
- October 2014 - September 2017 Akademische Rätin (non-tenure) at the University of Cologne at Department of German Language and Literature II
- April - September 2016 Post-Doc at Sapienza Università di Roma
- February 2012 – September 2014 Research Assisstant (non-tenure) at Leibniz University Hannover in Teaching Literature
- August 2010 – January 2012 Traineeship/Second State Examination for Secondary School Teaching (2011)
- July 2006 – July 2010 Research Assistant/PhD at Leibniz University Hannover (2010)
- 2001 - 2006 Study of German Studies, English and Philosophy in Hannover and Bristol (GB)/First State Examination for Secondary School Teaching (2006)
Conference Organization/Moderation/Section Leadership
- Co-Leadership Conference (together with Dr. Anke Groß-Kunkel): Sharing Aesthetic in a Society in Transition – International Perspectives on Learning in Inclusive Settings, University of Cologne, venue:Schloss Wahn, September, 5th 2024.
- Co-Leadership (together with Dr. Anke Groß-Kunkel): Arbeitstagung Inklusiver Literaturunterricht – aktuelle Forschungsperspektiven und Handlungsfelder, 31.1.-1.2.2019, University of Cologne.
- Co-Leadership (together with Prof.in Dr. Kirsten Schindler): AG Inklusion und Gender im Symposion Deutschdidaktik e.V., March, 8th 2018 in Cologne.
- Chair: Fachdidaktische Ansätze zu Heterogenität - Diversität - Inklusion, im Rahmen des Dritten Zukunftsforums Bildungsforschung, Ludwigsburg, November 25th 2016.
- Round-Table: Gender-Performances im Deutschunterricht. Panel "Vom Leben erzählen - Theatrale Lehr-Lern-Prozesse im Kontext literaturdidaktischer Konzepte literarischen und poetischen Verstehens“, 25th Germanistentag in Bayreuth, September, 26th 2016.
- Chair: Literaturdidaktische Arbeitstagung zum Thema 'Literaturunterricht binnendifferenziert gestalten und erforschen‘ im Leibnizhaus Hannover, 19.12.2012. Deutsch-österreichisch-schweizerisches-polnisches Arbeitstreffen der Literaturdidaktik zum Thema 'Öffentliche Didaktik und Kulturvermittlung', 3rd and 4th September 2010 at Leibniz University Hannover.
- Chair: Zur empirischen Erfassung literarischer Verstehensprozesse, Literatur- didaktische Tagung, PH Bern, 10th September 2009.
- Host: 6th Workshop of the Nachwuchsnetzwerks Deutschdidaktik im SDD e.V. ‚Empirisches Arbeiten in der Deutschdidaktik‘ vom 29.2.-1.3.2008 at the Leibniz University Hannover.
Memberships
- Symposion Deutschdidaktik e.V.
- DGV
- Arle International Association for the Improvement of Mother Tongue Education
- DHV
Further Qualifications
- Mentor at the University of Bonn: PHD of Kristina Krieger-Laude (2018)
- Certificate: Deutsch als Fremdsprache
- Participation in the Qualification Program, Empirical Research Methods for Educational Studies of the Leibniz University Hannover
Committee Work
- Committee for the Promotion of Junior Academics of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (University of Cologne)
- Representative of non-professorial teaching staff of the Department of German Language and Literature of the Leibniz University Hannover