CV
| Since July 2013 | Professor of Literary Studies and the Teaching of Literature, University of Cologne | ||
Summer 2009-Summer 2013 | Deputy Professor in various fields: New German Literature and the Teaching of Literature, Reading and Media Socialisation, Children's Literature, | ||
| 2008 | Appointment as extraordinary professor | ||
| 2006-2009 | Teacher for German, English and Philosophy at various schools | ||
| 2006 | Second State Examination in German and English | ||
| Academic Year 2002-2003 | Deputy Professor for New German Literature and the Teaching of Literature, Goethe-University of Frankfurt | ||
| 2001 | Habilitation, thesis on Rilke and Kafka | ||
| 1996/98 | Short term lecturer, University of Cambridge and Karls-University of Prague | ||
| 1995-2001 | Academic assistant (C 1), Department for German Language and Literature, University of Cologne | ||
| 1995 | PhD in German Literature, Dissertation on Hölderlin Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | ||
| 1992-1995 | Research Assistant, Department for German Language and Literature, University of Cologne | ||
| 1992 | doctoral scholarship, graduate college „Gender studies and Literature“, & Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | ||
| 1990/91 | First State Examination for Teaching at Grammar Schools/Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | ||
| 1985/86 | German Language Assistant, Coventry School, England | ||
| 1984/85 | Exchange student: English and Comparative Literature University of Warwick, England | ||
| 1980 | English, German, Physical Education and Philosophy, University of Regensburg and Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich |