CV

Education

English Studies, German Studies, Educational Studies at the Catholic University of Eichstätt

Degrees

• First state exam (Bavaria) as a secondary school teacher for English and German
• Diploma in Adult Education (equivalent to M.A.)
• Second state exam (Bavaria), civil servant status
• Ph.D. 1987
• Habilitation 1997

• Educational assistant in the Sheiling Schools/Camphill School, Ringwood, England  (2  years prior to university education)
• 50% Research assistant in the English department of the Catholic University of Eichstätt
• 50% Junior Researcher in the English department of the Catholic University of Eichstätt
• Free-lance English teacher in adult education institutions
• Teacher in 3 state schools in Bavaria, including a school for teenagers with physical and learning problems in Munich
• Full-time post-doc position at the Catholic University of Eichstätt
• DAAD visiting lecturer Trakya University, Turkey
• Visiting Professor University of Koblenz-Landau (Vertretungsprofessur)
• Full professor C3 (tenure) at TU Braunschweig (since 2001)

• DGFF (German Society for Research into foreign language teaching and learning)
• Internationaler Kreis Sonnenberg
• Weserbund
• Editorial Board member of Journal “Frühes Deutsch”, edited by Goethe Institute Munich (publisher: W. Bertelsmann)