Short CV
Curriculum Vitae
1989-1996 | Studies in English, German and Social Sciences at the University of Münster |
1996 | First State Exam as a school teacher in grades 5-13 (Erstes Staatsexamen für Lehrämter an Schulen, Sekundarstufe I/II) |
1997-1998 | Lecturer (wiss. Mitarbeiter) at the Chair for Language Learning and Teaching (Lehrstuhl für Sprachlern- und -lehrforschung) held by Lienhard Legenhausen at the English Department of the University of Münster |
1998-2001 | Research Assistant (until 1999), then Research Lecturer in Language Learning and Technology at the Department of Languages of the Open University UK in Milton Keynes |
2001 | PhD (Dr. phil.) with a dissertation on Tandem learning on the Internet: Learner interactions in virtual online environments (MOOs) („summa cum laude“) |
2001-2008 | Assistant Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent C1) at the Chair for Language Learning and Teaching (Lehrstuhl für Sprachlern- und -lehrforschung) at the English Department of the University of Münster |
2004-2005 | Deputy Professor of Applied Linguistics (Vertretung der C4-Professur "Anglistik: Anwendungsbezogene Sprachverarbeitung", Nachfolge Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolff) at the University of Wuppertal |
2009-2011 | Teacher training (Referendariat) at Kardinal-von-Galen Gymnasium, Münster |
2010 | Second State Exam as a school teacher in grades 5-13 (Zweites Staatsexamen für Lehrämter an Schulen, Sekundarstufe I/II) |
2011 | Teacher of English and German at Friedensschule, Hamm |
Since 10/2011 | Professor of TEFL (Universitätsprofessor für die Didaktik der Englischen Sprache) at the University of Siegen |