Curriculum vitae
- April – September 2018: Visiting researcher at Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
- 2010: Offer for a position as full professor at Universität Paderborn (W3 "Englische Sprachwissenschaft", rejected)
- As of 2010: Full professor at Universität Kassel (W3 "Anglistische Sprachwissenschaft")
- 2007: Habilitation (Venia Legendi in General and English Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- 2002 – 2010: Assistant professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent C1), visiting professor, and lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of English and American Studies / English Linguistics
- 2001 – 2002: Researcher at Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS Berlin), DFG project: "Kopula-Prädikativkonstruktionen" (Prof. Dr. Ewald Lang)
- 2000: Doctorate "CAUSE und CHANGE: Thematische Relationen und Ereignisstrukturen in Konzeptualisierung und Grammatikalisierung", academic supervision and examination commission: Prof. Dr. Susan Olsen, Prof. Dr. Christopher Habel and Prof. Dr. Anita Steube
- 1996 – 2001: Researcher at Universität Leipzig, Institut für Anglistik, DFG projects: "Partikelverben" and "Konzeptuelle Umsetzung von Situationen in Verbbedeutung" (DFG priority program "Sprachproduktion"), both headed by Prof. Dr. Susan Olsen
- 1993 – 1994: M.A. studies General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, English Studies at University College of North Wales, Bangor (UK)
- 1991 – 1996: M.A. studies English Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Russian Studies at Universität Leipzig
Current functions in boards and committees, memberships
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Teacher Education (U KS)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the DGfS
- Member of the "Teacher Education Initiative" Committee of the DGfS
- Member of the Doctoral Examination Board FB 02
- Member of the Examination Committee BA EAS
- Member of the Examination Committee LA Englisch
- Head of Department IfAA (2011-12 / 2015-16 / 2022-23)
- Member of the DGfS
- Member of the IAG Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (U KS)