CV

Employment History

03/2021-present
Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Paderborn

05/2016-02/2021
Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessorin) of British Cultural Studies, Ruhr University Bochum

03/2010-09/2014
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) of English, University of Paderborn

04/2012-03/2013 and 05/2009-02/2010
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) of English, Bielefeld University

Education

04/2013
Doctor of Philosophy (summa cum laude), Thesis: The ‚Warder‘ Within: Prison Officer Stereotypes and Their Deconstruction in British Literature (University of Paderborn)

03/2009
Master of Arts, British and American Studies (Bielefeld University)
Thesis: Institutional Places and Individual Spaces in the Contemporary British Novel

05/2006
Bachelor of Arts, British and American Studies, Pedagogy (Bielefeld University)
Thesis: Ageing in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace and Slow Man

Awards

11/2015
Britcult Award, German Association for the Study of British Cultures
for the dissertation The ‚Warder‘ Within: Prison Officer Stereotypes and Their Deconstruction in British Literature

01/2014
Doctoral Dissertation Award (Preis für ausgezeichnete Dissertationen), University of Paderborn

Experience

02/2016
Academic Advisor: „TPS and Paderborn University Meet Suzan-Lori Parks.“  New Works & New Ideas. Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta

05/2015-present
Editorial Board: Spatial Practices (Brill)

07-09/2012
Guest Researcher, Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

08-12/2011
Guest Researcher, Durham University

Volunteer Work

12/2010-04/2017
Justizvollzugsanstalt Herford: drama, film and television projects with young offenders

01/2015-present
Cash Auditor, Association for the Support of Young Offenders (Verein für Straffälligenhilfe)