Short CV
Short CV
Educational background
- 2014
Habilitation (Title: 'Situated Meaning in Syntactic Form: Syntactic Variation in Professional Discourse') - 2001-2004
Project 'Narrativity and evolution of English genres', funded by Lise-Meitner-Programm des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Forschung - 1995
Preis 'Beste Dissertation des Jahres 1995', HHU Düsseldorf - Jul./Aug. 1993
Visiting scholar Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, funded by DAAD - 1991-1994
Ph.D. English Linguistics from University of Düsseldorf (title of dissertation: 'Word Order in Discourse. Form and Function of Inversion in Modern English'); funded by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes - 1985-86
London School of Economics - 1983-84
Université de Paris II (Sciences Economiques) - 1982-88
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Anglistik, Romanistik, Betriebswirtschaftslehre); funded by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Work experience
- 2012
Interim professorship (Lehrstuhlvertretung) for 'English Language and Linguistics' at HHU Düsseldorf - since 2009
Full-time lecturer in 'English Language and Linguistics' at University of Düsseldorf - 2008/09
Lecturer at University of Paderborn - 1997-1998 and 2004-2006
Maternity leave / part-time lecturer (two children) - since 1991
Full-time lecturer in 'English Language and Linguistics' at University of Düsseldorf - 1989-1991
Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart (Department of Public Relations)