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)