Biographical Information

Since 10/ 2007
Lecturer at the Institute of Anglophone Studies, Campus Essen

Since 07/1999
Lecturer in Technical English and „Brückenkursleitung Englisch“ Campus Duisburg, Duisburg-Essen University

08/ 06
Grundtvig-Grant: Teacher Training Course in Eastbourne/ England

03/ 02
Carl Duisberg-Grant: Teacher Training Course in Exeter/ England

02/ 97 – 06/ 99
Lecturer in Technical and Business English at Mainz and Wiesbaden Polytechnic,
the German Armed Forces, Adult Education Centres
Teacher (English and French) at Technical Colleges and a German Grammar School

02/ 96 – 03/ 96
Trainee Teacher (English and French) at Kesteven & Sleaford Highschool (Girls´ Grammar School)/ England

02/ 95 - 02/ 97
Second State Exam at the Studienseminar Mainz
(Zweites Staatsexamen in den Fächern Englisch und Französisch für das Lehramt an Gymnasien)
Trainee Teacher (English and French) at a Girls´ Grammar School in Mainz

10/ 90 – 05/ 91
German Language Assistant at two “Lycées” in France
Course in French Linguistics and Literature at the Sorbonne/ Paris

09/ 88 – 06/ 89
Advanced Certificate in English Studies
Aston University/ Birmingham, England

10/ 87 – 09/ 94
First State Exam in English and French
Degree Course in English and French (Anglistik und Romanistik für das Lehramt an Gymnasien) at Trier University/ Germany

Areas of Teaching and Research

English and French in Secondary and Adult Education
Technical English
Business English
The Language of Advertising
German as a Foreign Language
Language Tutor Training

PhD: "Auto"- Stereotypen? Deutsche, britische und französische
Fahrzeugwerbung im Vergleich. 2006

Extra-Curricular Activities

Vice President of the German-British Society in Duisburg

Member of the "Duisburg Portsmouth Freunde"

Speaker on Anglo-German Stereotypes at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin