Biographical Information

After finishing an apprenticeship, living in Southern California for some time and working in the media business for several years, Stefanie Caeners (née Albers) studied English and German Literature at the University of Duisburg-Essen (2003-2007). During her studies she worked as a journalist and also as both a student assistant and a tutor in the English department. In March 2007, she finished her degree with an MA thesis on literary theory in David Lodge's campus novels. In October 2010, she completed her PhD with a thesis entitled Verbal Visuality - The Visual Arts in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction. She's been working as a lecturer for the literary studies section since 2007.