| Jahr | Stationen im Lebenslauf |
|---|---|
| Since 2024 | Member of the Board of the Bavarian American Academy (BAA) |
| 2021-2025 | Member of the Board of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) |
| 2020-2023 | Chairman of the Senate of the University of Passau |
| 2017-2020 | Vice-President of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) |
| 2017-2019 | Dean of the School for the Arts and Humanities |
| Seit Okt. 2007 | Professor of American Studies/Culture and Media Studies at the University of Passau |
Sommersemester 2007 | Interim professor and chair (Lehrstuhlvertretung) of American Studies/Intercultural Anglophone Studies at the University of Bayreuth |
| Dez. 2006 | Habilitation at the University of Regensburg; venia legendi: American Studies |
| 2000 - 2007 | Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Regensburg |
| 2002/2003 | Fulbright American Studies Fellowship of the German-American Fulbright Commission; research stay at Harvard University and at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA |
| Feb. 2000 | Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University of Hanover |
| 1998 - 2000 | Instructor at the University of Regensburg, American Studies |
| 1996 - 1998 | Doctoral Fellowship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst |
| Juni - Aug. 1997 | Travel grant by the Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst: 3-months research stay at the American Indian Studies Center of the University of California, Los Angeles |
| Juni - Sept. 1995 | Travel grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): 3-month research stay at the American Indian Studies Center of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley; internship (three weeks) on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana |
| Wintersemester 1994/95 | Instructor at the University of Hanover, English Department |
| 1990/91 | Student at the University of Washington, Seattle: English and Political Sciences (Honors Program in English) |
| 1991 - 1997 | Free lance language trainer for English and German at the Continental Reifen AG Hannover; instructor of English at the Volkshochschule Langenhagen |
| 1987 - 1994 | University of Hanover; M.A. in English/American Studies and Political Sciences |
