4/2012 to present: Full Professor Department of English, University of Education (PädagogischeHochschule), Freiburg, Germany

2006-2010: Research associate Department of English, University of Education (PädagogischeHochschule), Heidelberg, Germany. Responsibilities: Ph.D. research project on task-based language teaching and teacher education, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, supervision of teaching practice (secondary school)

2010: Ph.D. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Dr. phil) at the Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg. Thesis title: "Kompetenzen für aufgabenorientiertes Fremdsprachenunterrichten : eine qualitative Untersuchung zur Ausbildung von Fremdsprachenlehrkräften (Competences in task-based language teaching: a qualitative study in foreign language teacher education)"

2006: M.A. in foreign language teaching at the Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg. MA thesis title: Weblogs in the EFL-Classroom - A study on the relationship between audience and writing

2002-2006 / 2009-2012: Secondary School Teacher, Secondary schools in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

1998: Graduation with state examination for secondary teachers in Germany

Teaching Areas:

• Teaching English as a foreign language
  
• Digital Media in the language classroom
  
• Cultural studies and intercultural learning
  
• Classroom research
  
• Literary studies
  

Research Areas:

• Digital media use and teacher education
  
• Task-based language teaching
  
• Cultural studies and diversity in foreign language teaching
  
• Teacher education and teacher development