Academic Appointments
| March to Sept. 2022 | Guest professor at the Jakob-Fugger-Center, Augsburg, Germany |
| 2020-2022 | Parental leave |
| 2018-2020 | Deputy Chair of American Studies at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Muenster |
| 2017-2018 | Visiting Fellow at John-F.-Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universität, Berlin |
| 2016-2017 | Assistant Professor (Wiss. Mitarbeiterin) at Institute for English and American Studies, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2014-2016 | Feodor Lynen Fellow at English Department, University of California, Irvine, CA |
| 2010-2011 | Visiting Fellow at African American Studies Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 2007-2014 | Assistant Professor (Wiss. Mitarbeiterin) at Institute for English and American Studies, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
Academic Degrees
| 2011-2018 | Habilitation and Venia legendi for American Studies Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2007-2011 | Dr. phil. in American Studies (summa cum laude), Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main Advisor: Christa Buschendorf |
| 2000-2007 | Magister Artium in American and English Studies, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants (selection)
| 2019 | Best Article Award 2017 for special issue of Amerikastudien/American Studies (with Dr. Birte Christ), German Association for American Studies. |
| 2017 | Return Fellowship for Feodor Lynen Fellows, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn. |
| 2015 | Finalist of “The Toni Morrison Society Book Prize 2012-2015.” |
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