CURRICULUM VITAE
Since October 2020
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (WISS. MITARBEITER)
American Studies Institute
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Since March 2019
FELLOW
Fellow Young Academy
Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Germany
Since December 2019
ASSOCIATE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
October 2016 - October 2019
FELLOW
PhD Fellow (DFG funded)
Graduate College “Minor
Cosmopolitanisms“
University of Potsdam
June 2018
RESEARCH STAY
Research stay
Department of English, York
University Toronto, Canada
(funded by the RTG “Minor
Cosmopolitanisms“)
February 2018
RESEARCH STAY
Research stay
Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
(funded by the RTG “Minor Cosmopolitanisms“)
December 2017
RESEARCH STAY
Department of English, University of Delhi, India
(funded by the RTG “Minor Cosmopolitanisms“)
July - August 2016
VISITING SCHOLAR
Visiting scholar (DAAD funded)
Center for Biographical Research
University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Hawaiʻi
March 2013 - September 2016
RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT (WISS. MITARBEITER)
PhD Candidate in American Studies
Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam
PhD supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller, University of Potsdam, and Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung, JGU Mainz
August 2012 - February 2013
RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT (WISS. MITARBEITER)
PhD Candidate in American Studies
Department of English and American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
PhD supervisor: Prof. Dr.Nicole Waller, University of Potsdam, and Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung, JGU Mainz
2008-2012
EMPLOYEE (NICHT-WISSENSCHAFTLICHER MITARBEITER)
Office for Public Relations and Press, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
August, 2019
PHD THESIS DEFENDED (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
Thesis: The Territorialities of U.S. Imperialisms: Conflicting Discourses of Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Territory in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Legal Texts and Indigenous Life Writing
Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam
PhD supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller (University of Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung (second advisor; JGU Mainz)
October 2016 - September 2019
PHD FELLOW
Graduate College “Minor Cosmopolitanisms“ (DFG funded), University of Potsdam, Germany
April 2013 - September 2016
PHD CANDIDATE IN AMERICAN STUDIES
Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany
August 2012 - March, 2013
PHD CANDIDATE IN AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies division
Department of English and American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
May, 2012
MASTER THESIS DEFENDED (GRADE: 1,0)
Thesis: Displacing the Nation in the American Southwest: Joaquin Murieta and Geronimo’s Story of His Life
Department of English and American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Master of Arts (Magister Artium) in American Studies
2005 - 2012
STUDENT IN AMERICAN STUDIES (MAJOR), POITICAL SCIENCES (1ST MINOR) AND MODERN AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY (2ND MINOR)
Department of English and American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany