Academic Education and Positions

• 1989-91 and 1992-96: English, Latin and Greek studies at the University of Freiburg (research assistant to Christian Mair)
  
  
• 1991-92: M.A. course in Applied Linguistics at the University of Exeter (England)
  
  
• 1996-99: Teaching position (BAT IIa) and doctorate at the University of Freiburg (Major: English Linguistics; Minors: Latin and German; PhD-thesis supervisors: Bernd Kortmann and Christian Mair)
  
  
• 1998: DAAD research grant for USA (studies and papers at the universities of Albuquerque; Berkeley; Stanford and Flagstaff)
  
  
• 1999-2004: Assistant Professor (C1) at the University of Freiburg
  
  
• 2002: Visiting Professor at Portland State University, Oregon, USA
  
  
• 2003: Completion of Habilitation (post-doctoral project)
  
  
• 2004-2005: Associate Professor (C2) at the University of Freiburg
  
  
• April 2005 - March 2006: Chair (W3) of English Linguistics (Focus on Diachrony) at the University of Mannheim
  
  
• Since April 2006: Chair of English and Historical Linguistics at the University of Bamberg
  
  
• 2003-2007: Shortlisted for professorships at the universities of Bamberg, Basel (Switzerland), Berlin, Gießen, Leipzig, Mannheim, Tübingen and Vienna (Austria).
  
  
• 2006-2011: Head of the English Department, University of Bamberg
  
  
• Since 2009: Head of the Language Centre, University of Bamberg