Education
07/2018 | Dissertation defense Dissertation title: Beyond the Bildungsroman: Feminist Negotiations of the African Diaspora Advisors: Prof. Dr. Susan Winnett and Prof. Dr. Soelve I. Curdts |
10/2009 – 7/2018 | Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf |
2000 – 2009 | Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf M.A. (Magister) in English and American Literature Minor fields: Medieval English Studies and Media and Communication Studies Title of M.A.-thesis: “Poetry and Politics in the Works of Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde” (Grade: 1,0) |
Work Experience
since 2018 | Research assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) Department of American Studies, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf |
2013 – 2017 | Research assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of American Studies, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf |
2011 – 2013 | Graduate assistant (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft), Department of American Studies, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf |
Fellowships / Summer Schools
The School of Criticism and Theory 2011 at Cornell University - Participation in Kathryn Bond Stockton’s seminar, “Sexuality and Childhood in a Global Frame: Queer Theory and Beyond”
Academic & Professional Service:
Program Committee MLA International Symposium, “Other Europes: Migrations, Translations, Transformations” in Düsseldorf (23-25 June 2016)