Education

You can access a PDF version of my CV here (last updated August 2025).

Ph.D. German Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition – 2018
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dissertation: Mindworld and Multimodality. The Complexity of L2 German Learners’ Individual Differences and their Engagement with Audiovisual Texts
Dissertation advisor: Monika Chavez

M.A. German as a Foreign and Second Language – 2013
University of Vienna, Austria

Master Program Romance Literature and Media Studies – 2009-2012
University of Vienna, Austria (all but thesis)

B.A. Romance Studies/Spanish – 2009
University of Vienna, Austria

Professional Experience

Assistant Teaching Professor at Emory University, Department of German Studies | USA | 2023-now
Activities: teach German language, linguistics, and culture courses at all levels of the curriculum; teach General education courses on applied linguistics topics; serve on college-wide and departmental committees; conduct and disseminate individual and collaborative research projects on L2 German education

External Lecturer at University of Vienna, Postgraduate Center | Austria | 2019-now
Activities: regularly offer workshops on teaching language & culture as well as linguistic variation in certificate courses related to German as a Foreign/Second Language

Freelance project management in teacher training for German as a Foreign Language at Austrian Federal Ministry for Education (BMB), program Kultur und Sprache | Austria | 2013-now
Activities: design and hold regular in-person and virtual teacher training workshops world-wide; designed, organized, and implemented teacher training seminars in Austria; designed 2-year seminar concept (online and in-person) for the International German Teacher Association (IDV)’s DACHL-Multiplikator*innenfortbildung;

Lecturer at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of World Languages and Cultures | USA | 2022-2023
Activities: taught courses in German language, linguistics, and literature; served as course manager for second-year German, developing and overseeing implementation of new curriculum

Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies & Language Center Coordinator at Webster Vienna Private University, Center for Liberal Arts | Austria | 2018-2023
Activities: conducted and disseminated research on L2 German education and applied linguistics; taught German language, linguistics, and culture courses and seminars in applied linguistics; implemented new L2 German curriculum; supervised university’s language and literacy-related activities for Academic English and German; recruited and supervised Language Center tutors and German language instructors

External Lecturer at University of Vienna, Department of German Studies, German as a Foreign/Second Language | Austria | 2019
Activities: taught seminar on theory and practice of teaching culture in L2 German to students in German as a foreign/second language M.A. program

Research Project Assistant & Teaching Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ (GNS) | USA | 2015-2017
Activities: organized and performed preliminary analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for research project What students really hear in German class, PI: Monika Chavez; taught German language courses; collaborated with colleagues to put shared syllabus into practice

Lecturer in German language at Diplomatic Academy of Vienna | Austria | 2012-2014
Activities: designed and taught German language courses; restructured course evaluations; planned, conducted, and assessed ÖSD language proficiency tests

Project Coordinator at KulturKontakt Austria, Service Center of International Mobility Programs, Austria, program Kultur und Sprache, | Austria | 2013-2014
Activities: administered organization of international teacher training seminars and workshops; prepared financial statements; managed project budgets and administered grants

Lecturer in German language at Technical University of Vienna/INNES | Austria | 2011-2013
Activities: designed and taught German language courses A1-C1; planned, conducted, and assessed ÖSD language proficiency tests; supervised and trained teaching interns of the University of Vienna’s M.A. program German as a Foreign/Second Language; served as tutor for Technical German

Instructor in German language at Goethe Institut Montevideo | Uruguay | 2011
Activities: taught German language courses A1-C2; trained and supervised German language teaching interns; assisted in course planning and administration; assisted in administration of language proficiency tests

Intern/Lecturer in German language at State Pedagogical University Volgograd | Russia | 2009
Activities: taught German language and reading courses; organized cultural events