CV, Grants, and Affiliations
Professional Experience
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since 10/22
03/22- 09/22
09/19- 12/19
2015-2022 |
postdoctoral researcher "Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary. Aesthetics, Affects, Archives"
guest lecturer at the department of English and American Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
exchange faculty in the Honors program at the University of Washington, Seattle
research associate and lecturer at the department of English and American Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2011-2015 |
research assistant at the English Seminar at Ruhr-University Bochum
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Education
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2022
2015-2022 |
completion of doctoral degree (grade: summa cum laude) Disseration: "Why Are You So Angry?" - The Uses of Rage and Anger in Black Feminist Literature Title of Defense: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Mad Studies and the Music of Nina Simone"
PhD candidate in the American Studies program at Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, working title: “Why Are You So Angry? −The Uses of Rage and Abjection in Black Feminist Literature” (working title) Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Boesenberg |
| 2011 – 2015 |
graduate studies in American Studies and History at Ruhr-University Bochum M.A. thesis in American Studies: “Identity Formation and Black Consciousness in African American and Afro-German Autobiographies” |
| 2006 – 2011 |
undergraduate studies in British/American Studies and History at Ruhr-University Bochum B.A. Thesis in American Studies: “Social Mobility and Urban Culture in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie” |
Scholarships
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12/2021
02/2019
09/2018 |
Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Black Studies: Joint Winner for Publication in the series Counterpoints (fully financed publishing contract)
Honors Curriculum Innovation Award (curriculum development and compensation for teaching) US EmbassySalzburg Seminar Fellowship for Graduate Students
(Fully funded participation in the seminar “Understanding America in the 21st Century: Culture and Politics) |
Memberships
DGfA/GAAS (German Association for American Studies)
PGF (Postgraduate Forum of the German Association for American Studies)
MELUS (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States)
CAAR (Collegium of African American Research)
ISD Bund e.V. (Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland)