CV & Research Fields
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Positions
| 04.2002-10.2015 | Full Professor English Linguistics, Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1996-2002 | Full Professor English Linguistics, Department of English Studies, University of Leipzig |
| 1991-1996 | Associate Professor Germanic Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Stuttgart |
| 1991 | Associate Professor with tenure, Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA |
| 1982-1990 | Assistant Professor, Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA |
| 1981-1982 | Assistant Professor, English Seminar, University of Cologne |
| 1980 | Promotion, University of Cologne, in German Linguistics, English Linguistics, Historical Linguistics |
| 1972 | Master of Arts, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont USA, in German Linguistics |
Additional Academic Nominations
| 1991 | Offer of Full Professor English Linguistics, University Hannover (not accepted) |
| 2001 | Position 2, Full Professor English Linguistics, University Göttingen |
| 1999 | Position 3, Full Professor General Linguistics, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1996 | Position 3, Full Professor Germanic Linguistics, University Marburg |
| 1992 | Position 3, Full Professor German Syntax, Humboldt University of Berlin |
Current Projects
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Wörterbücher zur Sprache- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Volume 2, Wortbildung. Herausgeber: Peter O. Müller und Susan Olsen. Erscheint voraussichtlich 2020 bei DeGruyter. |
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Completed DFG Projects
| 2001-2002 | DFG Funded Research Semester, WiSe 2001/02, University of Leipzig |
| 1997-2001 | Speaker of the Interdisciplinary Graduiertenkolleg 'Universalität und Diversität: Sprachliche Strukturen und Prozesse' University of Leipzig |
| 1997-2003 | Director of an Individual Project in the DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm Language Production (Ol 101/2; 1-3), 1 1/2 BAT-IIa Positions; 40 hrs student help per month. |
| 1996-2001 | Director of the DFG Research Project (Ol 101/1; 1-3) Particle Verb Formation in German and English, 1 1/2 BAT-IIa Positions; 120 hrs student help per month. |
Editorial Boards
| since 2004 | Editorial Advisory Board Linguistische Berichte, Buske Verlag |
| since 2001 | Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Germanic Linguistics, Cambridge University Press |
| since 1992 | Editorial Advisory Board The Linguistic Review, Mouton de Gruyter |
| 1997-2008 | Editorial Advisory Board Studien zur deutschen Grammatik, Stauffenburg Verlag |
| 1988-1992 | Editorial Advisory Board GERMANISTIK, Niemeyer Verlag |
Guest Positions
| 01.04-31.7.1995 | Fellow at the Forschungsschwerpunkt allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (FAS), Berlin |
| 13.-22.10.1993 | Intensive Seminar on the Theory of Word Formation, University Lund, Sweden |
Administrative Functions
| 2004-2009 | Director of the Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2002-2004 | Vice-Chair of the Promotionskommission der Philosophischen Fakultät II, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1996-2002 | Chair of the Promotionskommission Sprachwissenschaft der Philologischen Fakultät, Universität Leipzig |
| 1991-1996 | Chair of the Prüfungsausschuss Linguistik, University of Stuttgart |
Academic Scholarships
| 2001-2002 | Research Semester funded by the DFG |
| 1988-1989 | Research Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 1983-1984 | Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University |
| 1977-1979 | Graduate Scholarship from North Rhine-Westfalia |
Academic Memberships
| • | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft |
| • | Gesellschaft für Semantik |
| • | Societas Linguistica Europaea |
| • | Deutscher Hochschulverband |