CV
Work Experience
Since April 2019
Junior Professor of American Literature and Culture, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
October 2007-March 2019
Assistant Professor (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) andlecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben at the Department of English and American Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Education
October 2007- December 2012
Ph.D. (summa cum laude)
Thesis: Homebound – Diaspora Selves and Spaces in Greek American Return Narratives
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
October 2005- September 2007
Master of Arts: English/American Studies & Theater Arts
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
August 2003- May 2004
Certificate of American Studies (with distinction)
Mt. Holyoke College, MA/USA
October 2001- September 2005
Bachelor of Arts: English/American Studies & Theater Arts
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
International Experience
August 2009-April 2010
Visiting Scholar
Columbia University, NY/USA
California State University, Sacramento, CA/USA
March 2009
Visiting Scholar
University of Sussex, UK
August 2003- May 2004
Foreign Fellow
Mt. Holyoke College, MA/USA
Grants, Affiliations, Awards
Since 2018: Member of the Scientific Network “Fat Studies: Doing, Becoming and Being Fat,” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
January 2017
Grant for the Organization of International Conferences, German Research Foundation (DFG)
October 2015-April 2017
Member of Global Young Faculty IV, Mercator Research Center Ruhr
October 2010-September 2011
Ph.D. Grant, Wilhelm and Günter Esser Stiftung
August 2009-April 2010
Ph.D. Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Columbia University, NY/USA
California State University, Sacramento, CA/USA
August 2003- May 2004
Student Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Mt. Holyoke College, MA/USA