Management

Professional background

Since 01/2019 Managing Director of the Department for Practical School Studies

of the University of Kassel (OStR i.H.)

WS 2021/22 Visiting professor at the University of Vienna

04/2017-12/2018 Secondment as pedagogical assistant at the institute

for Educational Science at the University of Kassel

10/2016-03/17 Substitute for the Professorship of School Pedagogy with a focus on inclusion

from a special educational perspective at the University of Osnabrück

WS 2015/16 Minor visiting professorship at the University of Vienna

08/2012-09/2016 Secondment as pedagogical assistant at the institute

for Educational Science at the University of Kassel

03/2009Fulbright scholarship for a three-week stay in the USA

(Pennsylvania State University)

04/2007Appointment as senior teacher

Since 08/2003 Working as a teacher

10/20022. State examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools

11/2000-10/2002 Traineeship

2000Doctorate at the Department of English Studies at the University of Kassel

Studies

05/19961. State examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools in the

subjects English and German

WS 92/93Semester abroad at the University of Edinburgh

WS 90-SS96 Studied English/American Studies and German Studies at the University of Kassel

Other qualifications/ awards

04/2022DAAD Congress Travel Grant: WERA Focal Meeting in

San Diego/California

08/2019DAAD Congress Travel Grant: WERA Focal Meeting in Tokyo/Japan

03/2009Fulbright scholarship for a three-week stay in the USA

(Pennsylvania State University)

1997-2000Doctoral scholarship from the FAZIT Foundation;

10-12/1998 Scholarship from the DAAD for a stay at the University of Miami

08-10/1999 Scholarship from the Zurich James Joyce Foundation

Main areas of research and work

Inclusive education at secondary level

Pupils with autism in inclusive education

Practical school studies in the teacher training program

Internationalization of teacher education

Teacher professionalization and inclusion