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EDUCATION
06/06 Abitur at the Walburgisgymnasium Menden
08/13 M.A. in History with the focus on North-American History at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-University Münster; Master Thesis on “Tourism and the Perception of the Indigenous Population  of Hawai’i in the US-American Press, 1960-2001”
10/13 – 04/14 Doctoral Candidate at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
Since 05/14 University of Kassel; Working title of the dissertation: "Pursuit of Paradise? - US-American Audiovisual Touristic Presentation(s) of Hawai'i in the Second Half of the 20th Century”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/10 – 01/11 Student assistant at the Clusters of Excellence Religion and Politics, Westfälische Wilhems-University Münster
04/11 – 03/13 Student assistant at the department of North-American History, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
Since 05/14 Assistant Professor of British and North American History, University of Kassel

FELLOWSHIPS

08/15 - 10/15 Doctoral Fellowship from the German Historical Institute, Washington DC

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA)