About Me
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RESEARCH INTERESTS and TEACHING FIELDS
Broad: second/foreign language acquisition &
pedagogies; (digital) foreign language instruction;
syntax
Narrow: academic writing; L2 writing; UG and second
language pedagogy; testing and assessment
Academic Positions
Since May 2025, I have been on maternity leave. During this time, I am working as an adjunct lecturer and freelance researcher and educator, mainly in the fields of foreign/second language teacher training.
July 2022 – May 2025
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Applied Linguistics
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
Programs: Linguistic Integration (BA); School of Engineering programs (BA); Linguistic Diversity Management (MA)
Additional roles and duties:
.Manager of the Swiss Global Competence Lab
.Internationalization Delegate of the Institute of Language Competence
.Co-Director of the Departmental International Relations Office
March 2021 – July 2022
Lecturer, Department of English and American Studies
Visiting lecturer (limited-term position)
Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany
September 2020 – March 2021
Project Researcher, Project House
Visiting researcher (limited-term position)
Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany
Project: International teaching collaborations
August 2019 – August 2020
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, School of Modern Languages
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (limited-term position)
Programs: German; Linguistics
April 2019
Guest Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Translation
University of Agder, Norway
September 2016 – July 2019
Research Associate, Department of English, and Department of German Linguistics and Literature (shared appointment, limited-term position)
University of Education Freiburg, Germany
Programs: German as a Foreign/Second Language; English Teacher Education
September 2017 – October 2018
Managing Director of the Language Center
University of Education Freiburg, Germany (limited-term position)
October 2017 – April 2018
Teaching Fellow, Frankreichzentrum
Freiburg University, Germany
October 2016 – September 2017
Lecturer, Department of Business and Healthcare Management
Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Germany
August 2012 – July 2016
Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistant, and Assistant Director of Freiburg Study Abroad, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages
The University of Georgia, USA
June 2016
Teaching Assistant, Language for Business and Technology Program Germany
The Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
August 2014 – May 2015
Head Lecturer, Department of Adult Education
Athens Technical College, USA