Research
My linguistic interests are versatile. I am a trained theoretical linguist with a thorough love for syntax and morphology, and because of my personal and professional experiences (and circumstances), the contexts and data I work with usually revolve around L2 language acquisition and pedagogies, competence development, and language in virtual or professional contexts.
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Current research projects involve the analysis of L2 academic, partially AI-mediated writing, competence development in a multinational VE, and partnerships for collaborative VE teaching.
Presentations
“ConnectEurasia: collaborative online international learning for sustainability” with Güldem Karamustafa. Integrating Sustainability into Education: Sharing International Experiences and Best Practices: Neuchâtel, Switzerland. November 2025.
“Zeitgemäße Methoden und Materialien – warum brauchen wir noch Sprachunterricht im Zeitalter von KI?“ (Contemporary Methods and Materials – Why Do We Still Need Language Teaching in the Age of AI), invited panelist, together with Jochen Balzer, Diana Feick, and Hermann Funk, moderated by Michal Dvorecky. XVIII. International Conference of German Teachers (IDT): Lübeck, Germany. July 2025.
“Von Algorithmen zu Argumenten: Perspektiven auf die KI in der wissenschaftlichen Ausbildung von DaF-Lehrkräften.“ (From algorithms to arguments: perspectives on AI in academic training of German language teachers) with Anja Häusler and Nadja Wulff. XVIII. International Conference of German Teachers (IDT): Lübeck, Germany. July 2025.
“Digitale Kompetenzen im DaF- und Germanistikstudium: Der Einsatz von KI im wissenschaftlichen Schreibprozess.“ (Digital competences in German as a Foreign Language and German Studies programs: AI for the academic writing process) with Anja Häusler and Nadja Wulff. 15th Conference of the International Association of German Studies (Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik), Graz, Austria. July 2025.
“Language in a Global Competence Certificate.” Symposium Sustainable Global Competence in Swiss Higher Education: Swiss Global Competence Lab. Lugano, Switzerland. May 2025.
“Sustainable Global Competence Certificates in Switzerland.” Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen e.V., ‘German Society for Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions‘, online. January 2025.
“Mit KI in der Wissenschaft effektiv und verantwortungsvoll? Eine Befragung mit DaF- und Germanistik-Studierenden national und international“ (AI in science: efficient and responsible? An international survey with German students) with Anja Häusler and Nadja Wulff. 50th Annual Conference of the Professional Association German as a Foreign and Second Language (Fachverband Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache). University of Göttingen. October 2024.
“Fass‘ den Text zusammen! – KI-gestütztes Schreiben verantwortungsbewusst vermitteln.” (Summarize the text! Ethical teaching methods to AI supported writing) with Anja Häusler and Nadja Wulff. 26th Annual Graz Conference of German as a Foreign/Second Language and Language Didactics, Graz, Austria. June 2024.
“Collaborative Writing Activity for Online/Hybrid Classrooms”. European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW). EATAW Conference 2023. June 2023. (accepted; withdrew participation)
“Schreiben in der Studienvorbereitung: Mit Schaubildern vergleichen, begründen und Stellung nehmen”. XVII. International Conference of German Teachers (IDT): University of Vienna. August 2022.
“The interdisciplinary classroom: a virtual exchange”. Innovations in Pedagogy 2022: University of West Georgia. May 2022.
“Chunks in L2 writing: pedagogical implications from German university language entrance exams”. Herzen’s Readings Foreign Language: Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. April 2022.
“The interdisciplinary classroom: a small-scale teaching collaboration“. Symposium Internationale Lehre: Technische Universität Braunschweig. November 2021.
“Vertextung von Grafiken in der DSH-Prüfung”. 48th Annual Conference of the Professional Association German as a Foreign and Second Language (Fachverband Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache): Freiburger FaDaF-Thementage. University of Education Freiburg. June 2021.
“(Interdisziplinäre) Möglichkeiten internationaler Lehrkooperationen” (interdisciplinary opportunities for international teaching exchanges). Part of the workshop series Future-oriented education at TU Braunschweig. Braunschweig University of Technology. March 2021.
“Foreign languages at institutes of technology: catering to actual student needs”. 23rd Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education: Engineering the Future. University of Rhode Island. October 2020.
“The Poverty of the Stimulus: Arguments from word order in second language acquisition of German”. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft 42, University of Hamburg, Germany. March 2020.
“Suppressed features”. Linguistics faculty research talk. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. November 2019.
“Subjects Crossing: Locality in NOCs and TCs”. 6th Annual Linguistics Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. October 2019.
“Grammar’s tough”. Georgia Tech Postdoctoral Research Symposium Poster Session. Atlanta, GA. September 2019.
“Praat in the L2 classroom”. Invited talk at the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation, University of Agder, Norway. April 2019.
“For a unified analysis of tough constructions and passives in English and German”. Linguistic Colloquium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. January 2019.
“Why German?”. German Evening, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. April 2016.
“Object-initial sentences in the German classroom”. Germanic Colloquium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. April 2015.
“When syntax gets tough”. Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics (LSUGA 1), University of Georgia, Athens, GA. October 2014.
“German object-initial sentences - L2 learners’ interpretation and acceptability. A pilot study”. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL 81), Myrtle Beach, SC. March 2014.
“Syncretism in German attributive adjectives – a distributed morphology approach”. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL 81), Myrtle Beach, SC. March 2014.