since 10/2018 Director of the Münchner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung (MZL)

since 04/2015: Professor and Chair of TEFL (Didaktik der englischen Sprache und Literatur), LMU München

04/2011 - 03/2015: Professor and Chair of TEFL (Fachdidaktik Englisch), University of Münster

10/2009 - 03/2011: Professor of TEFL, University of Mainz

10/2008 - 09/2009: Professor of TEFL, University of Hildesheim

10/2007 – 09/2008: Temporary Professor of TEFL, University of Hildesheim

08/2006 – 09/2007: Post-doc position, lecturer of TEFL, University of Bremen

2004-2005: birth of daughter, maternal leave

08/2002 – 07/2006: Secondary school teacher of English and History (Studienrätin), Hannover, external lecturer of TEFL, University of Hannover

2000-2001: birth of son, maternal leave

11/1997 – 2002: research assistant of TEFL, University of Hannover

11/1995 – 10/1997: Teacher training, second state examination (Gymnasium), Braunschweig

1988 – 1995: Studies of English and History, TU Braunschweig and University of Durham (DAAD scholarship)