1993

High School Diploma (w/ Seal of Academic Excellence) Hershey High School, Hershey, PA

1996

Abitur, Heinrich-Heine-Schule, Heikendorf

1998-2002

M.A. studies at Kiel University

2002

M.A. in English Philology (main subject: linguistics) and history

2004-2008

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Kiel University

2008

Ph.D. in English Linguistics

2008-2014

Akademischer Rat, Kiel University

2014-(present)

                Akademischer Oberrat, Kiel University