Current position

Since 2020     
Competence Center for Teacher Education and Research (DoKoLL)  Assistant professor (W1) Technical University Dortmund, Germany 

Faculty of Cultural Studies, Institute of Diversity Studies (TEFL and Applied Linguistics) Member by courtesy

Prior professional appointments

2020 – 2020 
Interact4School Research associate (post-doctoral researcher) Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

2016 – 2019 
ZZL-Network for Teacher EducationResearch associate (doctoral researcher) Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

2013 – 2015
HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online Research associate (doctoral researcher) Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany  

 

Education

Dr. phil. (summa cum laude)Thesis title: Investigating Digital Game-Based Language Learning: Applications, Actors, & Issues of Access. Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany 

C.A.S. in School Leadership and School Administration Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York

M.Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Fulbright Scholar University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

B.A. with Honors in Education Double major in International Relations and German Cultural Studies, with Honors in Education, Stanford University,Palo Alto, California