Short Curriculum Vitae
Education
2005 PhD in Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Topic: Event Structure in American Sign Language
2000 MA in Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Topic: The Optionality of Agreement Phrase: Evidence from German Sign Language
Employment
since 2017 Full Professor for Sign Language Interpreting, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2016-2020 Alexander-von-Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship, Foundation for Polish Sciences
2008 – 2017 Full Professor for Sign Languages and Sign Language Interpreting Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache und Kommunikation Gehörloser at Universität zu Hamburg
2006-2007 Lecturer in Deaf Studies, University of Bristol, UK
2005-2006 Assistant Professor for American Sign Language Education, The Ohio State University, OH (USA)
2005 Teaching Fellow at LSA Summer Linguistics Institute, Massachussets Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA (USA)
Professional Services
- Board Member im Sign Language and Linguistics Society (2014 - 2022)
- Member in Editorial Boards
Sign Languages and Linguistics (seit 2009)
Frontiers in Psychology (Language Section) / Frontiers in Communication (Language Section) (Associate Editor since 2021)
- Member in Scientific Advisory Committees
DGS-Korpus at Academy of Sciences in Hamburg (since 2017 and since 2019 Chair)
The SignON Project (seit 2021)
- Member in other committees
Committee 'Education' at Deutschen Gesellschaft der Hörbehinderten - Selbsthilfe und Fachverbände e.V. (Leader since 2014)
Working Group 'Language Rights' at Deutschen Gehörlosenbund e.V.
- Member in the Examination Committee (Interpreting & Translation for Sign Languages, International Sign and Written German) at Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie
- Member in University Committeesat Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Commission Accessible HEI (KBH)
Commission Teaching and Study (KLS) at IfR
(C.V. upon request)