Education and Academic Posts Held
- 1965-1972 Studies in Catholic Theology, German Literature and Language, English and American Studies at the Universities of Bonn, München, and Frankfurt.
- 1972 First State Exam in English / American Studies, Political Science (MA). Goethe Universität Frankfurt.
- 1977 Second State Exam in the Teaching of English / American Literature and Language, and Political Science (classes 5-13). Certification as public school teacher, secondary level.
- 1977-1982 High school teacher at a comprehensive school near Frankfurt, Germany. Subjects taught in grades 5 to 13: English, German, Social Studies.
- 1982-1986 Lecturer (Pädagogischer Mitarbeiter) in the Theory and Practice of English, Language Acquisition and Teaching (emphasis on the teaching of English and American literature and media methodologies) at Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany (JLU).
- 1986 PhD. TESOL/TEFL Department of English, Justus Liebig-University Giessen.
- 1986-1991 German Language Consultant to the Pacific North West of the U.S.A.; program sponsored by the German Federal Government (Bundesverwaltungsamt, Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen) and the Goethe-Institut; Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, WA. Responsible for in-service teacher training, curriculum development and articulation between the secondary and tertiary level of education with special emphasis on teacher education.
- 1991-1995 Research director at the Department of Research and Development of the Goethe-Institut Munich, focus on in-service teacher education.
- 1994 Habilitation: Educational Linguistics (“Sprachlehrforschung”). University of Hamburg.
- 1995-2011 Professor of Educational Linguistics and EFL at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen (full professor and chair position).
- 1998-1999 Head of the English Department.
- 2006-2011 Coordinator of academic exchange program between JLU and Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
- 2006, 09, 10 Visiting professor, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
- Since 2011 Professor Emeritus.
- 2012 Visiting professor, University of New South Wales; Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Since 6/2014 Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education, Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.