Positions:
Professor for Business English
Coordinator für Business Languages
Vice Head of the Language Centre
Founding Director of the Institute for Intercultural Communication
Modules:
Business English BW & BWR
International Competencies: Intercultural Communication & Cooperation MIM
English for Business Travel & Tourism
Destination North
The (Eur)Asian Challenge
Business Seminar Germany I & II
Blended Total Immersion Week - Advanced Regional and Transversal Skills BIP
Biography
In addition to my degrees in Business Administration (focus: Tourism Management), in General & Business English and in Methodology & Didactics of German as a Foreign Language, I acquired additional qualifications in Vocational Pedagogy and Intercultural Communication & Cooperation.
Before becoming a professor, I was working as a Trainer for Languages and Intercultural Management with an international clientele. I hold a PhD in English Cultural Studies & Literatures and Economics; since my dissertation on Intercultural Communication in Tourism, I have been focusing on cross-cultural research. To this end, I publish scholarly articles, present papers at major international conferences, and supervise cooperative doctoral theses.
In addition, I (co-)lead several subject-specific didactic working groups at BayZiel and the SIETAR regional chapter Frankfurt-Rhine-Main-Lower Franconia. I am also on the board of the German Society for Key Competences and a member of the IACCM Council.
Internationale Konferenzteilnahmen 2023 mit eigenen wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen
- NAFSA Annual Conference & Exposition, Washington D.C./USA
- IAIR Biennial Conference, Philadelphia/USA
- EAIE Annual Conference & Exposition, Rotterdam/Niederlande
- International Language Week including Intercultural Communication, Porto/Portugal
Expertise
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General & Business English
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German as a Foreign Language & German as a Second Language
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Languages and Internationalisation
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Services Management, in particular Tourism Management
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Intercultural Communication and Intercultural Management
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Intercultural Psychology
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Intercultural Edutainment, Game-based Learning, Gamification and Serious Play
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Intercultural Area Studies with a Focus on Asia and Nordic Countries
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Intercultural Aspects of Virtual Conferences
Research
Vita
Degree / work experience | Institution / company | Timescale |
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PhD in English Cultural & Literary Studies and Economics | since | |
Post-Graduate Programme English-Speaking Countries and General & Business English | since | |
Degree in Business Administration with a Focus on Tourism Management | since | |
Qualification in Methodology and Didactics of German as a Foreign Language | since | |
Trainer Qualification (AdA Certificate) | since | |
Additional Qualification ICC (Intercultural Communication & Cooperation) | since | |
Certified Tutor for the IRC (Intercultural Readiness Check) | since | |
Certified Facilitator for LEGO® Serious Play® & PLAYMOBIL®pro | since |