| since 10/2019 | Professor of media and communication (esp. digital communication), ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany |
| 10/2016 - 09/2019 | Senior researcher, Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, Germany |
| 03/2016 - 09/2016 | Researcher, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany |
| 09/2014 - 09/2015 | Acting professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Communication Science, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany |
| 03/2012 - 02/2016 | Postdoctoral researcher (DFG grant "Eigene Stelle"), Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 04/2006 - 02/2012 | Lecturer in English Linguistics, Department of English, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 08/2006 - 02/2009 |
PhD student in English Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Thesis title: The corporate blog as an emerging genre of computer-mediated communication: features, constraints, discourse situation (see my publications). Predicate: summa cum laude. |
| 2000 - 2006 |
Undergraduate studies in English, Communication Science, and Information Science at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. Magister Artium (M.A. equivalent) in English and Information Science. Grade: 1,1 (A). |
| to 2000 | Primary and secondary education at Erlem Elementary School (Norwich, UK), A&M Junior High School (College Station, TX, USA), and Abtei Gymnasium (Duisburg, Germany); military service |
| 09/2015 - 09/2016 | Faculty associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, USA |
| 09/2013 - 09/2014 | Visiting assistant professor, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 01/2013 - 07/2013 | Visiting fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK |
| 06/2003 - 08/2003 | Visiting student at the University of California, Berkeley, USA |