PhD Project

Co-construction and multimodal mechanisms of givenness in German natural, dialogic speech (working title)

In association with SFB 1252 - A02 “Individual behaviour in encoding and decoding prosodic prominence”

Education

• 04/2025 – pres.
  Ph.D. student Linguistics, CRC “Prominence in Language”, project A02,
  Linguistics, University of Cologne, Germany
  Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martine Grice and Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Vogeley
   
• 2022 - 2024
  M.A. (research) Linguistic & Communication, final grade “excellent” (8.61)
  Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Thesis title: (Re-)Contextualizing Knowledge through Metadiscourse: Relational Communication in TED Talk Presentations (8.3)
   
• 2016-2019
  B.A. Speech Communication Science, final grade “sehr gut“ (1,3)
  Abteilung für Sprechwissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  Thesis title: Phonetic and suprasegmental analysis of truthful and untrue narrative statements (1,0)

Scholarships

• 2021 – 2022: DAAD Lehrassistenzstipendium for teaching at University College Dublin, Ireland

Teaching

• 2023 & 2024, winter term: Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Phonetics seminar “Transcription” for B.A. students of Linguistics
• 2022, academic year: Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany
  within Program for the Academic Preparation and Integration of Refugees
  German language teaching for international students of all subjects
• 2021 – 2022, academic year: University College Dublin, Ireland
  School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
  German language classes for B.A. students
• 2021, summer term: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Bereich Sprechwissenschaft und Phonetik
  Seminar "Speech Communication in Teaching Professions" for B.A. students

Employment

• 2022 – 2025: Senior Localization Specialist at Effectory B.V., The Netherlands
• 2020: Team Lead for “Information Management and Training” at Amevida Finance, Germany
• 2019: Teacher for „Social Interaction, Conversation, Language“ at vocational school for social affairs, Lehmbaugruppe Leipzig, Germany
• 2018: Student assistant at State Competence Center for Early Language Support Saxony (LaKoS)
• 2014 – 2016: Student assistant at Department of "Language and Communication" at the Faculty of Education, Universität Leipzig, Germany

Certificates

• Graduated Speech trainer (Sprecherzieherin) at German Society for Speech Science and Speech Education e.V. (DGSS e.V.)
• Teaching Qualification ‘Basic’ at Servicestelle LehreLernen, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Badge “Universal Design in Teaching and Learning” at National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Ireland

Conference Organisation

• 2022: German Studies Conference 2022 for Irish Undergraduates, University College Dublin, Ireland
• 2022: “German Colours Debate“ between Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, Ireland
• 2018: Leipziger Frühjahrssymposium “Sprache und Kommunikation“, Universität Leipzig, Germany