Curriculum Vitae

Education, professional experience, and teaching expertise

Education

BAMF Licensure German as a Second Language

March 2016

TESOL Ohio Licensure PreK-12

May 2011

MA Applied Linguistics/TESOL

Ohio University, Athens, OH - March 2009

BA/Psychology

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV - May 2005

Certificate: TEFL

Edinburgh Language Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland - 1997

Diploma: Business Translation

Sprach-und Dolmetscher Schule Giessen, Germany - 1997

Employment History

Lecturer for English

Current

Sprachpraxis, Seminar für Anglistik

Universität Siegen, Germany

Oct 2023 - Present

Lecturer for English

Sprachpraxis, Institut für Anglistik

Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

April 2017 - Sept 2023

Lecturer for English

Sprachenzentrum

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

Lecturer for English (Freelance)

Lessing UG

Marburg, Germany

April 2016 - Nov 2020

Lecturer for English

Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf

Marburg, Germany

April 2016 - Sept 2016

Lecturer for English (Adjunct)

Sprachenzentrum

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

June 2015 - Feb 2018

Business Translator (Freelance)

TransQuer Kommunikationsagentur

Giessen, Germany

Nov 2015 - Nov 2017

Lecturer for English

Sprachpraxis, Institut für Anglistik

Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Substitute Teacher

Frankfurt International School

Oberursel, Germany

Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

ESL Instructor

Ohio Program of Intensive English

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA

June 2008 - Aug 2010

ESL/EAP TA

Ohio Program of Intensive English

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA

June 2007 - June 2008

ESL TA

Athens City Schools ESL Program

Athens, Ohio, USA

Sept 2006 - June 2007

German TA

Department of Germanic Languages

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Aug 2005 - May 2006

Relevant Experience

Teaching

English as a Second/Foreign Language for Academic Purposes:

  • •Reading/Vocabulary/Strategies (Intermediate/Advanced)
  • •Listening/Speaking/Note-taking (Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced)
  • •Grammar (Elementary/Intermediate)
  • •Composition (Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced)

encompassing critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, computer-assisted language learning, digital game-based learning, presentation, and study skills

Business and Technical English as a Foreign Language:

  • •Written and Oral Communication, Reports, Vocabulary, Strategies
  • •Cross-Cultural Understanding (Basic/Intermediate/Advanced)

English as a Second Language Elementary School Program:

  • •Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
  • •Cross-Cultural Understanding (Basic/Intermediate/Advanced)

German as a Foreign Language:

  • •Higher Education: Elementary/Intermediate language sequences (all skill areas)
  • •Middle School Gifted Programs: Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced language sequences (all skill areas)
  • •Elementary Programs: Listening/Speaking (Basic)

Administration

  • •Team coordination, including providing support, information and guidance to students
  • •Developing and organizing meetings and professional development activities for colleagues
  • •Assisting with scheduling and other organizational matters for the administration
  • •Co-development and design of student achievement assessment tools for the Salesian Polytechnic University (SPU), Quito, Ecuador
  • •Co-coordination of orientations and cultural activities for the Ohio Program of Intensive English
  • •Proficiency level coordination including providing support, guidance, and mentoring to new faculty members for the Ohio Program of Intensive English

Curriculum Development

  • •Co-development, organization, and participation of an EFL Pronunciation Curriculum Project in collaboration with UFUK University, Ankara, Turkey
  • •Development, organization, volunteer training, and participation in the OUTREACH Language Program of German as a Foreign Language for Marble Elementary School, East Lansing, MI
  • •Development, organization, and participation in a Culture and Language Exposure Program of German as a Foreign Language for Catholic Elementary School, East Lansing, MI