Governance

Institute Board of Elected Members (Institutsrat):

Institute Director

Lora Anne Viola

Professors

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Sebastian Kohl, Stefanie Müller, Max Steinhardt, Lora Anne Viola

Junior Faculty

Freya Rubel, Ria Wilken

Deputies: Alexander Starre, David Bosold

Staff

Gabi Bodmeier, Medea Seyder

Students

Abdulkhaliq Kakabay, June Tomiak

Deputies: Matthias Bösel, Luis Pintak, Sabrina Dörries, October Emilia Carvajal-Yiptong, Andrew Sokol, Enriko Simaku

Dean of Research

Stefanie Müller

Dean of Studies

David Bosold

Research Committee

Chair: Markus Kienscherf

James Dorson, Sebastian Jobs, Markus Kienscherf, Christian Lammert, external member: Andrew Gross

Library Committee

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Maria Mildner, Medea Seyder, Max Steinhardt

Exam Review Committe

Member	Deputy
Professors
Kelleter, Frank	Steinhardt, Max
Kienscherf, Markus (Chairman)	Viola, Lora Anne
Knüpfer, Curd	Gienow-Hecht, Jessica
Kunkel, Sönke (BA-Representative)	Kohl, Sebastian
Academic staff
Bosold, David (Studiendekan)	Lüthe, Martin (MA-Representative)
Student
Janausch, Rosalie	Fischer, Joel
Other staff
Specht, Verena	Bodmeier, Gabi

Academic Committee

Students: Svietlana Bozoian, Julius Wolf (Chair), June Tomiak (Deputy)

Professor: Sönke Kunkel

Academic staff: David Bosold, Alexander Starre

Other staff: Verena Schulze-Knoll

Budget & Personnel Management

Chair: Sebastian Kohl

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Markus Kienscherf, Sönke Kunkel, Christian Lammert, Medea Seyder, Max Steinhardt, Lora Anne Viola, Birte Wege

Equal Opportunities

Chair: Verena Specht

Lora Anne Viola

Computer Resources

Christian Lammert

Deputies: Alexander Starre

Website

Alexander Starre

Keyuser CMS

Alexander Starre

Deputy: Regina Götz

Birte Wege

European Academic Exchange Coordinator (Erasmus+)

Gabi Bodmeier

Ombudsman for PhD Students

Frank Kelleter

Deputy: David Bosold

Mentoring, Magister

Advisory support by the exam review committee

Research Reports (German Association for American Studies, DGfA)

Marie Bergeron

Canadian Studies

Coordination of the Canadian Studies Task Force: Jessica Gienow-Hecht

American Studies Network