Current Academic Position:

• Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany

• October 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013: Visiting Professor, John-F.-Kennedy Institute, Free University Berlin

Former Academic Positions:

• Visiting Professor, Erfurt University (stand-in for Prof. Juergen Martschukat, Summer 10 - Summer 11)

• Visiting Professor, Muenster University (stand-in for Prof. Silke Hensel, Winter 09/10)

• Assistant Professor, University of Cologne  (2001-2008)

• Visiting Professor, Florida State University (2005)

• Lecturer, Bremen University (1998-2001)

• Lecturer, Hamburg University (1994-1998)

Academic Grades:

• Habilitation in Contemporary History, University of Cologne (2012)

• Dr. phil. (PhD), Modern History, Hamburg University, (1997)

• M.A. in British/North American History, University of Cologne (1993)

Scholarships / Awards:

• Feodor Lynen Scholar, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (2005)

• Award of the Historical Commission of the City of Krefeld (1999)

• Scholarship of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (1995)

Main Areas of Interest:

• U.S. Social & Cultural History

• U.S. Gender History

• Informers & Informants in 20th Century U.S. History

• Sport History as Cultural History

• Film & History