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Prof. Dr. Christiane Meierkord – Curriculum Vitae

Academic training
1991 – 1995 PhD course in English Linguistics at the University of Düsseldorf
1990 – 1991 field work in Great Britain in preparation of PhD thesis
1985 – 1989 M.A. course in English Studies, English Medieval Studies and Modern Japan at the University of Düsseldorf
1983 – 1985 M.A. course in German Studies, German Medieval Studies and English Studies at the University of Düsseldorf

Formal qualifications and degrees
1995 PhD in English Linguistics; dissertation on the topic of English as a Medium of Intercultural Communication
1989 M.A. in English Linguistics, English Medieval Studies and Modern Japan (thesis on Linguistic Variation on Guernsey).

Academic and non-academic positions
since 10/2009 Full Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the English Department of the Ruhr-University Bochum
09/2008, 01/2009 – 05/2009 Visiting Professor at Stockholm University, English Department
11/2005 – 06/2008 Professor of Applied English Linguistics at the English Department of the University of Münster
10/2005 Substitute Professor of Applied English Linguistics at the English Department of the University of Münster
01/2001 – 09/2005 Senior lecturer at the chair of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Erfurt (Prof. Dr. K. Knapp)
10/1997 – 12/2000 Senior lecturer at the English Department of the University of Pedagogical Sciences, Erfurt
10/1995 – 07/1997 Research assistant to Prof. Dr. M. Mae at the University of Düsseldorf’s Institute of East Asian Studies
10/1992 – 02/1994 Personal Assistant at Kajima GmbH, Berlin
09/1991 – 06/1992 Foreign Language Assistant at Teddington School and Waldegrave School in Twickenham, Great Britain
03/1990 – 03/1991 Personal Assistant at Kajima GmbH, Frankfurt