since 2012 lecturer at University of Osnabrück

September/October 2011 DAAD fellow at American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Washington, DC

2010-2011 Forum Ebenhausen doctoral fellow

2009/2010 Fox International Fellow, Yale University

2007/2008 Project manager "Transatlantic Foreign Policy Discourse", SWP

2006 Lantos/Humanity in Action Congressional Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives

2006 M.A. International Relations; Free University Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, University of Potsdam

Expertise:

Domestic politics and its impact on U.S. foreign policy; immigration and diaspora in the U.S.; U.S. foreign policy; transatlantic relations; cultural identities and international relations

Current focus:

Political gridlock in the U.S.; demographics and societal change in the U.S.; U.S.-Turkey relations