CV - Universität Regensburg

Prof. Dr. Edgar W. Schneider

1954	Born in Kirchdorf, Austria
1972 - 1978	Studied sociology, English and German language and literature; University of Graz, Austria
1978	M.A., University of Graz, Austria
1979 - 1988	Lecturer and research assistant / Assistant Professor, English Linguistics; University of Bamberg, Germany
1981	Ph.D. / Dr. phil., University of Bamberg
1987	Habilitation (postdoctoral degree), University of Bamberg; promotion to "Privatdozent" status
1988	One term substitute of full professorship at University of Trier
1988	Awarded "Heisenberg research grant" by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1988 - 1989	Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
1989 - 1992	Full Professor in English Linguistics, Free University of Berlin
1992	Chair offered by University of Augsburg; declined
since 1993	Full Professor in English Linguistics and Head of the Linguistics section of the English Department, University of Regensburg
1996	Chair offered by University of Frankfurt; declined
2004	Chair offered by University of Munich; declined
03/2008	Visiting Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
2007 - 2010	Studiendekan (Associate Dean for Student Affairs), University of Regensburg, Faculty of Languages and Literatures
10/2009 - 9/2011	Dean, University of Regensburg, Philosophische Fakultät III (Faculty for Linguistics, Literatures and Cultural Studies)
10/2012 - 09/2013	Chair, Department of English and American Studies

married since 1979
two daughters (born 1985, 1987)
hobbies: music (band omnes gentes: git, voc; jazz choir Jazzamattazz: bass), running (8 marathons; best time: 3:46, Berlin 2000), socializing, reading and, yes – linguistics!