Education
| Postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) in Slavic Philology from the University of Regensburg Postdoctoral Thesis: “Early Slavic Literary Utopias and Science Fiction: A Comparative Study” | 2015 |
| Dr. Phil magna cum laude in Slavic Philology from the University of Regensburg Dissertation: “Švejkiaden: Švejks Geschicke in der tschechischen, polnischen und deutschen Literatur” Advisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Koschmal | 2008 |
| M.A. in West-, South-, and East- (Russian) Slavic Philology from the University of Regensburg Thesis: “Švejk und Schwejk: Deutsche und englische Übersetzungen von Jaroslav Hašeks Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka” | 2001 |
| Bohemicum Certificate (Czech Studies) from the University of Regensburg | 2000 |
| ABD (passed qualifying doctoral exams) in German Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1997 |
| A.M. in German Literature and Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1994 |
| B.A. magna cum laude in German and Russian with secondary teaching certification from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota | 1992 |
Employment
| Akademischer Rat [Associate Professor (tenured)] at Center for Czech Studies/ Slavic Department at University of Regensburg | 2021– |
| Lecturer for Czech Language at the University of Regensburg | 2020–2021 |
| Akademischer Oberrat a. Z. [Associate Professor (non tenured)] for Slavic Studies at the University of Regensburg Courses in Regensburg: The Idiot and War, The Identity of Slavic Cultures, Slavic (Anti)-Utopias, Soviet Silent Film and Theory, Adaptations, Central European Literature, Prague in Texts, Better and Worse Worlds: SF, Fantasy and Utopia, Introduction to Literary Studies, Karel Čapek: the Czech H. G. Wells?, Slavic SF-Film, Utopia and SF in Crisis, Panorama of Czech Literature, Introduction to Czech Literature, Slavic Realism, Comparative Slavic Film | 2016–2019 |
| Akademischer Assistent [Assistant Professor] for Slavic Studies at the University of Regensburg | 2009–2015 |
| Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter [Assistant Professor] in the Elite program East European Studies and Slavic Studies at the University of Regensburg | 2004–2009 |
| Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter [Researcher] in the Bavarian Association for Research on Eastern and Southeastern Europe [FOROST] | 2006–2008 |
| Teacher of intensive Czech and Czech Culture at the Center for Language Studies at Beloit College, Wisconsin | 2003 |
| Research Assistant at the University of Regensburg | 2003 |
| Assistant Director of the Austria-Illinois Exchange Program in Vienna | 1998–1999 |
| Assistant Course Coordinator of German 103 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1996–1997 |
| Teacher of beginning, intermediate and advanced German at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1992–1999 |
| Student teaching of German and Russian at Apple Valley Senior High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota | 1991–1992 |