Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

since 09/2020	Assistant Professor (with Tenure Track) Institute of Media and Communication, TU Dresden
10/2019 – 08/2020	Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer („Akademische Rätin auf Zeit“) Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger)
10/2018 – 09/2019	Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger)
02/2019 – 03/2019	Visiting Scholar School of Information, University of Michigan (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Nicole Ellison)
10/2013 – 09/2018	Researcher and Lecturer Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Brosius)
04/2010 – 09/2013	Student Research Assistant Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich

10/2014 – 06/2018	Doctor rerum socialium (Dr. rer. soc.), Communication LMU Munich
10/2011 – 09/2013	M.A., Communication LMU Munich
10/2008 – 07/2011	B.A., Communication (Major) \| Sociology (Minor) LMU Munich
06/2008	Higher Education Entrance Qualification („Abitur“) Humboldt-Gymnasium, Potsdam

since 02/2021	Vice-Chair of the DGPuK Division „Media Reception and Effects“ German Communication Association (DGPuK), together with Tobias Dienlin
since 06/2020	Secretary of the Division „Communication and Technology“ International Communication Association (ICA)
since 01/2020	Member of the Editorial Board Digital Journalism (Taylor & Francis)
10/2016 – 10/2019	Representative of the Academic Staff („Mittelbausprecherin“) Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich
08/2017 – 08/2019	Youth Representative of the DGPuK Division Media Reception and Effects (NaRezFo), together with Nora Denner

2021	Organization of the [Virtual] Conference „RezFoForFuture“ Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division Media Reception and Effects
2020	Organization of the Review Process 65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)

Journals

Acta Politica (1), Big Data & Society (1), Communication Research Reports (1), Computers in Human Behavior (4), Digital Journalism (8), Information, Communication & Society (2), International Journal of Communication (2), International Journal of Public Opinion Research (1), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (1), Journal of Communication (4), Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (4), Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (1), Journal of Information Technology & Politics (1), Journal of Media Psychology (3), Journalism (1), Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (1), Journalism Practice (1), Journalism Studies (3), Mass Communication and Society (4), Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (1), Mobile Media & Communication (4), New Media & Society (7), Public Opinion Quarterly (2), Publizistik (2), Social Media + Society (1), SCM – Studies in Communication and Media (2), The International Journal of Press/Politics (1)
Professional Associations

Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division „Methods“, Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division „Media Reception and Effects“
Miscellaneous

SoSci Panel (Peer-reviewed academic online access panel)

Best Paper Award of the DGPuK Division “Media Reception and Effects” 2020 for the paper: Nebenbei, mobil und ohne Ziel? Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu Nachrichtennutzung und -verständnis von jungen Erwachsenen [A multi-method study on the news use and understanding of young adults]
Best Paper Award of the DGPuK Division “Media Reception and Effects” 2020 for the paper: (A-)synchrone Kommunikation über TV-Serien in sozialen Medien. Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu rezeptionsbezogenen Kommunikationsaktivitäten in sozialen Medien am Beispiel von Reddit-Diskussionsthreads zu Game of Thrones [(A)synchronous communication about TV series in social media. A multi-method study of communication practices in Reddit discussion threads about Game of Thrones] (with Julian Unkel)
Second Place Competitive Paper Awards 2014 of the ICA Game Studies Interest Group for the paper: Framing Gaming. The Effects of Media Frames on Perceptions of Game(r)s (with Alexander Haas)
Best Thesis Award of the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for a M.A. thesis
Best Thesis Award of the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for a B.A. thesis

Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Informations- und Nachrichtennutzung junger Erwachsener: Zwischen Fernsehen, Snapchat und WhatsApp“ [Information and news use of young adults: Between TV, Snapchat, and WhatsApp]
Best evaluated (Top 1) course at the Department in the winter term 2018/19
Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Einführung in die Kommunikationswissenschaft“ [Introduction to communication studies]
Top 5 evaluated course at the Department in the winter term 2018/19
Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Medienlehre“ [German media system]
Top 5 evaluated course at the Department in the summer term 2015
Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Medienlehre“ [German media system]
Top 4 evaluated course at the Department in the summer term 2014

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK, German Communication Association)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
International Communication Association (ICA)