Education
 

• Doctorate. Title of thesis: "Krise und militärische Reaktion: Zwei Modelle des Entscheidungsprozesses zu US-Militäreinsätzen am Beispiel der Operationen Just Cause in Panama, Desert Storm im Irak und Uphold Democracy in Haiti." ("Crisis and Military Response: Two different models of decision-making processes - Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Uphold Democracy").

March 2003.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wichard Woyke, Institut für Politikwissenschaft. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. Germany.
 
• Master of Arts. Department of Germanics. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Spring 1996. Fields of interest: German literature of the 19th and 20th century as well as linguistics.

• Master of Arts. Institut für Politikwissenschaft. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. Germany. February 1994.

Major: Political Science. Minor: Sociology and German Language and Literature.
Thesis topic: "Die Entwicklung der Beziehungen zwischen den USA und der UdSSR im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen von 1985 bis 1991." ("The Development of the Relationship between the United States of America  and the Soviet Union in the UN Security Council from 1985 until 1991.")

• Additional coursework at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster:

Teachers' certification courses in German Language and Literature, as well as in the Social Sciences.
Additional courses in Musicology (Summer 1986 - Winter 1991).

• Abitur. (High school graduation.) Gymnasium Paulinum, Münster. Germany. May 1984.

Employment, Internships, and Volunteer Work
 

• Teaching assignment, John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University Berlin, Graduate Course "Die Vereinigten Staaten und die drei Golfkriege (The United States and the three Gulf Wars). April - September 2004.

• Teaching assignment, John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University Berlin, Graduate Course "Wenn Rüstungskontrolle fehlschlägt ...." Non-Proliferation und Counter-Proliferation als Herausforderungen amerikanischer Sicherheitspolitik (When Control Control Fails .... Non-Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation as New American Security Policy Challenges). April - September 2003.

• Teaching assignment, Technical University Dresden, Political Science/International Relations, Undergraduate/Graduate Course "Technologie und internationale Sicherheitspolitik: Proliferation, Non-Proliferation und Counter-Proliferation" (Structures, Threats, and Reactions - US Security Policy In The Light Of New Challenges). April - September 2003.

• Teaching assignment, John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University Berlin, Undergraduate Course "Die Sicherheitspolitik der Vereinigten Staaten zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts" (United States Security Policy at the Beginning of the 21st Century). April - September 2002.

• Teaching assignment, Technical University Dresden, Political Science/International Relations, Undergraduate/Graduate Course "Strukturen, Bedrohungen und Reaktionen - Sicherheitspolitik der Vereinigten Staaten vor neuen Herausforderungen" (Structures, Threats, and Reactions - US Security Policy In The Light Of New Challenges). April - September 2002.

• Research Assistant, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), Research Unit V (Armament and Arms Control), Berlin, Germany. December 1, 2001 - May 2002.

• German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), Research Unit V (Armament and Arms Control), Berlin, Germany. September - November 2001. Support to various office activities (research paper, conference papers, event planning, on-site support).

• International Policy Analysis Unit of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, Germany. March - June 2001. Support to various office activities (research paper, conference papers, event planning, on-site support).

• Bill Bradley for President. August 1999 - March 2000. Volunteer work (research) in the Washington office of the Bradley 2000 campaign.

• Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Washington, DC. February 1998 - June 2000.  Support to various office activities (research papers, conference papers, event planning, on-site support).

• Democratic Party. Washington State Democratic Party. September - November 1996. Volunteer work for the Washington State Coordinated Campaign (research, data processing, and other office activities).

• Teaching Assistant. September 1994 - March 1996. Department of Germanics, as well as Center for West European Studies. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Instructor (TA) for German language (beginners' level) and political science courses (quiz sections, held partly in German, for "Europe in World Politics" [Professor John T.S. Keeler] and "Origins of the Modern World System: States and Capitalism" [Joel S. Migdal]; second and third year level).

• Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Bonn. Germany. May/June 1994. Member of the campaign delegation of Willi Piecyk (Schleswig Holstein) and Dr. Heinz Franz Kindermann (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) during the electoral campaign for the European Parliament.

• "Die Glocke", Oelde. Germany. Daily newspaper. Summer 1983 - Summer 1992. Free-lance journalist (mainly cultural topics).

• Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln. Germany. February 13, 1989 - March 23, 1989. Co-Coordinator for the exhibition "Video Skulptur retrospektiv und aktuell 1963-1989."

• "Die Glocke", Oelde. Germany. Daily newspaper. February 16, 1988 - April 15, 1988. Internship, diverse technical work at the printing plant.

• Malteser-Hilfsdienst e.V., Münster. Germany. August 4, 1986 - November 30, 1987. Mandatory social service.  Worked with persons with disabilities; after training in hospital (intensive care unit) driver in ambulance car service, blood and organ transportation.

• "Die Glocke", Oelde. Germany. Daily newspaper. Summer 1983. Internship in the editor's office.