{"id":26,"date":"2016-04-22T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T08:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:50:06","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/american-studies.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steinhoff.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interim Professor British Cultural Studies in a Global Context, TU Dortmund, winter semester 2025\/2026<\/li>\n<li>Junior Professor (Juniorprofessorin) of American Studies, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, 2016 &#8211; 2025<\/li>\n<li>Substitute Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) Amerikanistik: Literatur und Kulturwissenschaft, Universit\u00e4t Paderborn, summer semester 2020<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Equal Opportunity Commissioner (stellvertretende Gleichstellungsbeauftragte), Department of Philology, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, since 2017<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Early Career Researchers Board, RUB Research School, since 2016<\/li>\n<li>Equal Opportunity Commissioner (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte), Department of Philology, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, 2013-2017<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) of American Studies, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, 2007-2016<\/li>\n<li>Christoph-Daniel Ebeling Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachussetts in September\/October 2014, research grant jointly sponsored by the German Association for American Studies and the American Antiquarian Society<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Equal Opportunity Commissioner (stellvertretende Gleichstellungsbeauftragte), Department of Philology, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, 2006-2013<\/li>\n<li>Doctor of Philosophy (2012, awarded summa cum laude), Thesis: &#8220;Transforming Bodies: Makeovers and Monstrosities in American Culture&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of the Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum Research School, 2008-2012<\/li>\n<li>Master of Arts (with Honors) English\/American Studies and Media Studies (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum), 2007; Thesis: \u2018Yo-ho, A Pirate&#8217;s Life For Me\u2019:(De)Constructing Disney&#8217;s Trilogy <i>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Research assistant (stud. Hilfskraft), Department of American Studies, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum (2006-2007)<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts English\/American Studies and Media Studies (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum), 2005; Thesis: Superheroes after 9\/11: <i>Spider-Man<\/i> and <i>Spider-Man 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Exchange student at the Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands (Erasmus Grant, 2004-2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Grants\/Fellowships:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>DFG Grant for the International Conference &#8220;Metropolitan Masculinities: Narratives of Gender and Urban Space&#8221; (with Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cornelia W\u00e4chter)<\/li>\n<li>GdF (Gesellschaft der Freunde der RUB) Grant for the International Conference &#8220;Metropolitan Masculinities: Narratives of Gender and Urban Space&#8221; (with Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cornelia W\u00e4chter)<\/li>\n<li>Award of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach-Stiftung Idea Competition for the RUB Sch\u00fclerlabor, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Christoph-Daniel Ebeling Fellowship (German Association for American Studies and American Antiquarian Society), 2014<\/li>\n<li>School of Humanities (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum) Grant for Conferences for the participation at the Visions of Identity: Global Film &amp; Media \u2013 The Fourth Annual London Film and Media Conference, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Research Grant of the Rector\u2019s Office of the Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum for the participation at the 13th Annual Sarah Lawrence College Women\u2019s History Conference \u201cBreaking Boundaries: Body Politics &amp; the Dynamics of Difference\u201d, Sarah Lawrence College, New York, 2011<\/li>\n<li>English Seminar (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum) Grant for Conferences for the participation at the II International Conference The Texts of the Body \u2013 Generating Bodies: Discursive Sexed Productions, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, 2010<\/li>\n<li>Associate of the Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Research School, 2008-2012<\/li>\n<li>Master of Arts with Honors, Department of Philology, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Erasmus Grant, 2004-2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Research Interests:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cultural Studies (esp. 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