Publications

• (with Benjamin Höhne) "Soziale Herkunftslinien von Parlamentsvertretern der Parteien im Wandel" in: Elmar Wiesendahl (Hrsg.) "Parteien und soziale Ungleichheit" VS Verlag (forthcoming)
• (with Klaus Stolz) "Does regional origin make a difference? Recruitment to leadership positions in the German Bundestag" in: Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée (forthcoming)
• "Many New Faces, but Nothing New? The Sociodemographic and Career Profiles of German Bundestag Members in the Eighteenth Legislative Period" in: Langenbacher, Eric (ed.) "The Merkel Republic", Berghahn Books, 2015, 92-102 (also published in: German Politics and Society. - 32. 2014, 3, S. 16 – 25)
• "Die Berufstruktur des Deutschen Bundestages - 18. Wahlperiode" in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 45.3 (2014); S. 582 - 595
• "Doppelquoten – ein Vorteil für ostdeutsche Parlamentarierinnen?" in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 43.4 (2012); S. 739 – 753
• "Recruitment to Leadership Positions in the German Bundestag, 1994-2006" (2011) Dissertations. Paper 428.
• "Intersectionality and Bundestag leadership selection", in: German Politics 20.3 (2011).; pp.410-427
• "Die Berufsstruktur der Abgeordneten des 17. Deutschen Bundestages", in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 41.3.(2010), pp. 491-503
• "The 2009 Landtag Election in Saxony", in: German Politics 19.2.(2010), pp. 230-236
• "Daten zur Berufsstruktur des 16. Deutschen Bundestages" in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen; V. 37.3; pp. 461-470
• "Review of Ronald Speirs and John Breuilly, eds, Germany's Two Unifications: Anticipations, Experiences, Responses" H-German, H-Net Reviews

Conference Presentations (selected)

• "Motherhood and Political Careers – Can Female MPs Have Both?", paper to be presented at the CES Annual Conference 2016, Philadelphia, USA
• (with Klaus Stolz) "Post-Cabinet Careers in Britain, Germany and the U.S.: Exploring Career Trajectories" paper to be presented at the MPSA Annual Conference 2016, Chicago/IL, USA
• (with Klaus Stolz) "Post-Cabinet Careers in Britain and the US: Theory, Concepts and Empirical Illustrations" paper presented at the ECPR General Conference 2014, Glasgow, UK
• "East Germans in political leadership positions – beyond Merkel, Gauck and Gysi" paper presented at the IASGP annual Conference 2014, London, UK
• (with Klaus Stolz) "Post-Cabinet Careers in Britain and the US: Theory, Concepts and Empirical Illustrations" paper presented at the MPSA Annual Conference 2014, Chicago/IL, USA
• "Women and East Germans in Leadership positions in the German Bundestag: Representation and Quota effects" paper presented at the MPSA Annual Conference 2014, Chicago/IL, USA
• "Intra-parliamentary Careers in the German Bundestag: A Party Perspective" paper presented at the MPSA annual conference 2013, Chicago/IL, USA
• "Recruitment to Leadership Positions in the German Bundestag - A party perspective" paper presented at the ECPR Standing Group conference, Dublin, Juni 2012
• "Intersectionality and leadership selection in the German Bundestag - an advantage for East German women?" paper presented at the 19th International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, März 2012
• "East Germans – still a different elite?" Paper presented at the PSA Annual Conference, 2010, Edinburgh/ Great Britain
• "Women in the Bundestag and Bundesregierung" Paper Presented at the Conference on Gender and Governance (Humboldt-Kolleg), 2009, Coral Gables/FL
• "Parliamentarians’ careers in the German Bundestag – when getting in is just the beginning" paper presented at the MPSA annual conference 2009, Chicago/IL, USA

Invited Presentations/Guest Lectures

• "The State of US-German relations: coming together or drifting apart?" Public guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2013
• "East Germans in Germany’s political elite" invited lecture at the symposium: "Taking Stock: Germany 20 years after the Fall of the Wall" organized by the language center of the London School of Economics and Political Science, London 2009

Teaching

• Women in American Politics, Winter 2016/17
• Assessing the Obama Presidency, Winter 2015/16
• Race Relations in the Obama Era, Winter 2015/16
• Congressional Elections in the US, Winter 2014/2015
• Racial and Ethnic Relations in the US, Winter 2014/15
• The Executive Branch, Winter 2013/14
• Minorities in the US , Winter 2013/14, Winter 2012/13, Summer 2012
• Colloquium for students preparing their Bachelor theses, Summer 2013
• Elections in the US, Winter 2012/13, Summer 2012
• American Politics, Society and Culture, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
• British Politics, Society and Culture, Winter 2009/10

Professional Memberships

• International Association for the Study of German Politics (European Secretary and Treasurer since 2014)
• Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
• Council of European Studies (CES)
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen