Curriculum vitae Dr. Merle Willenberg
Education and qualifications
| 2019–2025 | PhD in English, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, dissertation title: What the eff. A Linguistic Investigation of Censorship and Self-censorship on YouTube Commentary Channels |
| 2019–2023 | Certificate of Higher Education (MLU Halle-Wittenberg) |
| 2016– 2019 | MA Anglo-American Language, Literature and Culture, MLU Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2013– 2014 | Erasmus Study Abroad at University of Oulu, Finland |
| 2012–2016 | BA English & American Studies / Cultural & Social Anthropology, MLU Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2012 | Abitur |
Academic work experience
| from 2026 | postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, University of Basel |
| 2019–2026 | research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of English Linguistics, MLU Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2021–2022, 2024–2026 | deputy equal opportunities officier, MLU (elected) |
| 2022–2024 | doctoral representative, Faculty of Philosophy II, MLU (elected) |
| 2014–2018 | research assistant at the Chair of American Literary Studies, MLU Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2014–2017 | tutor for the lecture „Introduction to the Study of English Linguistics“, taught by Prof. Alexander Brock, MLU Halle-Wittenberg (every winter term) |
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