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Prof. Anja Wanner

English Language and Linguistics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Language and Mind

Anja Wanner

Employment:

since 2006	Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, English Department
2000 - 2005	Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, English Department
2003 (summer semester)	Visiting Professor, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, English Department
1998-2000	Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Assistentin), Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, English Department
1993-1998	Lecturer (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen
1992-1993	Doctoral Fellow (Promotionsstipendiatin, Studienstiftung) and Instructor, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen
1988-1992	Research and Teaching Assistant (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft), Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen

Academic Education:

1999	Dr. phil. (Ph.D.) with Dissertation in English Linguistics, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (summa cum laude)
1992	M.A. in English Linguistics and Literature, with Minors in Communication and Media Studies, and German Linguistics, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (with distinction)

Awards and Fellowships:

2007-08	Research Sabbatical
2007	DoIT Adaptation Award for implementing instructional technology (Enhanced Podcasting)
	Graduate School Travel Award
	Graduate School Summer Research Grant (Syntactic Variation and Emerging Genres)
2006	DoIT Adaptation Award for implementing instructional technology (Podcasting)
	Graduate School Summer Research Grant (The Passive in Academic Writing)
2005	Graduate School Travel Award
	DoIT Adaptation Award for implementing instructional technology (QuizImage)
2002-2003, 2001-2002	Mellon Grant for Interdisciplinary Workshop "Language and the Mind", Center for the Humanities , UW Madison
2004, 2002, 2001, 2000	UW Graduate School Summer Research Grants and Travel Grants
2000-2004	Vilas Young Investigator Award, UW Madison
1998	Fulbright Summer Institute Fellowship, New York University
1994	Scholarship Eurocentre , Paris
1992-1994	Doctoral Fellowship, German National Academic Foundation (= Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
1987-1992	Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation

Service:

2007-08	Member of Organization Committee for GLAC 14 (German Linguistics Annual Conference)
2007	Co-Organization and Co-Chairing of Workshop on "Syntactic Variation and Emerging Genres" (16 papers) at the 29nd Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Association (= DGfS)
2001-2003	Coordination of Interdisciplinary Mellon Workshop Language and the Mind , UW Madison
2000	Co-Organization and Co-Chairing of Syntax Workshop (12 papers) at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Association (= DGfS)
1996-1997	Coordination of Goettingen Division of Lower Saxony University Evaluation Project
1995	Co-Organization of the 17th Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Association (DGfS)
1994	Co-Organization of Postgraduate Linguistics Research Colloquium, Brixen, Italy, supported by the German National Acad. Foundation
1992-1998	Selection Committee Member, German National Academic Foundation

Professional Activities:

	Referee/reviewer for Written Communication, Linguistics, Applied LInguistics, Pearson/Longman Press, Cascadilla Press, WorldBook Encylopedia
2001	Affiliate, Summer Institute, Linguistic Society of America, UC Santa Barbara
2001	Visiting Scholar, Center for Communication, Media, and Language, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet , Duesseldorf
1998	Fulbright Fellow, Project on Electronic Communities, NYU
1994	Participant, GLOW International Generative Linguistics Summer School, Universitat de Girona, Spain
1992	Participant , 1st Central European Summer School in Linguistics, Warsaw University
1992	Participant , International Linguistics Summer School, Georg-August-Universitaet , Goettingen

Membership:

Linguistic Society of America
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistics Association)

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