Prof. Dr. Christiane Bongartz
Short Biography
2004-present
Professor of English, English Linguistics, Department of English, University of Cologne
2007-2011
Dean, School of Arts and Humanities (Philosophische Fakultät), University of Cologne
1999-2004
Assistant Professor of English (tenure track; abandoned to take position in Cologne), Applied Linguistics, Department of English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Summer 1999
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
1998
Ph.D., Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., in English Language and Linguistics. Awarded Distinction
1997-1999
Lecturer, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Summer 1997
Lecturer, Department of Education, Beloit College
Research Interests
- First and second language acquisition: bi- and multilingualism and cognition, language immersion, age in second language acquisition, language transfer, second language writing and (multi-)literacy;
- The second language classroom and World Englishes: successful integration of diverse and inclusive classrooms, L2 immersion programs, World Englishes as second language varieties (English on Cyprus, Greek English, Jamaican English);
- Syntactic and morphological theories: morpho-syntax of English
Academic Memberships
2012-present
Chair, Cologne Center of Language Science (CCLS), University of Cologne
2010-present
Editor (1 of 2), Inquiries in language learning. Forschungen zu Psycholinguistik und Fremdsprachendidaktik. Frankfurt a. M. [u.a.]: Peter Lang.
2008-2010
Board member, Kulturbeirat Deutsche UNESCO Kommission
2008
Board member, EUROSLA
2008
Board member, Zentrum für Mehrsprachigkeit und Integration (ZMI), University of Cologne and City Council of Cologne
2007
Board member, SLATE
2005-2013
Editor (1 of 2), ZSM-Studien. Aachen: Shaker.
2005-2011
Vice chair, Zentrum für Sprachenvielfalt und Mehrsprachigkeit (ZSM), University of Cologne
Current Research Projects
SFB 1252 Prominence in Language - C3 Reference management in bilingual narratives
Description:
Prominence is a key notion in our understanding of language as a flexible system. It plays a major role in building linguistic structures and in organizing the communicated information into coherent and continually updated discourse representations. The overall goal of the CRC Prominence in Language is to shed light on the nature of linguistic prominence.
Support:
DFG
Duration:
2017 - 2020
Research Projects
