Prof. Dr. Anne Barron

 
Employment and Positions

• since 2011: Professor of English Linguistics (W3) at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2011-2015: Academic Director of the Language Center, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2010-2011: Professor of English Linguistics (W2) at the University of Bayreuth 
• 2001-2009:Assistant Professor (akademische Rätin/ wissenschaftliche Assistentin) for Applied English Linguistics at the University of Bonn 
• 2006-2007: Visiting Professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of English Linguistics at the University of Frankfurt a.M.
• 1998-2000: Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) for Applied English Linguistics at the University of Bonn
• 1997-1998: Part-time lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast
• 1995-1997: Part-time linguistics tutor at University College Dublin
• 1995: Translator/ English trainer at EVS Translation (Vick Sprachen), Offenbach a.M.

 Education and Degrees

• 2010: Habilitation (post-doctoral thesis) in English Linguistics. University of Bonn
• 2001: Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. University of Hamburg
• 1996: MA in German (Linguistics). University College Dublin
• 1994: BComm in International Commerce and German. University College Dublin

International advisory work

• Associate Editor of the journal Applied Pragmatics (Benjamins)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the journal Elements in Pragmatics(Cambridge University Press)
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Contrastive Pragmatics (Brill)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Corpus Pragmatics (Springer)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Intercultural Pragmatics (de Gruyter, Mouton)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education (Benjamins)
• Member of the Editorial Board of English World Wide (Benjamins)
• Member of the FWO Review College, Research Foundation Flanders
• Member of the Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) Research network
• Series Editor with Studies in Pragmatics , Brill, together with May-Britt Mosegard Hansen and Kerstin Fischer
• Regular peer reviewer for a range of publishers (e.g. Cambridge University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, John Benjamins, Routledge), research organizations (e.g. European Science Foundation (ESF), Humboldt Foundation, Research Council of Canada, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Sweden, National University of Ireland) as well as for conferences (e.g. International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL), International Symposium on Intercultural Communication and Pragmatics), International Workshop on Discourse Analysis (IWoDA), International conference of the American Pragmatics Assocation (AMPRA)
• Further regular peer reviewer for a range of journals, including Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press), Computer Assisted Language Learning (Taylor & Francis), English for Specific Purposes (Elsevier), International Journal of Learner Corpus Research (Benjamins), Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (Equinox), Language Learning (Wiley), Language Sciences (Elsevier), Language Teaching (Cambridge University Press), Linguistics (de Gruyter), Modern Language Journal (Wiley), Pragmatics (Benjamins),  Pragmatics & Society (Benjamins), System (Elsevier), TEANGA, TESL Canada Journal (TESL Canada) and Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education (Benjamins)