Faculty

Professors

Univ.-Professorin Dr. Astrid Fellner

Amerikanistik Facebook page

(Head of Department until Sept. 30, 2026, then Deputy Head of Department from Oct. 1, 2026 until end of term)

A5 3, 2.18

Office hours:

  • Wednesdays during term, 13.00–14.00
  • Online (via Teams) as well as in-person/on campus meetings are possible; state your preference when you sign up.
  • Please register in advance via amerikanistik[at]mx.uni-saarland.de

 

Univ.-Professor Dr. Joachim Frenk

(Deputy Head of Department until Sept. 30, 2026, then Head of Department from Oct. 1, 2026 until end of term)

A5 3, 1.22

Office Hours: Mondays, 17:00–18:00

 

Univ.-Professor Dr. Remus Gergel

A5 3, 2.10

In Memoriam: Remus Gergel

 

Emeritus and Retired Professors

Univ.-Professorin Dr. Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn

Transcultural Anglophone Studies

 

Univ.-Professor Dr. em. Klaus Martens

Professor Emeritus

http://www.klausmartens.com

 

Univ.-Professor Dr. em. Neal R. Norrick

Professor Emeritus

Email: neal(at)norrick.de

 

Senior Lecturers

Dr. Carrie Ankerstein

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.12

Email: c.ankerstein(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2083

 

Dr. Verena Bernardi

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)
Fachrichtungsreferentin

Office Hours: During term and term break: by appointment (please send me an email to set up an appointment)
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.07

Email: verena.bernardi(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 57564

 

Dr. Cornelia Gerhardt

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

  • English Linguistics

Course of Study Advisor (Studienfachberatung)
- MA Programmes: American Studies/British Studies/English Linguistics

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.05

Email: c.gerhardt(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2260

For classes, please check LSF

 

Daniel Honert, M.A.

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)
Subject coordinator Sprachpraxis

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.02

Email: daniel.honert(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3732

 

Dr. Heike Mißler

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

Academic Advisor (Studienfachberatung Lehramt)
Dept. ERASMUS Coordinator
Stay abroad (Beratung und Anerkennung des Auslandsaufenthalts)
Junior- und Starterstudium

Office hours: click here
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.03.2

Email: h.missler(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2059

 

Maike Puhl

Senior lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.20

Email: maike.puhl(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3330

 

Dr. Henry Rademacher

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.02

Email: h.rademacher(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3260

 

Dr. Arlette Warken

Senior Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben)

Course of Study Advisor (Studienfachberatung)
Allgemeine Fachstudienberatung
- Bachelor
- Wirtschaftspädagogik 

Office hours: Thursdays, 16:15-17:15 (during teaching periods)
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.21

Email: a.warken(at)mx.uni-saarland.de 
Phone: +49 681 302 3223

 

Postdocs, Teaching and Research Assistants

Mohammad Bablli

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

(Professor Gergel, Linguistics)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.06

mohammad.bablli(at)uni-saarland.de

 

Dr. Kurt Erbach

Lecturer

  • English Linguistics

Kurt Erbach (personal website)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5.3, Room 2.05

kurt.erbach(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2323

 

Anne Hess, M.A.

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

(Professor Frenk)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.24

Email: anne.hess(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2023

 

Danielle Kopf-Giammanco, M.A.

Writing Center Coordinator

  • Language Teaching

Danielle.kopfgiammanco2(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 57565
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.08

 

 

Dr. Martin Kopf-Giammanco

Writing Center Coordinator

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.08

Email: martin.kopf(at)uni-saarland.de

Book a Writing Center meeting.

 

Dr. Alina Mozolevska

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, DAAD Studybridge Ukraine–Saar (Prof. Fellner)

Email: alina.mozolevska1(at)uni-saarland.de
Bldg: A5 3, Room 2.01.2

Eva Nossem

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (UniGR-Center for Border Studies)

(Prof. Fellner)

  • North American Literary & Cultural Studies/UniGR-CBS
  • English Linguistics

Email: e.nossem(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3573
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.16

 

Dr. Olha Polishchuk

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

DAAD Studybridge Ukraine-Saar (Prof. Fellner)

Volkswagen Foundation Project: Borders in Crisis: Discursive, Narrative, and Mediatic Border Struggles in Ukraine, Europe, and North America (2022–2023)
Work Package: Ukrainian Diasporic Literature: The Work of Emigrant Writer Oksana Lyaturynska

 

Dr. Tobias Schank

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

(Professor Fellner)

Email: tobias.schank(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3323
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.15

 

Dr. Svetlana Seibel

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

(Professor Fellner)

Email: svetlana.seibel(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 3323
Bldg. A5 3, Room 2.15

 

Marie-Claire Steinkraus

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

(Professor Frenk)

Office Hours: by appointment (email me).
Bldg. A5 3, Room 1.24

Email: marie-claire.steinkraus(at)uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 681 302 2320

 

Dr. Halyna Zaporozhets

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

DAAD Projekt: Studybridge Ukraine digital (Prof. Fellner)