Positions and Qualifications
| Since 2017 | Chair of the Game Studies Division of the International Communication Association |
| 2015-2017 | Vice Chair of the Game Studies Division of the International Communication Association |
| 2015 | University Teaching Qualification (UTQ, highest academic degree for teaching in the Netherlands) |
| 2013 | Habilitation and venia legendi
Habilitation publication: Brothers in arms? Moderator variables, protective perception, addiction, and positive effects of digital games. Habilitation lecture: And the memory remains: Terror Management Theorie, kognitive Distraktion und Mediennutzung [And the memory remains: Terror management theory, cognitive distraction, and media usage.] |
| 2006 | PhD, Dr. phil., final grade: summa cum laude (0.33) |
| 2005 | Submission of the dissertation thesis:Kausale Relationen im Persongedächtnis [Causal relations in person memory] |
| 2001 | Diploma (Major: Psychology, Minor: Computer Science), final grade: A, 1.2 |
| 1996 | Abitur (A levels) |