School and scientific career
| 1968 | High school diploma |
| 1968-1975 |
Language studies at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA |
| 1975-1982 | Studied sociology, political science and education at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Diploma with distinction |
| 1978 | ASA fellow for research on weavers’ cooperatives in Otavalo, Ecuador |
| 1980-1982 | Scholarship holder of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst (doctoral scholarship) |
| 1982-1988 | Research assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (doctoral position) Contributed to the development of the empirical program of an ethnohermeneutic research project on socialization processes among adolescents in Cameroon. Later also Papua New Guinea (Prof. Dr. Dr. H. Bosse) |
| 1980-1984 | Group analytic training in London, graduation |
| 1983 | Beginning of long-term research in Ecuador on the topic: Fundamentalist Missions and the Change of Cultural Identity among Indian Peasants and Weavers |
| 1989 | Doctorate at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt with Prof. Dr. Alfred LorenzerTopic of the dissertation: Die Zerstörung kultureller Symbolgefüge. On the influence of Protestant fundamentalist sects and the future of the Indian way of life. |
| 1990-1994 | Assistant lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (post-doctoral position). Collaboration in the teaching research project: Multicultural Research. |
| 1997 | Habilitation at the Department of Social Sciences of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt |
Substitute professorships
| WS 1994/1995 und SS 1995 | Substitute professorship at the Department of Education at the Philipps-University of Marburg with the focus: community-oriented target group work |
| WS 1995/1996 | Substitute professorship at the Faculty of Education of the Philipps-University of Marburg with the focus: Intercultural Education |
Professorship
| 1997 | Appointment as Professor for Intercultural Education at the Faculty of Education of the Philipps-University of Marburg Focus of work: Intercultural socialization and gender studies, fundamentalism, migration, body and identity. |
Research projects
| 01.09.2000-30.06.2002 | Female Adolescence in Intercultural Comparison – Polyvalent Identity Formation in Migration and Postmodern Transformation in Western Industrial Societies Collaborator Dipl. päd. Julia Estor, Department of Educational Science, Philipps-University Marburg |
| 15.05.2003-14.11.2004 | Showing Color – Recognizing Color: On young women’s self-perception and perception of skin color: An investigation of gender identity and body perception among Afro-German womenDirected by: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Professor at the Institute of Educational Science, Philipps-Universität Marburg, with a focus on intercultural educationCollaborator: PD Dr. Bettina E. Schmidt, Institute of Educational Science |
| 01.06.2004-30.11.2005 | The Shadow Side of Modernity: An Investigation of Female Self-Damaging PhenomenaDirector: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Professor in the Institute of Educational Science at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a focus on Intercultural EducationCollaborator: Dr. phil. Julia Estor, Institute for Educational Science |
| 01.08.2005-30.09.2006 | Resilience and educational success of young academic migrant women of the 2nd generation in HesseProject management and team:Director: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Professor at the Institute of Educational Science at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a focus on intercultural educationCollaborator: Dipl.-Soz. Beatrice Kustor-Hüttl, Institute of Educational Science, e-mail: bkustor@aol.com |
| 01.06.2010 – 30.1.2011 | Diversity and Hybridity. Adolescent Spaces of Possibility in Binational FamiliesProject Management and Team:Director: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Professor at the Institute for School Education at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a focus on Intercultural EducationCollaborator: Dr. des. Susanne Gerner, Institute for School Pedagogy, Email: mail: gerners@staff.uni-marburg.deGefördert by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art in the context of the Women’s Research Focus on “Gender Differences: Theoretical Reorientations, Sociocultural Differentiation Processes, and International Developments”.Transnational Childhood and Adolescence: Migrant Children and Adolescents Left Behind in Ecuador and the Consequences for Female and Male Identity Development. A critique of the “care-chain” debate.Project Management and Team:Director: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Rohr, Professor at the Institute for School Pedagogy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a focus on Intercultural EducationCollaborator: Dipl.-Päd. Elin Rau, Institute for School Pedagogy, Email: rauel@staff.uni-marburg.de |