Active with TGDP: Fall 2002–Summer 2003
PhD in Germanic Studies (UT Austin)
After receiving his PhD, John accepted a position as lecturer at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Since then, he has continued to teach translation studies at Heidelberg University and conduct research in Germanic linguistics. Inspired by his experiences with the TGDP among other things, he has branched out from his dissertation research topic of second language acquisition to do work on areal and contact linguistics, interlingual transfer and interference, and immigrant languages, contributing to the Eurolinguistics research program launched by Professor Sture Ureland of Mannheim, Germany.
Since 2003, John has been a Lecturer in Translation Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany.
