Contact

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Michael C. Frank (English Literature)
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Deputy Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Barbara Straumann  (English Literature)
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General Manager
(Personnel & Finance)

Dr. Nicole Studer-Joho (Tue, Thu, Fri)
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Responsibilities:

• Personnel: Head of HR, coordination of job advertisments/applications

• Finance: budget control

• Communication: media, internal information flow

• Strategic planning: academic report, evaluations; coordination with Faculty and the various bodies of the Department; organisation and Institutsversammlung

Substitution for Stella Castelli (personnel, finance)

Assistant to the General Manager

Dr. Stella Castelli
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Responsibilities:

• Personnel: Contact person for personel related questions, external teaching contracts 
• Finance: Contact person for finance related questions
• Third party funds: Coordination and management fo third party funds
• Communication: update of mailing lists in MS Teams
• Teaching: support for online exam

Substitution for Nicole Studer-Joho (personnel, finance)

Academic Administration
(Advising of Studies, Course and Grade Administration)

Dr. Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw
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Responsibilities

• Advising of Studies: advising of studies
• Course administration: course descriptions, booking of rooms, number and list of participants, entering of grades
• Student administration: evaluation of Lehrdiplom applications; changes in booking and cancellation; transfer of credit (new UZH students)
• Archive: Filing of exam sheets of compulsory courses
• Infrastructure: organization of maintenance work
• Info events: Erstsemestrigentrag and Studieninfotag
• Exam administration: Master Final Exams
• Website: Update of "Studies" part, news items
• student administration: evaluation of Master applications

Substitution for Nicole Studer-Joho (management, teaching/students) and Nathalie Meyer (study abroad coordination)

Academic Administration

(Study Abroad Coordination)

Nathalie Meyer, M.A.

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Responsibilities

Study abroad coordination

Advising of in- and outbound students
Transfer of credit
Negotiating new exchange agreements
Staff mobility
Teaching: coordination of planning
Teaching: collection of announcement sheets, planning and scheduling

Substitution for Martin Mühlheim (advising of studies).

Kirsten Rudin, lic. phil.
sekretariat@es.uzh.ch

Responsibilities

• Secretarial office
• Coordinating general student and external queries
• Administration: updating addresses, tutorials, ordering office material, keys
• Exam administration: coordinating Fachexperten and Fachexpertinnen Lehrdiplom, coordination Reading List exam
• Infrastructure: furniture
• Finance: paying invoices and expenses, cash management, Climate Smart Travel
• Communication: updating info booklet and staff poster and on website: updating staff info, news items

lic. phil. Nikola Leudolph

Dr. Anja Neukom-Herrmann

Library

Department IT Coordination

Dr. Hans Martin Lehrmann

lic. oec. Roland Lerch

IT Coordination