Dr Nina Stedman
Dr Nina Stedman has many years of experience teaching English for Academic Purposes at the Institute of English and American Studies (IAA) at Hamburg University. Before taking up her current position in 2003, she was the director of the theatre workshop at the Institute. She now focuses on British and American politics, media and history and specializes in module and syllabus design, as well as serving on the departmental quality assurance committee and the interdepartmental ‘Ausschuß für Lehre und Studium’. Nina Stedman, who is British by birth and bilingual by upbringing, holds an M.A. in English and modern languages (German and French), and a Ph.D. in English Literature. Beyond her university teaching, her passion for scientific discourse has led her to develop and teach many workshops on a variety of academic language skills, among others at Tutech, DESY, Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Shakespeare Gesellschaft, and at the joint British Council/DAAD lecturers’ seminar.
