Background
Hess-Luetich, Ernest W.B. was born on April 24, 1949 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Hess-Luetich, Ernest W.B. was born on April 24, 1949 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
MIL, University London, 1972. Master of Arts, University Bonn, Germany, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn, 1976.
Dr.phil.habil., Free University Berlin, 1980. Dr.paed., University Bonn, 1985.
Lecturer University London, 1970—1972. Tutor in English University Bonn, 1972—1974. Research assistant in English Technology University Braunschweig, 1974—1975.
Assistant professor German Free University Berlin, 1975—1980. Assistant professor, lecturer University Bonn, 1980—1985. Associate professor German and linguistics Free University Berlin, 1985—1990.
Professor German, comparative literature, semiotics Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1990—1992. Professor German, language and literature University Berne, Switzerland, 1992—1999, professor and chair discourse studies section, since 1999. Visiting professor German University Munich, 1982—1983.
Visiting professor German as a second language University Graz, Austria, 1986—1987. Visiting professor communications science University Essen, Germany, 1987. Visiting Fulbright professor German University Wisconsin, Madison, 1987—1988.
Visiting professor German as a second language University Saarbrucken, 1989. Distinguished Max Kade professor German Indiana University, Bloomington, 1989. Visiting professor communications science Free University Berlin, 1990—1991.
Visiting professor German University College, Dublin, 1996. Pro Helvetia Swiss chair City University of New York, New York City, 1997. Distinguished Max Kade professor Germany University Florida, Gainesville, 1999.
Visiting professor cultural studies University Federal of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2000. Visiting Erasmus professor German University Vienna, 2002. Visiting professor German University Puerto Rico, San Juan, 2003.
Visiting professor media studies São Paulo Catholic University, 2003. Visiting professor German University Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2004.
Member of Modern Language Association, Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Semiotik, Deutscher Germanistenverband, International Association German Studies, Deutscher Hochschulverband, Gesellschaft fr Interkulturelle Germanistik, Institute of Linguistics London, American Association Teachers German, German Studies Association, Kafka Society of America, Poetics and Linguistics Association, International Association for Dialogue Analysis, Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft fr Germanistik, Schweizerische Gesellschaft fg0252r Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Germanistenverband im sdlichen Afrika.