Doreen Triebel

Doreen Triebel is a lecturer at the Chair of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. Her academic career spans teaching roles at Illinois State University and the University of Nottingham, alongside research assistantships in medieval studies. She earned an MA in English/American Studies, Psychology, and German as a Foreign Language from Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

• Research Focus: Cognitive approaches to literary analysis, narrative empathy, theory of mind in fiction
• Notable Contributions: Studies on postmodern trauma narratives, empathic responses in horror fiction, and cognitive processing in repeated literary structures

Her publications bridge literary theory with cognitive science, examining affective reader-character dynamics and postmodern identity construction. Awards include Fulbright and ERASMUS scholarships for international research collaborations. Contact: doreen.triebel@uni-jena.de