Melanie Hanselmann

Melanie Hanselmann serves as a Lecturer in Speech Training at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK) since 2014 and in Rhetoric (speech and conversational rhetoric) since 2016. Concurrently, she works as a coach for project management/qualification and agile coach at W&W Group since 2023.

Her educational background includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Speech and Speech Training
• Master's degree in Rhetoric
• Specialized training as breathing/speech/voice instructor (Schlaffhorst-Andersen method) in Bad Nenndorf

Her professional expertise centers on clinical and pedagogical applications of Speech Training, Rhetoric, Voice Therapy, and Gestural Speaking. She integrates methodologies from Klawitter/Minnich/Ritter/Schmidt/Krawutschke/Grahl's gestural speaking framework, Prof. Jurij A. Vassiljev's breathing/voice techniques, and Bartsch/Grießbach's cooperative rhetoric principles into therapeutic and educational contexts.

She maintains extensive cross-institutional teaching assignments including Erlangen Drama School, University of Freiburg (law faculty), Weingarten University of Education (nursing), DHBW (business administration), Heidelberg University of Education, and Freiburg University of Education, plus contributions to Schwäbisch Hall International Youth Theatre Festival.