Heidrun Dorgeloh

Professor Heidrun Dorgeloh is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), where she has served as an Außerplanmäßige Professorin for English Language and Linguistics since 2021. She is part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and contributes to the Department of English Language and Linguistics through research, teaching, and leadership roles.

• Education: Habilitation (2014), Ph.D. in English Linguistics (1994), studies at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, London School of Economics, and Université de Paris II.

Her research focuses on English syntax, discourse and genre theory, discourse processing, and argumentative discourse. She examines how syntactic structures interact with discourse functions across genres, including medical, scientific, and narrative contexts. Recent work explores genre bias in language models and argument annotation schemes.

Her publications and grants reflect interdisciplinary approaches, including:

• Scientific awards: Beste Dissertation des Jahres 1995 (HHU Düsseldorf).
• Grants: eLearning and teaching grants for projects like 'Linguistics, Literature, and your Career' and 'Narrativity and evolution of English genres.'

Dorgeloh has held leadership roles such as Head of the B.A. Students' Office and Vice President of the HHU Senate. Her career spans full-time lecturing, interim professorships, and visiting scholarship at Ohio State University.