Gundula Fofana, M.A.

© Gundula Fofana
Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache
R 5, 6-13, Büro 3.17
D-68161 Mannheim
E-Mail: fofana(at)ids-mannheim.de
Tel.: +49 621 / 1581 – 239
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Gundula Fofana, M.A.
Function:
Researcher in the Pragmatics Department (parental leave)
Activities:
Researcher in the project "Questioning Sequences in Coaching"
Biography:
- 2009-2013 Translation Studies at Heidelberg University
- 2014-2016 Master’s Program in Language and Communication at the University of Mannheim; final thesis on “Psychotherability in psychodiagnostic interaction”
- 2017-2020 Individual doctoral fellowship of the LGF program
- 2017-2021 Ph.D. student at the Pragmatics Department / University of Mannheim; project title: Multimodal instructions in physiotherapy – verbal and embodied resources in sequences of physical intervention
- since March 2021 researcher at IDS Mannheim
Areas of Research:
- Conversation Analysis
- Multimodality
- Interactional Linguistics
- Interaction in helping professions (i.e., doctor-patient interaction, psychotherapy, physiotherapy and professional coaching)
Lehre:
- HWS 2021 Graduate course “Gesprächsstrukturen”, University of Mannheim (together with Prof. Dr. Spranz-Fogasy)