Leonie Schulz

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 11/2022:
Research associate in the research and teaching unit 8 - Sociology of Gender in the working group Prof. Dr. Tomke König
Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University

03/2022 - 09/2022:
Associate Lecturer in BA Social Work
Seminar title: "Trans Studies and Social Work"
Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

03/2022 - 09/2022:
Student research assistant in the working area 8 - Sociology of Gender
Working group Prof. Dr. Tomke König
Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University

05/2021 - 10/2021:
Scientific research and writing activities in the project Recovery Acres: Development of a concept for the integration of recovering substance users into a community
Carried out for the non-profit organisation Lady Flower Gardens
Edmonton in Alberta, Canada

02/2020 - 05/2022:
Program coordinator of the peer mentoring program Blickpunkte on behalf of the Equal Opportunities Commission at the Faculty of Sociology
Bielefeld University

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Winter semester 2023/24:
Academic Knowledge Production and Practising Activism

Summer semester 2023:
Doing Gender

Winter Semester 2022/23:
Introduction to Trans Studies

Summer semester 2022:
Trans Studies and Social Work

ACADEMIC DEGREES

09/2019 - 10/2022:
MA Gender Studies - Interdisciplinary Research and Application
Bielefeld University

Master thesis title: 'It's not all sunshine and rainbows': An exploration of how trans people negotiate subjectification processes on r/NonBinaryTalk in the context of transnormative pressures
Grade of Master thesis: 1.3 (very good)

Overall grade: 1.1
Awarded with an honorary certificate for the best degree of the year in MA Gender Studies

09/2016 - 09/2019:
BA Anthropology and Sociology (Double major degree)
Maynooth University, Ireland

Bachelor thesis title: "How Trans* Students in Ireland Experience their College Environments"
Grade of Bachelor thesis: 1.0

Overall grade: 1.3