Student assistants

University of Münster
English Department
Chair of English Studies
Johannisstr. 12-20
48143 Münster
Phone: +49 251 832 4832
Room: ES 314

Shadi Hollensteiner

Shadi is currently studying English and German at the University of Münster, preparing for a teaching career while aspiring to stay in academia and pursue research. Before starting university, Shadi completed a voluntary service in a hospital and continued working there for several months. Now working in an elder care home alongside her studies, Shadi appreciates the chance to support others. Her interests include Feminist, Oceanic, and Transnational Studies, as well as Hauntology and Dystopian/Utopian Literature. She enjoys exploring new perspectives through reading, learning, and critical engagement.

Özge Kayan

Özge Kayan (she/her) is currently a Master’s student in National and Transnational Studies: Literature, Culture, Language programme at the University of Münster, Germany.  She has completed her Bachelor's degree in English Language Teaching from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey and has experience in the fields of education, translation and design. Her research interests include exploring different material agencies and manifestations of posthuman entanglements in various forms of media. She is specifically interested in working with Critical Posthuman Theory, New Materialism, Queer Theory, and Postcolonial Ecocriticism in works of speculative and science fiction.