Tanja Rinker, M.A.
Kontakt:
Neurolinguistisches Labor
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Werthmann Platz
79089 Freiburg
Tel. 0761/203-3233
Email: tanja.rinker@neurolabor.de
Mitarbeiterin im Projekt:
"Neurophysiologische Korrelate zentral-auditiver Verarbeitungsstörungen
bei Kindern mit Aufmerksamkeits- und Sprachstörungen"
Lehrveranstaltungen am Deutschen Seminar:
Wintersemester 2003/2004:
Michael Schecker, Gabi Christmann, Tanja Rinker
Proseminar: "Spracherwerb und Sprachentwicklungsstörungen"
Sommersemester 2004:
Proseminar: "Neurophysiologie der Sprachverarbeitung"
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Curriculum Vitae
* 29. Februar 1976 in Tübingen
Academic Experience:
7/03 – present Neurolinguistic Laboratory, University of Freiburg
· PhD-student in research project on the “Neurophysiological Corretes of Central-Auditory
Processing Deficits in Children with ADHD and SLI"
12/01 Master of Arts in German and English Linguistics / Neurolinguistics, University of Freiburg, Germany
9/99 – 5/00 Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,USA
10/95 – 10/96 Medicine, University of Munich
6/95 High School Diploma (Abitur), Kepler-Gymnasium, Tübingen, Germany
9-92 – 12/92 Baden-Württemberg – Minnesota Exchange Program, Melrose, MN
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Internships:
1/02 – 5/02 BlickLabor, University of Freiburg
· Data Collection for a project on dyscalucy in schools in the Freiburg area
6/00 – 8/00 United States Senate, Washington DC, USA , Senator Paul D. Wellstone
· Assist Legislative Assistants for „Education“, „Mental Health“, „Domestic Violence“ and „Civil Rights“
2/99 – 3/99 Intern at Neurological Rehabilitation Clinic, Bad Krozingen, Germany
· Observe aphasia diagnostics and therapy; Aachener Aphasie Test (AAT)
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Work Experience:
3/99 – present External Language and Pedagogy Teacher
Studienhaus am Dom, St. Blasien
8/02 – 5/03 German Language Resident, Oldenborg Center for Modern
Languages and International Affairs
Staff/faculty position as resident German teacher
9/00 – 8/02 Study Abroad Advisor, International Office, University of Freiburg
3/99 – 9/03 Advisor for International Students, International Office, University of Freiburg
10/98 – 7/99 Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Freiburg
6/97 – 11/97 Assistant Reader, Langenscheidt KG, Munich
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Publications/Presentations:
Verena Maas & Tanja Rinker, Gabriele Christmann, Klaus Hennighausen, Gregor Kohls, Anna Jaremkiewicz, Swantje Zachau,
Michael Schecker (2003).
Language and attention - New insight from a behavioral study.
(Talk held at the 3rd International Workshop "Neurophysiology of Developmental Disorders". Freiburg i. Br. December)
Gregor Kohls & Swantje Zachau, Gabriele Christmann, Klaus Hennighausen, Verena Maas, Tanja Rinker, Michael Schecker (2003a).
Does Harry Potter cause magic in the human brain? Evidence from Mismatch Negativity (MMN).
(Talk held by Gregor Kohls & Swantje Zachau at the 3rd International Workshop "Neurophysiology of Developmental Disorders". Freiburg i.Br. , December)
Gregor Kohls, Gabriele Christmann, Anna Jaremkiewicz, Verena Maas, Tanja Rinker, Swantje Zachau, Klaus Hennighausen,
Michael Schecker (2003).
Language-specific automatic auditory processing: Evidence from Mismatch Negativity (MMN) studies.
(Poster presented at the 5th Conference of the Federation of European Psychophysiology Societies (FEPS5). Bordeaux, France, September)
Verena Maas, Gabriele Christmann, Anna Jaremkiewicz, Gregor Kohls, Tanja Rinker, Swantje Zachau, Klaus Hennighausen,
Michael Schecker (2003).
Central-auditory deficits in Specific Language Impairment? New insights from Mismatch (MMN) and Processing Negativity (PN) research.
(Poster presented at the 5th Conference of the Federation of European Psychophysiology Societies (FEPS5). Bordeaux, France, September)
Michael Schecker, Klaus Hennighausen, Gabriele Christmann, Gregor Kohls, Verena Maas, Tanja Rinker, Swantje Zachau (in Vorbereitung). Spezifische Sprachentwicklungsstörungen. In H. Schöler & A. Welling (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Pädagogik und Psychologie bei Behinderungen. Band 3, Förderschwerpunkt Sprache. Hogrefe-Verlag.
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Workshops / Conferences:
5th Conference of the Federation of European Psychophysiology Societies (FEPS5). Bordeaux, France,
September 10th-14th 2003.
48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung,
Freiburg im Breisgau October 8th - 12th, 2003
3rd International Workshop "Neurophysiology of Developmental Disorders".
Freiburg i. Br. December 11th -13th, 2003.
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