Annemarie Profanter

My professional development encompassed all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities. In my professional training I especially tried to bridge the gap between university and work, between theory and practice by spending extended placement periods in various organizations as listed below.

10/2011-present
Professional Rank: „Professoressa Associata, M-PED/01, Pedagogia Generale e Sociale“, Associate Professor for the scientific discipline M-PED/01, General and Social Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Concentrations:
– Supervision of undergraduate students working on academic and prof. programs
– Dissertation supervision
– Teaching seminars and courses for teacher trainees and PhD candidates
– Member of several research teams
– Preparation, coordination, implementation and supervision of research projects

2011-2013
Research project initiator “Badanti”: A life between two worlds. An analysis of the educational, social and societal consequences”, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2011-2012
Initiator of the international film project “Islamic Polygyny-Modern Oman” in collaboration with Stephanie Ryan Cate (University of Alabama, USA), Arda Nederveen (Independent Filmmaker, The Netherlands) sponsored by the Ministry of Information, Sultanate of Oman, the Government of South Tyrol, Department for German Culture, Italy, and the Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2005-2011
Professional Rank: “Ricercatrice Confermata, M-PED/01, Pedagogia Generale e Sociale”, Assistant Professor – Tenured for the scientific discipline M-PED/01, General and Social Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2009-2010
Research project initiator “Investigation into Expatriate Acculturation into the Host Population of South Tyrol in collaboration with OEW’ Project on Sustainable Intercultural Integration in Local Communities”, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2008-2009
Research project initiator “New Horizons in Education: Emerging Collaborative Opportunities Waiting to be Tapped”, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2006-2008
Initiator of the research project “Eine Analyse der Bedeutung der Ehe, des Selbstverständnisses der Frauen und Männer sowie der Auswirkungen von polygamen Lebensformen auf die Kinder”. An analysis of the meaning of marriage, the self-definition of women and men and of the effects of polygynous marital arrangements on children, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2006-2009
Numerous prolonged, extensive field research trips to the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, data gathering and collaboration with “Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University”, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and “Department of Education, Dhofar University”, Sultanate of Oman

02-07/2006
Professional Rank: Visiting Professor in the “Department of Education, Dhofar University”, Sultanate of Oman
Concentrations:
– Graduate courses taught for social work trainees
– Development of curriculum for social work, organization of field trips, etc.
– Research in the field of family and societal structure, polygyny, gender and social policies with regard to people with special educational abilities and needs

01-03/06 2007, 03-07/2008, 02/2009
Professional Rank: “Visiting Professor” “Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University”, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Concentrations:
– Graduate courses taught
– Feld data collection and preparation of reports and articles for publication
– International research cooperation with Prof. Desmond Rice, Director of the Learning Resource Center and Director of Faculty Professional Development, along with Cate Stephanie Ryan, Associate Chair of the Preparatory Program during the 2006-2007 academic year

10/2004-02/2005
Collaboration on the project: “Realizzazione dell’area di ricerca Pedagogia generale nell’ambito della professionalizzazione di personale qualificato/specializzato nel corso di laurea in Scienze della Formazione primaria”. Realization/Identification of research areas in general pedagogy in the field of the professional training of qualified personnel within the study course for nursery and primary school teachers enrolled in the Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2004-2006
Research project initiator “Physical Punishment of Children and Youth in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan”, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

2004-2006
Field Research Trip to Pakistan (6 months), data gathering and cooperation with “City University of Science and Information Technology”, Peshawar City, Pakistan

04-07/2004
Professional Rank: “Visiting Professor in the Education Department”, “City University of Science and Information Technology”, Peshawar City, Pakistan
Concentrations:
– Graduate and post-graduate teaching activity
– Introduction of software programs to assist students’ academic preparation
– Work with graduate and postgraduate students on research projects
– Development of grading standards for the university and written guidelines for students and staff members
– Research-oriented cooperation in the field of education, gender and social policies with international organizations such as (IRC) and academic institutions in Italy and Pakistan

10/2003-09/2004
Collaboration in the undergraduate degree programs of the Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Concentrations:
– Teaching of graduate and postgraduate courses for teacher trainees
– Supervision of undergraduate students‘ academic work
– Procter exams

10/2002-09/2003
Collaboration in the project for the implementation of the degree course “Training of Nursery and Primary School Teachers”, German section, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Concentrations:
– Taught graduate and postgraduate courses for teacher trainees
– Supervised dissertations for undergraduate students
– Cooperation in the management of various research projects which included managing databases
– Reviewing and synthesizing research, analyzing and describing policy and practice implications and pragmatic recommendations

2002-2003
Teaching High School, part-time, Pedagogical Lyceum “Josef Gasser”, Brixen, Italy

08/2000-08/2001
Collaboration in the development of the Faculty of Education during the implementation of the study program “Specialization in integrative education for kindergarten teachers and school teachers”, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Concentrations:
– Development of curriculum to meet the standards of the local province and at the same time to meet the needs of the local school organization to coincide with governmental and national curriculum regulations

2000
Trainee Clinical Psychologist; Concentrations: Psychological Consultant for People with Special Abilities and Needs Association “Lebenshilfe” for people with special abilities and needs “ONLUS”, Brixen, Italy (2000 April)
Internship as Trainee Clinical Psychologist; Concentrations: Psychological Diagnostics and Intervention Casework including Neuropsychological Intervention, Group Counseling for Eating Disorders. Psychological Service, Brixen Hospital, Autonomous Province of Bozen, Italy (2000 March-September)

1999-2000
Internship as Trainee Clinical Psychologist; Concentrations: Psychological Diagnostics and Intervention Casework including Emergency and Trauma Intervention, Disaster Psychology. “Child and Youth Psychiatry, Dept. IV, University Hospital Innsbruck”, Austria (1999 September- 2000 March

1997
Internship as Trainee Clinical Psychologist; Concentrations: Psychological Diagnostics
Center for Mental Health, Heath Department East, Autonomous Province of Bozen, Italy (1997 August)

1995-1999
Teaching Primary School, part-time, Didactical Directorate “Chiusa I”, South Tyrol, Italy