Heather Shay has been a lecturer in Sprachpraxis since 2018, previously at the University of Rostock and the University of Hamburg. She completed a Bachelor's in English Drama and Theatre Studies, and Spanish at the University of Chester. At Master's level, she holds degrees from the University of Oxford, Institute of Education at University College London, and the University of Wales. Early in her career, she worked as an academic translator in Berlin and secondary teacher and examiner of German, Spanish and French in London and Oxford.  She trained as a teacher of English through Cambridge University obtaining both CELTA and DELTA qualifications. Alongside lecturing, she is currently completing a doctorate.

Teaching

- EAP

- ESP: teacher training with a specialism in primary English

- Communication and Interaction (for children with special educational needs)

- Cultural Studies

- Social Anthropology

- Drama and Theatre Studies with a specialism in contemporary performance

- Creative Writing

- Writing for Performance

Research 

- EFL Syllabus Design

- EFL Teacher Training (for German schools)

- Interpretive Power (,Deutungsmacht´)

- Discourse Analysis

- Political and legal systems of the US, Canada and Ecuador

- Indigenous Studies

- Amazonian Anthropology

- Anthropology of Religion

- Political and Economic Anthropology (particularly property and ownership)

- Environmental Anthroplogy and Anthrozoology