Ph. D. in Linguistics, Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University since 1/9/2004. Previously Professor at University of Vienna . Director of Wittgenstein Research Center . Research professorship Austrian Academy of Sciences. Co-director of the Austrian National Focal Point (NFP) of the European Monitoring Centre for Racism, Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism. Dr Wodak's current research agenda focus the development of theoretical approaches in discourse studies investigating debate forums in the Internet. She has also been studying public and private discourse in since 1945, with special focus on manifestations of antisemitism and racism towards foreigners. The deconstruction of a taboo. The Wehrmacht in World War II.