| 1964 – 1976 | Primary Education in Basel (CH) |
| 1976 – 1982 | Ibero-Romanic Philology (Major), Ethnology and Modern English Literature (Minors), University of Basel, |
| Spanish and English teacher, translator and tutor assistant | |
| 1983 – 1992 | Assistant and Lecturer at the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at University of Basel |
| 1987 | Doctoral Thesis «Religiosidad cotidiana en la narrativa reciente hispanocaribeña», Department of Humanities, University of Basel |
| Since 1992 | Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Film |
| 1997 | Postdoctoral Thesis («H») «Coleccionismo y literatura», Department of Humanities, University of Basel |
| 1983 – 1992 | Assistant and Lecturer, Department of Romance Studies, University of Basel |
| 1992 | Lecturer of Spanish and Latin-American Literature and Film, University of Basel |
| 1997 – 1999 | Acting Chair (50%), Ibero-Romanic Philology in Basel |
| 2000 – 2001 | Guest Professor (100%), University of Nancy |
| 2001 – 2002 | Continuation of the lectureship at the University of Basel in Spanish and Latin American Literature of the 18th-20th centuries |
| 2002 – 2004 | Acting Chair (75%), University of St.Gallen |
| 2004 – 2007 | Associate Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, University of St.Gallen |
| Since 2007 | Full Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, University of St.Gallen |
| Since 2007 | Director of the Swiss-Latinamerican Center (Centro Latinamericano-Suizo, CLS HSG), University of St.Gallen |
| 2007 – 2014 | Rector's Delegate for the «Public Programme» of the University of St.Gallen |
| Since 2011 | President of HSG Art Commission |
| Since 2017 | Head of the Leading House for the Latin American Region |
| 2018 – 2020 | Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS-CLS), University of St.Gallen |