Selina Bernarding studied rhetoric and political science at the University of Tübingen with a stay abroad in Portland (Oregon, USA). During her studies, she worked as a student assistant at the chairs of Prof Dr Joachim Knape and Prof Dr Olaf Kramer. After graduating, she supervised the intensive module Rhetoric and Communication (Career Service/Seminar for General Rhetoric) as a research assistant. From 2019 to 2023, she was a fellow at the interdisciplinary DFG Research Training Group 1808 "Ambiguity: Production and Reception". Since March 2023, she has been a doctoral researcher at the Seminar for General Rhetoric. Her dissertation project deals with the topic of Diplomacy and Rhetoric.