Ilka Mindt

Prof. Dr. Ilka Mindt is a W3 Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Paderborn, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of English and American Studies. Her work spans temporal and regional scope of English, focusing on its role as a lingua franca and empirical analysis through corpus linguistics.

• Research: Corpus-driven studies, English varieties, digital phonetics (Digiphon), OERContent.nrw projects, and reciprocal language-cultural relationships.
• Teaching: Corpus methods, phonetics, AI implications, flipped classroom models, and teacher training integration.

Projects: Consortium leader for Authentic Englishes.nrw (2020–2022), developing digital materials for English varieties, and Digiphon for phonetics courses. She emphasizes empirical work and semi-professional peer conferences for student research.

Recognition: Handles academic recognition for degree program changes during office hours, requiring digital document submission.