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Stella WangView profile

Associate Professor

• Code-Meshing Pedagogy
• Translation Theories
• Sociolinguistics
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Stella Wang is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester, affiliated with the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program (WSAP). She holds a PhD and specializes in writing pedagogy, translation studies, and sociolinguistics. Her research integrates contact linguistics, corpus-based learning, and service learning into college writing education. She co-founded the Code-Meshing Pedagogy initiative, exploring the role of code-meshing in linguistic identity expression. Wang teaches first-year writing courses and advanced translation courses, emphasizing interdisciplinary and community-engaged practices. She has presented her work at national conferences, including the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and the SUNY Council on Writing. Her contributions include co-developing curricula and digital resources, such as the Code-Meshing Pedagogy website, and leading community partnerships in Southwest Rochester. Education: PhD (specific discipline unspecified) Key Projects: Code-Meshing Pedagogy, community-based transcreation projects, experiential learning in translation. Professional Activities: Committee leadership, conference presentations, and collaborations with linguists and educators. Wang’s work bridges theory and practice, advocating for inclusive pedagogies that embrace multilingualism and cultural diversity in academic writing.

• Discourse Analysis
• New Media Studies
• Multimodality
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Dr. Oluwayemisi Olusola Adebomi is a Research Fellow and visiting researcher at the Department of English, American and Celtic Studies, University of Bonn, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research focuses on discourse analysis, new media, multimodality, gender studies, and African studies, with a current project examining computer-mediated political discourse of Nigerian female politicians. She has presented extensively at international conferences and holds fellowships from AGNES, MIASA, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Key awards include the AGNES research grant and MIASA postdoctoral fellowship. Her work explores intersections of gender, digital activism, and political communication, as seen in her studies of social media discourse and pandemic-related memes. She has contributed to journals like Language and Semiotic Studies and LinguistikOnline , and her recent presentations address topics such as mood structures in political debates and sustainable governance in West Africa. Dr. Adebomi’s academic trajectory includes collaborative projects on blended learning and feminist literary analysis, reflecting her commitment to education and interdisciplinary research. She actively engages in academic networks across Africa and Europe, advocating for gender equality and digital literacy in scholarly contexts.

Sanjeev P. KhudanpurView profile

Associate Professor

• Speech Recognition
• Machine Translation
• Natural Language Processing
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Sanjeev P. Khudanpur is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), holding dual appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science (secondary). He is affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP) and the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence. His research focuses on applying information-theoretic methods to human language technologies, including automatic speech recognition, machine translation, and natural language processing. He has contributed to foundational work in pronunciation modeling, statistical language models, and cross-lingual adaptation techniques. Dr. Khudanpur has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and edited volumes, such as Mathematical Foundations of Speech and Language Processing . He received his B.Tech. from IIT Bombay (1988) and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park (1997). Since joining JHU in 1996, he has held roles including Associate Research Scientist at CLSP and Assistant Professor in ECE/CS before becoming Associate Professor in 2008. His teaching includes courses on information theory, random signal analysis, and speech/text information extraction. Dr. Khudanpur’s awards include recognition of two of his papers among the most impactful in ICASSP’s 50-year history. He advises graduate students in areas like multilingual speech systems and adversarial ML defenses, and collaborates extensively through CLSP workshops and industry partnerships. Current research emphasizes robust ASR in complex acoustic environments, end-to-end systems, and low-resource language technologies.

Marije MichelView profile

Professor

• Second Language Acquisition
• Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
• Digitally Mediated Language Learning
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Prof. Marije Michel is a Full Professor of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Chair of Language Learning at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam (2011) and previously held teaching positions at Lancaster University and German universities. Her research focuses on second language processing, task-based language teaching (TBLT), and digitally mediated language learning. She leads the Language Learning team within the European Languages and Cultures program, overseeing language courses in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Research interests include alignment in language interaction, cognitive task demands, and multilingualism in education. She has published extensively on L2 acquisition mechanisms, pedagogical task design, and technology-enhanced language learning. Major awards include the Faculty of Arts Impact Award (2022) and the Nuffic Europees Talenlabel Prize (2022). She supervises multiple PhD candidates and leads projects like the English Academy for Newcomers, providing language education for highly educated refugees. Key academic roles include membership in the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), International Association of Task-based Language Teaching (IATBLT), and the Dutch Meesterschapsteam Moderne Vreemde Talen. She contributes to editorial boards of journals like System and Journal of Second Language Writing . Her recent work explores AI applications in collaborative writing and psychotypological perceptions of language distance.

Hagen HirschmannView profile

Researcher

• Corpus-based variety research
• Language acquisition and learner corpora
• Grammar of modifiers
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Hagen Hirschmann is a Researcher at the Department of German Language and Linguistics at Humboldt University of Berlin, affiliated with the Faculty of Language and Literature. He currently holds a position as a research assistant at the Chair of Corpus Linguistics and Morphology. His past roles include substitute professorships for Corpus Linguistics and Morphology (2020/2021) and a visiting professorship for German as a Foreign Language (2018-2019). He is a member of the GESLA research group (German Second Language Acquisition) and collaborates with projects such as Falko (a learner corpus), Dulko (a German-Hungarian learner corpus), and the SFB 1412 Register project. His research focuses on corpus-based studies of language variation, syntax modeling, learner corpora, and diachronic analysis. He has contributed to the development of linguistic tools like the ANNIS search interface and annotation guidelines for corpora. His work spans academic committees, including the Promotionsausschuss and Kommission für Lehre und Forschung at Humboldt University. He has supervised doctoral students in second language acquisition and orthographic analysis. Hirschmann has taught at institutions worldwide, including guest professorships in China and workshops in Cuba, focusing on corpus linguistics and methodology.

Hildegunn DirdalView profile

Associate Professor

• Second Language Acquisition
• Translation Studies
• Contrastive Linguistics
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Hildegunn Dirdal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo. She specializes in English language studies with a focus on second language acquisition, translation studies, and contrastive linguistics. Her work emphasizes corpus linguistics methods applied to learner language analysis. Dirdal leads the TRAWL research group, which maintains a longitudinal corpus of written learner language in multiple languages. She is also Principal Investigator of the MULTIWRITE project examining multilingual writing development in Norwegian secondary schools. Her teaching responsibilities include courses on English grammar, semantics, second language acquisition, and translation. She has developed and maintains the TRAWL Corpus, a significant resource for studying writing development in English, French, German, and Spanish among Norwegian pupils. This corpus includes student texts, teacher feedback, and detailed metadata about learners and texts. Research interests center around cross-linguistic influences in language acquisition, clause structure development in L2 writing, and methodological innovations in learner corpus research. Recent work explores vocabulary sophistication in L2 writing and corpus metadata standards. Dirdal collaborates with educators to implement cross-curricular language teaching strategies in schools. She has published extensively on clause usage patterns, translation challenges with complex clauses, and the role of L1 Norwegian in English acquisition.

• Computational Linguistics
• Endangered Languages
• Indigenous Language Technologies
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Antti Arppe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Arts. His research focuses on computational methods in linguistic analysis, particularly applied to endangered and Indigenous languages. He teaches courses like LING 325 - Writing Systems, exploring the historical and typological dimensions of writing systems and their cognitive impacts. His work integrates formal linguistic theory with advanced computational tools, addressing challenges in morphosyntax, phonology, and language documentation. Key research areas include: computational modeling of polysynthetic languages (e.g., Plains Cree), finite-state methods for morphological analysis, and developing open-source tools like DescTools for descriptive statistics. Arppe collaborates with Indigenous communities to create language revitalization technologies, including speech databases and interactive learning platforms. His contributions bridge academic linguistics with practical applications in language preservation and pedagogy. Recent projects highlight innovations in AI for endangered languages, such as evaluating neural ASR robustness for morphologically complex systems and leveraging word embeddings to enhance low-resource language tools. He actively participates in workshops and conferences on computational methods in endangered language studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration between linguists, technologists, and community stakeholders. Teaching emphasizes connecting theoretical linguistic concepts to real-world applications, with courses addressing writing systems’ sociocultural roles and technical dimensions. His publications span over two decades, demonstrating sustained engagement with both foundational linguistic theory and cutting-edge computational methodologies.

• Psycholinguistics
• Socio-psycho-linguistics
• Children's pronoun processing
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Juhani Järvikivi is a Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on psycholinguistics, socio-psycho-linguistics, and developmental aspects of language processing. He employs methods like eye-tracking and pupillometry to study pronoun resolution, accented speech comprehension, and individual differences in language processing. Järvikivi's work often intersects with cognitive science, exploring how factors like political ideology, personality traits, and foreign accent influence real-time language comprehension. He teaches courses in psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and directed research, emphasizing experimental methodologies. His research has been published in top journals such as Cognitive Science , Applied Psycholinguistics , and Frontiers in Psychology . Key contributions include studies on children's pronoun processing, the role of prosody in focus marking, and the impact of accent on speech perception. Research Interests: Psycholinguistics, socio-psycholinguistics, developmental language processing, accented speech, pupil dilation as a cognitive measure, and visual world paradigms. Awards: None explicitly listed in the provided materials. Notable collaborations involve investigating the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) project and developing tools like the PupilPre and VWPre packages for preprocessing psycholinguistic data. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with cognitive and experimental approaches, contributing to our understanding of language processing in both monolingual and multilingual contexts.

Daisy PowellView profile

Associate Professor

• Literacy Development
• Educational Psychology
• Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Dr Daisy Powell is an Associate Professor at the University of Reading's Institute of Education, serving as Director of the University of Reading Statistics Community of Practice and Theme co-Lead for Neuroscience and Cognition at the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM). Her research focuses on reading/writing development, bilingual literacy, environmental factors influencing literacy acquisition, and the role of technology in education. She leads the Child Development in Education module for MA Education students and contributes to teacher training programs. Her funded projects include investigations into bilingualism's impact on literacy in socioeconomically disadvantaged children, school readiness interventions in deprived communities, and cross-linguistic literacy transfer in Malay-English bilinguals. Notable collaborations involve the Nuffield Foundation and British Academy. External roles: Series Editor for Routledge's "Early Literacy, Language and Communication"; Editorial Board member for British Journal of Developmental Psychology and Journal of Research in Reading Professional memberships: Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Dr Powell supervises 11 doctoral students exploring topics like mobile apps for literacy, error analysis in learning difficulties, and speech recognition software in schools. Her work bridges cognitive science and educational practice, emphasizing evidence-based interventions for diverse learner needs.

Adriana PicoralView profile

Assistant Professor

• Applied Linguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Multilingualism
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Adriana Picoral is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Computer Science at the College of Humanities, University of Arizona. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Arizona and a B.S. in Computer Science from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Her research focuses on corpus and computational linguistics, particularly in multilingual language use, acquisition, and development. She has extensive experience in language data analysis and is the founder of R-Ladies Tucson, promoting gender diversity in the R community. She is based at the Modern Languages Building, 1423 E. University Blvd., Tucson. Education: Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, University of Arizona, 20XX B.S. in Computer Science, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 20XX Research Interests: Adriana's work bridges computational methods with linguistic analysis, emphasizing accessibility of tools for non-experts (e.g., CIABATTA corpus creation software). She studies multilingualism, second/third language acquisition, and sociolinguistic variation using digital data sources like social media. Her projects include developing learner corpora for less commonly taught languages and analyzing citation practices in academic writing. Articles Trends: Her recent publications highlight corpus-based approaches to L2/L3 acquisition, leveraging Twitter and other digital texts. Key themes include automated annotation tools, variationist analysis, and pedagogical applications of computational linguistics. Awards and Grants: No specific awards listed. Her work has been supported through program evaluations and educational initiatives. Advising and Teams: While no advisees are listed, she contributes to language program development and leads R-Ladies Tucson, fostering collaborative environments for data scientists.

Gus Hahn-PowellView profile

Assistant Professor

• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
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Dr. Gus Hahn-Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He directs the online MS in Human Language Technology (HLT) and the Graduate Certificate Program in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He holds affiliate appointments in the College of Information Science, Cognitive Science GIDP, and Computational Social Science Program. His research focuses on machine reading systems to address scientific information overload, enabling automated discovery through analysis of scientific literature. Education: PhD in Computational Linguistics (University of Arizona), MS in Human Language Technology (UA), MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Alabama), BA in Japanese (UA). Research interests include AI-driven systems for knowledge synthesis, natural language processing, and causal graph generation from texts. His work bridges computational linguistics with information science, emphasizing practical applications in scientific discovery. Recent publications span neural-guided program synthesis, causal graph frameworks, and rule-based information extraction tools like Odinson. No scientific awards listed. Advising and grants: He oversees HLT/MSCS programs but no specific grants or advisees listed here. Collaborative efforts include developing tools for multilingual causal interaction analysis and stakeholder performance modeling. Labs/Teams: Directs the HLT program and collaborates on projects involving interdisciplinary teams across linguistics, computer science, and information science.

Marianne MithunView profile

Professor

• Morphology
• Syntax
• Discourse Analysis
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Marianne Mithun is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), within the College of Letters and Science. Her expertise spans morphology, syntax, discourse, and prosody, with a focus on language contact, typology, and documentation of endangered languages. She has conducted extensive research on Indigenous languages of the Americas and Austronesian languages. Education: Ph.D., Yale University (1974), Linguistics M.Phil and M.A., Yale University (1972) B.A., Pomona College (1969), Phi Beta Kappa in French Research Interests: Dr. Mithun investigates how prosody, syntax, and discourse interrelate, and how language contact drives grammatical evolution. She has authored grammars and dictionaries for languages like Mohawk, Tuscarora, and Central Pomo. Her work emphasizes documenting endangered languages through community engagement. Current Projects: Mohawk and Tuscarora grammar/dictionary compilation Analysis of Central Pomo texts and structures Study of prosody-syntax-discourse relationships Teaching and Mentoring: She teaches advanced linguistics courses such as Field Methods, Historical Linguistics, and Seminars in Morphology/Syntax. Her courses emphasize hands-on fieldwork and theoretical analysis.

Jan FrodesenView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Second language writing
• Pedagogical grammar
• Corpus linguistics in second language pedagogy
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Jan Frodesen is a Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (SOE) and Director of the English for Multilingual Students (EMS) Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds affiliations with the Department of Linguistics and the Writing Program. Her roles include teaching graduate/undergraduate writing courses, supporting international graduate students in oral academic English, and instructing core TESOL Minor courses. Education: Not explicitly listed in text. Her research focuses on pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics, second language writing, and materials development for multilingual learners. She has authored advanced-level textbooks and publications for TESOL educators. Current projects emphasize corpus-driven approaches to grammar instruction and content-based language teaching. No recent articles were explicitly listed in the provided text. However, her work centers on applied linguistics methodologies for language education. Awards/Grants: None explicitly mentioned in the text. Advising: No advisees listed. Labs/Teams: Oversees the EMS Program operations and curriculum development.

• Korean Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Cognitive Linguistics
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Ebru Türker is Associate Professor of Korean Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University. Her research investigates cognitive processes in second language acquisition with focus on Korean, examining factors impacting language development across multiple domains. She teaches Korean language and linguistics courses, with expertise spanning cognitive linguistics, corpus analysis, figurative language acquisition, and multimodal metaphor theory. Her work emphasizes empirical investigation of Korean linguistic features to inform teaching methodologies. Her publications (2003-2025) consistently explore metaphor acquisition, particle usage, cross-linguistic transfer, and corpus-based analysis of Korean linguistic patterns.

• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Ubiquitous Sensing
• Edge Computing
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Associate Professor Sara Khalifa is a faculty member in the School of Information Systems at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), within the Faculty of Science. Her research focuses on energy-efficient IoT systems, edge computing, and lightweight machine learning for resource-constrained devices. She pioneered foundational work in Energy Harvesting Sensing (EHS) during her tenure at CSIRO's Data61, enabling energy-positive sensing paradigms. Education: PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from UNSW (2017), recipient of the prestigious John Makepeace Bennett Award for best dissertation in Australasia. Research interests span ubiquitous sensing, machine learning for IoT, and sustainable energy harvesting technologies. Her work bridges theoretical advances with real-world applications such as speech emotion recognition and wearable health monitoring systems. Awards: 2017 John Makepeace Bennett Award (CORE) 2017 NSW Mobility Innovation of the Year Merit R&D Award at APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) Her research has generated significant IP and attracted commercial interest. Current supervision topics include energy harvesting techniques for environmental monitoring systems. Key contributions include developing self-powered IoT systems and energy-neutral activity recognition frameworks, advancing both theoretical foundations and practical implementations.