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Natacha Sarah Alexandra NiemantsView profile

Associate Professor

• Healthcare interpreting
• Asylum and protection contexts interpreting
• Interpreter training
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Dr. Natacha Sarah Alexandra Niemants is an Associate Professor at the Department of Interpretation and Translation of the University of Bologna in Forlì since 2021. She holds a PhD in Comparative Languages and Cultures from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and serves as Director's Delegate for Orientation. Her academic affiliation spans multiple institutions including Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon through research collaborations. Scientific-disciplinary sector: L-LIN/04 (Language and Translation – French) / FRAN-01/B French Language, Translation and Linguistics Member of Doctoral College in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies Member of Association Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA) Executive Committee (2021-2016) Her research focuses on interpreting in healthcare, asylum and protection contexts, interpreter training methodologies, spoken language transcription and analysis, and multimodal communication. Through projects like ReACTMe, Smarterp, Linguacuisine, and Lancook, she has explored clinical interpreting dynamics, medical dialogue structures, and technology-assisted language learning. Professionally, she has served as referee for journals like MediAzioni and Journal of Legal Discourse , and contributed to conference proceedings on topics ranging from medical interpretation to digital kitchen language learning. Her awards include national and European research grants, and she maintains active roles in research groups Centro AIM and Laboratoire ICAR. As an educator, she emphasizes collaborative learning and has developed innovative approaches like the Conversation Analytic Role-Play Method (CARM) for interpreter training. She supervises thesis work and provides regular office hours both in-person and via Teams for students at the University of Bologna's French Studio 1 in Palazzo Montanari.

Petra WielerView profile

Professor

• Reading and media socialization
• Linguistic enculturation
• Literary learning
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Professor Petra Wieler is a distinguished academic at the Freie Universität Berlin, where she serves as C4-Professor for Primary School Education/Learning Area German in the Department of Education and Psychology. Her academic career spans over four decades, with significant contributions to German didactics, literacy development, and children's media reception. Her research interests focus on reading and media socialization, linguistic enculturation, literary learning, and teaching research, with particular emphasis on multilingual education contexts. Professor Wieler's work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical classroom applications, examining how children interact with literature and media across different linguistic and cultural contexts. Her extensive publication record reveals consistent research trajectories centered on picture book reception, literacy development in multilingual children, family literacy practices, and the intersection of media and narrative construction. The publications demonstrate increasing attention to multilingual contexts and digital media influences on children's literacy development over time. Professor Wieler actively supervises graduate students through her Master's thesis colloquia and maintains an active research agenda through projects like the Nightingale Berlin mentorship program for children with migration backgrounds. She has developed numerous courses on multilingualism in early childhood education, literacy development, and children's literature. Her laboratory work centers around the 'Medienrezeption und Narration' research project examining how elementary school children process book and media stories through conversation and storytelling, conducted at the intersection of language acquisition research, psychological reception studies, and educational methodology.

Megan KunzeView profile

Research Professor

• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Early Intervention
• Telehealth
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Dr. Megan Kunze is a Research Professor at the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training within the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. She holds a dual role in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences under the College of Education, where she lectures and supervises graduate students in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education programs. With over 30 years of clinical experience, she specializes in supporting children with developmental disabilities through applied behavior analysis and family-centered interventions. Education Ph.D. in Special Education, University of Oregon (2020) M.S. in Special Education: Early Intervention, University of Texas at Austin (2000) B.A. in Family and Human Sciences: Child Development, The Ohio State University (1995) Research Focus Her research examines accessibility in early diagnosis, telehealth-based caregiver coaching, and culturally responsive interventions for developmental disabilities. Key areas include validating early autism screeners, designing telehealth frameworks for underserved communities, and developing behavior-analytic training programs. She emphasizes equity-focused solutions for rural families and multilingual populations. Publication Trends Recent publications highlight telehealth efficacy, pandemic impacts on families, inclusive preschool models, and interdisciplinary autism support. Methodologies range from longitudinal studies to single-case designs, consistently addressing service gaps for vulnerable populations through technology and caregiver empowerment. Awards 2018 David Zeaman Graduate Award for conference travel 2020 Dissertation Funding Award from University of Oregon's College of Education Professional Engagement Dr. Kunze supervises graduate students in EI/ECSE practicums and serves as behavior expert for two Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) panels: Autism ECHO for Oregon and Ukraine ECHO. These initiatives train medical professionals supporting children with special needs globally. Laboratory Affiliation She conducts research at the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT), focusing on early childhood interventions and developmental disability support.

Julie AlonzoView profile

Associate Professor

• Teacher Professional Development
• Response to Intervention (RTI)
• Educational Assessment
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Julie Alonzo is a Research Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Behavioral Research and Teaching program at the University of Oregon , College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership. Her work bridges teacher professional development, educational assessment design, and inclusive pedagogy. Ph.D., 2007, University of Oregon, Educational Leadership (Specialization: Learning Assessment/Systems Performance) B.A., Cum Laude, 1990, Carleton College, English (Educational Studies concentration) Her research focuses on Response to Intervention (RTI) , curriculum-based measurement systems like easyCBM , and the inclusion of students with diverse learning needs. She has developed assessments for literacy and mathematics used by over 81,000 teachers and 1.1 million students globally. Julie's 15 most recent publications highlight trends in educational technology , early literacy and mathematics assessment , progress monitoring , and social justice in education . She emphasizes alignment with state and national standards, diagnostic efficiency, and equity in assessment design. Julie has served on peer review panels for the National Science Foundation , U.S. Department of Education , and National Institute of Justice , and currently acts as lead author of the easyCBM platform. She is a member of the Research and Outreach Council’s Executive Leadership Group and the College’s Task Force on CNTTF research faculty .

Goran GlavašView profile

Professor

• Computational Semantics
• Multilingual Representation Learning
• Low-Resource NLP
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Goran Glavaš is a Professor at the University of Würzburg's Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science, holding the Chair for Natural Language Processing (Computer Science XII) and affiliated with the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS). His research focuses on computational semantics, multilingual/low-resource representation learning, and democratizing language technologies through fairness and sustainability. Former Assistant Professor at University of Mannheim (2017-2021) Interim Associate Professor at LMU Munich (2021-2022) Doctorate in 2014 at University of Zagreb under Jan Šnajder Recent research trends emphasize cross-lingual learning, multilingual knowledge integration, and ethical AI frameworks. His group contributes to robust multilingual models, vision-language systems, and sustainable NLP applications in social sciences. Outstanding Paper Award at ACL 2024 (IRCoder) Outstanding Paper Award at EACL 2024 (Kardeş-NLU) Extensive publications in EMNLP, ACL, NAACL, EACL, and TACL Advises a team of researchers at the University of Würzburg's NLP Chair, including Benedikt Ebing, Gregor Geigle, and Fabian David Schmidt. Leads the WüNLP group within CAIDAS, focusing on democratizing language technologies.

Marta Kajzer-WietrznyView profile

Assistant Professor

• Translation Studies
• Interpreting Studies
• Corpus Linguistics
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Marta Kajzer-Wietrzny is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. She specializes in Translation and Interpreting Studies with a focus on corpus linguistics approaches. Her research utilizes data from the European Parliament to compare different modes of language mediation, including translation, interpreting, and non-native communication. Her educational background includes: Ph.D in English, Poznań, 2012 M.A. in English, Poznań, 2008 B.A. in English, Poznań, 2006 Birmingham Statistics for Linguists Summer School, 2019 Translation Research Summer School, Edinburgh, 2009 Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft der Universität Wien, 2007-2008 Dr. Kajzer-Wietrzny's research focuses on cognitive aspects of interpreting, particularly cognitive load, number rendition, and lexical frequency effects. She investigates cohesion patterns, formulaicity, and lexical diversity across different language mediation modes. Her work bridges corpus linguistics with translation and interpreting studies, examining how professional mediators process language under constraints. She has developed methodologies for analyzing naturalistic interpreting data and comparing it with translated and non-native language. Her publication output shows a clear trend toward empirical, corpus-based investigations of language mediation phenomena, with particular emphasis on the European Parliament data. Her research consistently explores the intersection of cognitive processing, linguistic features, and professional practice in translation and interpreting. Dr. Kajzer-Wietrzny serves as a peer reviewer for multiple academic journals including: Target Perspectives Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics Studia Anglica Posnaniensia Across Languages and Cultures Intralinea Journal of Audiovisual Translation Languages in Contrast Prace Filologiczne She has secured multiple research grants including the TRINFO project at the University of Bologna (2018-2019), a PhD project grant on 'Interpreting Universals and Interpreting Style' (2010), and an ESSE Bursary (2010). She has been involved in major research projects such as 'Extreme language control' (2019-2024), ParaTrans (2013-2016), EVIVA (2013-2014), and IVY (2012-2013). Her work often involves collaboration with international research teams across Europe. She regularly presents at international conferences including the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association, European Society for Translation Studies Congress, and Poznań Linguistic Meeting, demonstrating her active engagement with the international academic community in translation and interpreting studies.

Katharina MüllerView profile

Professor

• Educational Science
• Teacher Education
• Teaching and Learning Research
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Prof. Dr. Katharina Müller is a University Professor at the Leibniz University Hannover , affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute of Educational Science . She leads research in school pedagogy with a focus on teaching and learning research. Academic Focus: Teacher professionalization, inclusive education, sociocultural influences on learning, mobile eye-tracking in classrooms Key Projects: BIKO-LAMB (multilingual teacher competencies), WiNaLehramt (teacher motivation), Teaching Labs for core practices Research Themes: Her work examines how internship structures affect teacher competency development, mentorship in inclusive schools, and the impact of heterogeneity on student outcomes. She employs quasi-experimental designs and secondary data from PISA. Recent Publications (2025–2023) address teacher training innovations, refugee language education, and classroom perception studies. Awards include the 2020 Science Prize of Lower Saxony for digital teaching collaboration. Additional Contributions: She co-led the textbook Textbook of Educational Sciences (2025), analyzed PISA data (2013–2017), and developed mentorship frameworks. Her full CV includes leadership roles at Leibniz School of Education and projects like Leibniz Principle (2019–2023).

Nora K. RiveraView profile

Assistant Professor

• Technical Communication
• Cultural Rhetorics
• Translation Studies
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Nora K. Rivera is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English , Texas Tech University, specializing in Technical Communication & Rhetoric . Born in the US-Mexico Borderlands, her work bridges technical communication , cultural rhetorics , translation , and cross-cultural UX in transnational contexts. Education : Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition (University of Texas at El Paso), MA in Spanish Literature and Linguistics, MBA in Marketing. Research Interests : Rivera examines how Indigenous approaches to UX challenge colonial frameworks in technical communication. She explores language rights , decolonizing pedagogies , and collaborative translation practices across Mexico, Peru, and the U.S. Current book projects include a testimonio collection by Indigenous interpreters and a localization study for legal systems involving digital glossaries in eight Indigenous languages. Publication Trends : Rivera’s work emphasizes social justice in technical communication, focusing on linguistic equity , decolonial design , and Indigenous knowledge systems . Her articles address AI ethics , community-led UX , and feminist methodologies in crisis-driven communication programs. Scientific Awards : 2025 ATTW Best Article Award 2025 CCCC Technical Communication Award 2024 IEEE James M. Lufkin Award 2023 STC Frank R. Smith Award 2022 NEH Summer Fellowship 2020 CPTSC Antiracist Grant Labs & Teams : Rivera contributes to the UX Lab at Texas Tech, integrating community-based learning and digital tools to address language marginalization. Her research collaborates with Indigenous language speakers and transnational teams to prototype digital legal resources.

• Nursing
• Health Service Management
• Telehealth
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Professor Sharon Brownie at Charles Sturt University specializes in Nursing & Health Service Management , focusing on telehealth , interprofessional education , and chronic disease management . Her work bridges digital health innovations with cultural competency in diverse settings. Education: PhD in Health Service Management and Nursing (2021) Her research explores AI integration in nursing education (via ChatGPT studies), equity in tertiary healthcare training , and student-led community health initiatives . Recent publications examine virtual assessment guidelines and indigenous diabetes care . Key collaborations span Australia and New Zealand, with a focus on regional healthcare delivery and post-pandemic telehealth models . She investigates interprofessional competency frameworks and workforce development in low-resource settings. Scientific Contributions: 2025 Journal of Advanced Nursing scoping review on virtual health assessment guidelines 2024 studies on Kenyan women's cancer care experiences and interprofessional assessment tools

• Cognitive Semantics
• Construction Grammar
• Discourse Analysis
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Alexander Ziem is a Professor of German Linguistics and Chair holder at the Institute of German Studies , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, since 2016. His academic career spans institutions such as the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, Universität Basel, and Technische Universität Berlin. Research Focus: Cognitive semantics, construction grammar, FrameNet-Konstruktikon projects, discourse analysis, and socio-cognitive dimensions of language. Projects: Initiator of the long-term ' FrameNet and Constructicon of German ' project; co-editor of Diskursforschung and DiskursNetz handbooks. His recent publications emphasize constructional meanings, semantic frames, and multilingual frameworks. He leads the German Constructicon project and collaborates on digital humanities tools like SimilarCxns and FrameMap3D. Scientific Awards: Preis für Geisteswissenschaften , Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (2011). Research Fellow, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley (2013–2014). Ziem’s team at HHU includes 25 members, with 10 research assistants, and he contributes to curriculum development, including the upcoming Digital Cultures degree program. His methodological approach integrates corpus linguistics, frame semantics, and machine learning.

Laura Nadal SanchisView profile

Associate Professor

• Spanish Discourse Markers
• Experimental Linguistics
• Translation Studies
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Laura Nadal Sanchis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies , Ca' Foscari University of Venice . She specializes in Spanish discourse markers , experimental linguistics , and inclusive language studies through cognitive and pragmatic approaches. Linguistics Translation Studies Cognitive Science Language Education Her research focuses on cognitive processing of linguistic elements in Spanish, including anaphoric encapsulation , discourse coherence , and gender-inclusive language effects . She employs experimental methods and eye-tracking technology to analyze these phenomena in L1 and L2 speakers. Current publications highlight her work on discourse markers in Romance languages , cross-linguistic analysis , and educational applications through CLIL methodology and translator training . While specific awards aren't listed, her extensive publication record demonstrates significant contributions to experimental linguistics and discourse analysis .

• Language Education
• Spanish Language Teaching
• Educational Materials Development
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Eeva Hämäläinen serves as a Lecturer at Aalto University, affiliated with the Joint Learning research group (identifier U410). Her contact details include email eeva.hamalainen@aalto.fi and phone +358504348127. Her research specialization focuses on: Language Education frameworks Spanish language pedagogy Educational materials development Curriculum design for language acquisition Between 2015-2018, she co-authored the Ventana series of publications which demonstrate consistent methodological approaches to Spanish language instruction. These works reveal progressive development in educational resource design, incorporating structured learning pathways and multilingual teaching strategies across all publication volumes. She actively contributes to the Joint Learning research ecosystem at Aalto University, which emphasizes collaborative educational innovation and interdisciplinary teaching methodologies.

Leslie M BabinskiView profile

Research Professor

• Education Policy
• Child Development
• Teacher Professional Development
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Leslie M Babinski is a Research Professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. She directs the Duke School Research Partnership and holds an affiliate position at Duke's Center for Child and Family Policy. Education: Ph.D. in Education, University of California, Berkeley (1993) M.A. in Education, University of California, Berkeley (1988) B.S. in Psychology, University of Scranton (1985) Her research focuses on teacher professional development for English learners, collaboration between ESL and classroom teachers, cultural wealth frameworks, and self-regulation interventions in middle schools. She has led multiple IES-funded studies including the Targeted Reading Intervention and Promoting Self-Regulation projects. Recent publications examine multilingual education strategies, ADHD developmental trajectories, and health curriculum impacts. Her work combines educational policy, neuroscience applications, and public health approaches to improve student outcomes. Key Grants: Efficacy of the DCCS Program (2018-2025) Promoting Self-Regulation (2017-2020) Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum (2012-2016)

Bogumiła HnatkowskaView profile

Assistant Professor

• Software Engineering
• Analysis and Design of Information Systems
• Software Development Methodologies
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Dr. Bogumiła Hnatkowska serves as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Informatics within the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Her academic career spans software engineering research and education with emphasis on model-driven approaches and quality assurance methodologies. Her research interests include: Software Engineering Analysis and Design of Information Systems Software Development Methodologies Model-Based Software Development Domain-Specific Languages Software Quality Recent publications (2021-2025) reveal concentrated research in model-driven engineering, business rules processing, and ontology integration. Key trends involve textual specification languages for use-cases, automated test generation mechanisms, and formal transformations for ontologies – demonstrating consistent application of theoretical rigor to practical software development challenges across agile and model-based contexts. Scientific Awards: No scientific awards were mentioned in the provided text Dr. Hnatkowska has served as principal investigator for multiple State Committee for Scientific Research grants including UML extensions for multimedia systems (2000), real-time systems analysis (2005), and model-driven database design (2008). Her teaching portfolio includes Software Engineering, Software System Development, and Advanced Programming Techniques courses where she supervises team projects providing students with hands-on development experience. She actively participates in partner programs including Visual Paradigm's Academic Training Partner Program (providing UML/BPMN/agile tools) and IBM Academic Initiative, supporting her research in software engineering methodologies and educational tool development.

Eneko AgirreView profile

Professor

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Language Technology
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Eneko Agirre is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, where he serves as the director of the HiTZ Centre on Language Technology. He is an active member of the Ixa Research Group and has established himself as a leading figure in Natural Language Processing, particularly in multilingual and low-resource language settings. His work bridges theoretical advances with practical applications for language technology. Agirre received his PhD from the University of the Basque Country in 1999 with a thesis on conceptual relationships and ontologies, supervised by Dr. Kepa Sarasola Gabiola and Dr. Arantza Díaz de Ilarraza Sánchez. His academic journey has been marked by significant contributions to computational linguistics and language technology. His research primarily focuses on Natural Language Processing challenges, with special emphasis on Word Sense Disambiguation, cross-lingual transfer learning, dialogue systems, and Large Language Models for low-resource languages. He has pioneered work on Basque language technology and has consistently addressed the challenges of multilingual AI systems, particularly examining how language models perform across different linguistic contexts and cultural settings. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trajectory toward advancing Large Language Models for low-resource languages, with particular attention to Basque. His work spans vision-language models, information extraction techniques, and rigorous evaluation methodologies for NLP systems. A recurring theme is the exploration of how language models handle low-resource languages compared to high-resource ones, with groundbreaking findings about cultural knowledge transfer between languages. Fellow of the ACL (2021), one of only 74 research leaders worldwide National Research Prize on Informatics (2021) Best resource paper award at ACL 2024 Honourable mention paper award (top 1%) at EMNLP (2020) Outstanding Paper award (top 2%) at COLING (2020) Recipient of three Google Faculty Research Awards (2017, 2018, 2019) Agirre has supervised over 25 PhD students, many of whom have received prestigious awards including the EurAI Artificial Intelligence PhD Dissertation Award. His research has been supported by numerous European projects including LIHLITH (2018-2020) on lifelong learning for dialogue systems, and he has served as principal investigator for multiple CHIST-ERA and FP7 projects. His work with Google includes collaborative projects on entity dictionaries and conversational question answering systems. As director of the HiTZ Centre on Language Technology and member of the Ixa Research Group, Agirre leads a vibrant team focused on advancing language technology for Basque and other under-resourced languages. The center has developed significant resources including Latxa, an open language model for Basque, and has established itself as a hub for multilingual NLP research. His group actively collaborates with international institutions including Stanford, NYU, and various European universities, fostering a global network for language technology research.