Sol Rojas-Lizana is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on Discourse Analysis , Trauma and Memory Studies , Perceived Discrimination , Decolonial Thought , and Critical Translation Studies . With over 50 publications including four books, five translations, and 34 journal articles, she examines discrimination from the victim's perspective using qualitative methods. Education: PhD (UQ), MA (UQ), BA (Hons) (Cape Town), BA (Cape Town) Her recent work includes analyzing postmemory in Chilean grandparent letters (2025), epistemological failures in decolonial translation (2024), and memory discourses in traveling Chilean exhibits (2024). She supervises projects on neurodivergent education, transgenerational trauma, and decolonial legal frameworks. Key collaborations include co-authoring the graphic novel Historias Clandestinas (2014, 2023 film adaptation), and editing Places of Traumatic Memory: A Global Context (2020). Her teaching spans language, literature, and cultural studies courses.
Hyun-Sook Kang is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with multiple affiliations across the institution. She holds appointments in the College of Education's Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, as well as the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, and the Center for Global Studies. Dr. Kang earned her Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education in 2007. Prior to her current position, she served on the faculty in the Linguistics Department at the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Kang's research focuses on language practice and ideology in relation to global mobility, including immigration and study abroad. Her work examines student agency, belief, and identity in educational contexts with implications for teacher development and internationalization of education. She is particularly interested in ontological, epistemological, and methodological considerations in educational research. Her scholarship bridges linguistic theory with practical applications in diverse educational settings. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on international education, language teaching, and the impact of technology on learning. The research spans study abroad experiences, online language education, teacher development, and equity considerations in global contexts. Her work often employs mixed-methods approaches and focuses on Korean and East Asian language learners in international settings. Dr. Kang serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education and sits on the editorial boards of several academic journals including the European Journal of Education, Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Language and Assessment, and Language-Related Research. As an educator, Dr. Kang teaches courses related to global education, education and globalization, learning technologies, and instructional design. She has contributed significantly to the field through her editorial work, research publications, and service on professional committees including the American Association for Applied Linguistics and the Comparative and International Education Society.
Prof. Dr. Judit Árokay is a W3 Professor at the Institute for Japanese Studies of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg. She earned her doctorate at the University of Hamburg in 1998 with a thesis on classical Japanese women's poetry, later completing her habilitation at Freie Universität Berlin in 2007. Her academic journey includes research assistant roles at the University of Hamburg (1998–2004) and Freie Universität Berlin (2004–2007). Education: Master's in German and English at Eötvös Loránd University (1990), studied Japanese and Sinology at University of Hamburg (until 1994) Research Focus: Classical and Medieval Japanese Literature, Poetology, Cultural Semiotics, Intertextuality Árokay's research explores how poetic devices and intertextual references shaped Japanese literature, especially in the Edo and Heian periods. She emphasizes gender dynamics and linguistic evolution in cultural contexts. Her Digital Literary Map of Japan project (since 2016) catalogs utamakura (poetic spots) to preserve intertextual literary geography. This bilingual (Japanese-English) web application, supported by institutions in Japan and Germany, enables scholarly access to Japan's literary heritage. Árokay's editorial work includes co-founding the journal Bunron (Text and Theory) in 2014, focusing on multilingual literary studies. Her publications span monographs on poetic renewal, translations of classical texts, and analyses of gender and cultural theory in Japanese literature.
Marie Tahon is a Professor at Le Mans University and Director of the LST (Langage, Signal et Texte) team at LIUM (Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Université du Maine). Her research spans expressive speech processing with applications in speech synthesis, emotion recognition, and speaker identification, complemented by expertise in musical acoustics for automatic song analysis and organology. Education : Engineering degree from École Centrale de Lyon (2007), M.S. in Acoustics from École Centrale & INSA Lyon (2007), and Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Paris-Sud (Orsay, 2012). Postdoctoral positions at LIMSI-CNRS (affective computing), LMSSC CNAM (acoustics), and IRISA (Expression team). Research Focus : Tahon's work centers on developing interpretable systems for expressive speech processing. Key contributions include the ALLIES corpus for speech segmentation/diarization and AlloSat for call-center emotion analysis. Her recent publications demonstrate strong emphasis on low-resource speech translation (e.g., Kurdish), speaker verification after resynthesis, and turn-taking analysis in French media using explainable AI techniques. She integrates acoustic and linguistic features for continuous emotion prediction and develops noise-robust models for digital holography. Collaborations & Infrastructure : Leads the COMMUTE and ESPERANTO projects while directing LIUM's LST team. Her work leverages specialized resources like the ALLIES corpus (segmentation, diarization, recognition) and AlloSat (satisfaction/frustration analysis). Current efforts focus on lifelong learning for MOS prediction, multilingual speech translation, and perceptual evaluation of turn-taking phenomena in broadcast media.
Britt Dahlman is an Associate Professor in Classical Greek at the Center for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR), Faculty of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. She specializes in the study and editing of ancient and medieval Greek texts, particularly monastic literature such as the Apophthegmata Patrum and hippiatric texts. Her research interests include: Digital editing and encoding of manuscripts Textual fluidity and redactional changes Translation issues in multilingual traditions Authorship questions in ancient texts Language analysis in historical contexts Monastic literature and early Christian studies Dr. Dahlman's scholarly output demonstrates a consistent focus on patristic literature, monastic texts, and digital humanities approaches. Her work bridges traditional philological methods with innovative digital tools for manuscript analysis and database creation, showing particular expertise in textual fluidity and multilingual textual traditions. Scientific recognition: The Harry Karlsson Prize for Research in the Humanities (2008) Dr. Dahlman has secured significant research funding from multiple prestigious sources including the Swedish Research Council, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, and Crafoord Foundation. She currently leads three major research projects: 'Metaphrasis and Gender,' 'Authority, Community and Individual Freedom,' and 'Knowledge, Magic and Horse Medicine in Late Antiquity.' She is actively involved with several research teams and digital initiatives, most notably as co-editor of four important databases: APDB (Apophthegmata Patrum DataBase), Monastica, HIPPO (with its digital platform Hippiatrica), and HAMEN (Hagiography and Menologia Database).
Hanna Hallgren is an Associate Professor in Gender Studies at Linnaeus University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Film and Literature, where she has been employed since 2013. She also works as a 50% professor in creative writing. Her academic journey began with a PhD from Tema Genus at Linköping University in 2008, where her dissertation focused on lesbian feminism and activism during the 1970s and 1980s in Sweden. Prior to her position at Linnaeus, she served as a Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at Södertörn University College from 2009 to 2013. Between 2016 and 2018, she worked as a professor in literary design at the University of Gothenburg. Her research interests span multiple interconnected fields including gender studies, lesbian feminism, queer theory, creative writing methodology, and the intersection of academic and poetic expression. Hallgren has developed a distinctive interdisciplinary approach that bridges literary studies with gender theory, particularly through her exploration of writing as a research method. Her work often examines how poetic and narrative forms can challenge conventional academic discourse while advancing feminist and queer perspectives. The analysis of Hallgren's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the interplay between creative expression and academic inquiry, with particular attention to lesbian feminist history, queer theory, and innovative writing methodologies. Her work demonstrates how literary forms can serve as vehicles for theoretical exploration, particularly in examining gender identity, feminist movements, and the possibilities of reflexive academic writing. Her publications show a progression from historical analysis of feminist movements toward developing methodological frameworks that integrate creative and scholarly practices. Hallgren has received recognition through her appointment to the Swedish Research Council's Committee for Artistic Research from 2016 to 2021, highlighting her contributions to the field of artistic research. Her work has been supported by research funding, including a project on writing methodology funded by the Swedish Research Council (Artistic Research). As an educator, Hallgren teaches at all academic levels and has supervised doctoral students in artistic research. She has also served as a supervisor for PhD students at the School of Dance and Circus in Stockholm and Aalto University in Helsinki. Her pedagogical approach appears to integrate her dual expertise in gender studies and creative writing, emphasizing the value of interdisciplinary methods in academic and artistic development. Hallgren maintains an active presence in both academic and literary communities, with publications spanning scholarly journals, poetry collections, and literary criticism. Her work demonstrates a commitment to pushing disciplinary boundaries while maintaining rigorous scholarly and artistic standards.
Anna M. Nogar is Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico. She serves as Associate Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Units in the College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Nuevomexicano cultural memory, colonial Mexican literature, and oral history methodologies. Her research bridges academic and community engagement through the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute and Latin American and Iberian Institute . Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin (2008) MA, University of Texas at Austin (2004) BS, University of New Mexico (2000) Nogar's scholarly output focuses on three key areas: (1) literary recovery of marginalized voices in the Hispanic Southwest, exemplified by her prizewinning edition of Felipe M. Chacón's bilingual poetry collection; (2) transatlantic studies of colonial Mexican religious writing, highlighted by her award-winning monograph on Sor María de Ágreda; and (3) archival and pedagogical innovation in Mexican and Borderlands literatures. Her Google Scholar profile reveals a sustained engagement with interdisciplinary methodologies across 18 publications since 2004. Key Research Trends: Her work examines mystical female figures like Sor María de Ágreda, early Mexican American literary production, and collective memory formation in the American Southwest. She systematically employs archival research, oral history, and postcolonial theory to reframe historical narratives. Scientific Awards: 2020 International Latino Book Award (History & Religious categories) 2022 International Latino Book Award Bronze Medal for Translation 2017 Southwest Book Award & 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Juvenile Book Award ALA Outstanding Academic Title (2017) for A History of Mexican Literature Contact: anogar@unm.edu | Office: Ortega Hall 415 | Phone: 505-277-5907
Dr. Jenni Ramone is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Nottingham Trent University's School of Social Sciences, where she directs the Postcolonial and Global Studies Research Group. She specializes in postcolonial literatures, translation, and interdisciplinary studies bridging art, architecture, and cultural theory. Her research employs spatial, materialist, and gender-based frameworks to analyze global literary marketplaces and resistance narratives. Ramone's research examines postcolonial identity, gender politics, and cultural memory, with current projects focusing on representations of breastfeeding in art/literature. Her work emphasizes localized interpretations of global texts, challenging homogenizing narratives through methodologies from trauma studies, cartography, and performance theory. Her publications consistently engage with themes of diaspora, spatial justice, and decolonization. Recent works (2023-2025) highlight Black British identity, Muslim women's resistance, and gender fluidity, while earlier scholarship explores Cuban revolutionary aesthetics, Nigerian publishing, and digital adaptations of canonical texts. She supervises doctoral candidates researching decolonial urban theory, Partition literature, and British Muslim writing, and leads public engagement initiatives like the Formations program with Bonington Art Gallery, centering Black/Asian artists. As Editor of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and BBC Radio contributor, she amplifies marginalized voices in academia and media.
Kasper Hornbæk is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, specializing in Human-Centred Computing. He conducts research in human-computer interaction (HCI), usability, eye tracking, visualization, and software engineering. Primary Fields: Human-Computer Interaction, Usability Research, Eye Tracking, Visualization, Software Engineering Recent Collaborations: International (country/territory-level) partnerships in HCI and AI Research Outputs: 228 publications focusing on multimodal interaction, VR, and causal modeling His work explores audio-tactile integration, theoretical frameworks in HCI, and principles for user interface design through empirical studies and meta-analyses. Recent projects include heartbeat resonance interfaces and critiques of experimental methodology. Contact: kash@di.ku.dk | Research Website
Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, specializing in Arabic linguistics and phraseology. Her work explores idioms, figurative language, and metaphorical frameworks across political, literary, and educational contexts, with a focus on Modern Standard Arabic and its socio-cultural dimensions. Her research spans metaphor analysis in crisis communication (e.g., Oman's COVID-19 discourse), political rhetoric, and literary texts like Hanan al-Shaykh's novels. She investigates ʾiḍāfah constructions, body-part idioms, and pedagogical strategies for teaching multi-word expressions, contributing to lexicography and media studies. Torlakova’s publications highlight trends in Arabic phraseology, including the persistence of historical idioms in contemporary media and metaphorical framing in political and health-related discourses. Her academic lectures address topics such as curriculum design for Arabic programs and the intersection of language and cultural identity.
Nigel John Musk is an Assistant Professor at Linköping University, working within the Department of Culture and Society and specifically in the Department for Language, Culture and Interaction. His academic work focuses on language education, multilingualism, and linguistic practices in social contexts. His research examines how individuals learn languages and use them in social contexts, considering how language intertwines with other resources such as movement, gaze, and object use. He approaches these topics through conversation and interaction analysis, with particular focus on educational contexts. Musk leads the research project "Revisions in digital collaborative writing," funded by the Swedish Research Council's Education Science Committee (2018-2020), which examines how upper secondary school students revise texts when writing collaboratively in English using digital tools. His research contributes to the field by conducting basic research on collaborative writing, developing refined methods to understand writing processes, and providing pedagogical recommendations. His publications from 2021-2024 focus on translation tools in language learning, collaborative writing strategies, and conversation analysis methodologies, appearing in journals like Linguistics and Education and Classroom Discourse. Musk has previously participated in the LINT research project (2008-2012) on learning and memory, and his doctoral thesis focused on bilingualism among young people in Welsh bilingual education settings. He teaches courses on interaction in language classrooms, varieties of English worldwide, and English language history. He has course responsibility for English 3 and the English Master's Year, and coordinates degree theses in English. He is affiliated with research environments including the Conversation and Interaction Seminar and the Language and Culture research environment.
Julia Gutterman serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of German Studies at the University of Virginia, specializing in German literary traditions from the 18th century to contemporary works with interdisciplinary connections to disability and multilingual studies. Her academic credentials include: PhD from Yale University MA from the University of Amsterdam BA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Gutterman's research critically examines intersections of language, identity, and historical trauma in German literature. Her work spans 18th-20th Century German and Comparative Literature, Contemporary German Literature, Disability Studies, Literary Multilingualism, and German-Jewish Literature, with particular focus on marginalized voices and linguistic hybridity. This multifaceted approach reveals how literary forms negotiate cultural memory and embodied experience across historical periods. Her 2023 publication in German Quarterly exemplifies her methodological approach, analyzing Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's poetry through frameworks of authorship erasure and memory studies. This work reflects broader scholarly trends in re-examining canonical German literature through disability and multilingual lenses, while connecting 19th-century textual practices to contemporary questions of representation. Dr. Gutterman actively contributes to academic discourse through teaching diverse courses including New Voices in German, Black German Literatures, and German Jewish Culture and History, alongside significant translation work of Gertrud Kolmar's poetry that bridges historical and contemporary German literary traditions.
Jason Braasch serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences at Georgia State University's College of Education and Human Development. He maintains an active affiliation with the university's Adult Literacy Research Center, contributing to interdisciplinary initiatives focused on literacy development. His academic preparation includes: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago (2009) M.A. in Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago (2006) B.A. in Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2001) Dr. Braasch's research program centers on critical thinking processes during internet-based reading, with particular emphasis on source evaluation mechanisms and individual differences in learning. His work investigates how readers assess content credibility, navigate conflicting information, and develop strategies for discerning trustworthy sources. This research has direct implications for educational interventions aimed at improving digital literacy across diverse learner populations. Analysis of his recent publications (2021-2025) reveals consistent focus on multiple source comprehension, particularly regarding health-related controversies (e.g., vaccination debates), belief-driven processing biases, and contextual factors affecting conflict detection. His scholarship demonstrates increasing integration of epistemic cognition frameworks with practical classroom applications, showing how intellectual humility and mindset theories influence information processing. Dr. Braasch has secured external research funding from prominent organizations including the Spencer Foundation and Facebook, supporting his investigations into internet literacy and critical reading development. As an active researcher within the Adult Literacy Research Center, he contributes to advancing evidence-based practices for literacy instruction while mentoring graduate students in learning sciences methodology and research design.
Jing Fang is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. She is a NAATI (National Accreditation Authority of Translators and Interpreters) certified translator and interpreter between English and Chinese, serving as a panel interpreter/translator for Multicultural NSW. She is also a NAATI examiner with active involvement in NAATI's examination development and assessment, and serves on the NAATI Regional Advisory Committee in NSW as a representative of the higher education sector. Her research interests focus on translation and interpreting studies, with expertise in several specialized areas: Systemic functional linguistics applied to translation research Text analysis for translation and interpreting studies Process-based translation and interpreting research Translation studies using functional linguistics and eye-tracking methodologies Corpus-based translation studies Sight translation research between Chinese and English Studies of remote interpreting Medical translation, particularly Traditional Chinese Medicine texts Jing Fang's recent publications demonstrate a strong trajectory in analyzing directionality in interpreting, sight translation between Chinese and English, and the role of domain expertise in medical translation. Her work combines theoretical frameworks from systemic functional linguistics with empirical methodologies including eye-tracking technology. She has increasingly focused on the cognitive and textual aspects of translation processes, particularly examining how expertise affects translation quality and texture. Her notable scientific achievement includes the FMHHS Education Excellence Award (2025), recognizing her contributions to teaching and student experience. Jing Fang is actively involved in supervising HDR students, with both current and past supervisees working on diverse topics related to translation studies. She is recruiting new PhD candidates for 2025 in her areas of research expertise. Additionally, she is a member of the Multilingualism Research Centre at Macquarie University and maintains external positions with NAATI as both an examiner and Regional Advisory Committee Member.
Anthony Cordingley is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and Maître de conférences (Associate Professor) at Université Paris 8 – Vincennes-Saint-Denis , where he teaches literature, literary translation, and media studies. He is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Translation Studies (CETRA) at KU Leuven, focusing on genetic translation studies and translator archives. His academic career spans institutions in Australia, France, and Belgium, with affiliations to the Transcrit Laboratory and the Équipe Multilinguisme, Traduction, Création at ITEM (Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes). Education: BA (Sydney), MA (Paris 8), PhD (Sydney) Current Projects: Developing a genetics of translation methodology; second monograph on Beckett and education Associations: International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Australasian Modernist Studies Network, Société d'Études Modernistes His research intersects modernist and contemporary literature , translation studies , and philosophy , with a focus on genetic criticism , self-translation , and translators' archives . He examines how authorship evolves in translation configurations and contributes to the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project . His 15 most recent publications explore genetic translation studies , collaborative translation , and Beckett's philosophical imagination , spanning disciplines like digital humanities and postcolonial theory . Scientific Awards: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (2020–2022) Robinson Fellowship (2019) Australian Research Council DECRA (2015) French National Research Agency Labex Grants (2012, 2010) His grants include the EU Marie Curie Individual Fellowship and University of Sydney Open Access Publishing Fund . He collaborates with teams at Transcrit Laboratory and ITEM , and his full description details his transdisciplinary work, teaching roles, and editorial contributions.
