Anne Catherine Gieshoff

Anne Catherine Gieshoff is a Researcher at the ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics, affiliated with the Institute of Multilingual Communication. Her work focuses on cognitive aspects of interpreting, technology integration in language professions, and multilingual healthcare communication. She holds a Ph.D. from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2018) and has extensive professional experience in translation and cross-border project management.

Education includes a Ph.D. in Interpreting Studies (2018), M.A. in Conference Interpreting (2013-2018), and studies in multilingual communication at institutions across Europe. Her research explores cognitive load in interpreting, augmented reality applications, and ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) dynamics in professional settings.

Recent publications address topics like augmented reality usability for interpreters, cognitive load measurement frameworks, and machine translation in healthcare. She leads projects such as 'Use of machine translation apps in clinical contexts' and 'Assessment of multimodal interpreting technologies'.

• Key Projects: DigiLinguo (language barriers in public institutions), AR interpreter usability studies, and ELF density analysis
• Teaching: Courses on descriptive statistics, multilingualism in professional contexts, and communication science in virtual spaces
• Labs/Teams: Member of TREC (Translation, Research, Empiricism and Cognition) and IATIS (International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies)