Kevin B. McGowan is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, affiliated with the UK Phonetics Lab and the Lewis Honors College. His research focuses on phonetics, speech perception, sociophonetics, and sound change, with a particular interest in how linguistic variation intersects with social and cognitive factors. He co-authored the third edition of English with an Accent , a seminal work on linguistic discrimination and sociolinguistic awareness. His work bridges experimental phonetics with sociolinguistic theory, emphasizing the role of listener expectations and language ideology in shaping perception. McGowan's contributions include studies on coarticulation timing, non-native speech perception, and the impact of socioindexical cues in noisy environments. He actively promotes open-access methodologies, as seen in projects like Wildcat Voices . His research highlights the interplay between linguistic structure and social meaning, advancing both theoretical and applied linguistics.
José A. Camacho is a Professor and Director of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on syntax, bilingualism, and language contact phenomena, with particular attention to Spanish and indigenous languages like Shipibo. He has authored influential textbooks such as Introducción a la sintaxis del español (2018) and edited volumes like Exploring Interfaces (2019). His work bridges formal syntax with sociolinguistic concerns, examining heritage speaker grammars, null subject parameters, and morphosyntactic variation. Notable projects include studies on gender agreement in Shipibo-Spanish contact zones and adverb placement in heritage Spanish. Camacho has collaborated extensively with researchers on indigenous language maintenance in urban settings, as seen in Linguistic attitudes towards Shipibo in Cantagallo (2018). Publications span over three decades, with key contributions to syntactic theory (e.g., revisiting the null subject parameter) and bilingualism studies. His recent work explores paradigmatic uniformity in heritage grammars and the Big DP hypothesis in contact languages. Camacho serves as an editorial board member for major linguistics journals and has organized international workshops on bilingual morphology.
Evangelia Adamou is a Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a member of the Academy of Europe. Her research focuses on language contact, bilingualism, and endangered languages, employing experimental and corpus-based methods. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Balkans and Mexico, particularly on Romani and Indigenous languages. Education: MA, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1997) PhD, University of Paris 5 (2001) Habilitation, INALCO, Paris (2012) Research Interests: Adamou's work bridges sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics, examining phenomena such as nominal tense in Slavic dialects, contact-induced syntactic change in Romani, and spatial cognition among bilingual communities. She advocates for open science, co-developing the Pangloss Collection and CorTypo databases to document underdescribed languages. Grants & Projects: ANR-RSF 'Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area' (2022-2025) Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 'Romani Language Repertoires' (2019-2026) French-German EuroSlav2010 database (2010-2012) Advising & Editorial Roles: Adamou has supervised numerous PhD students (e.g., Cristian Padure, Erendira Calderon) and served as Associate Editor of Language (2022-2024). She co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Language Contact and contributes to journals like Glossa Contact . Labs & Collaborations: Her work integrates fieldwork with experimental methods, collaborating on projects like the NSF-funded 'Community-based Documentation of Lesser-studied Language Varieties' in Mexico and Chile.
Dr. Rūta Kazlauskaitė is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Regional Development of Šiauliai Academy (Vilnius University). She holds a PhD in Philology (Vilnius University, 2002) and has served in academic roles since 1994, including positions at Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute, Šiauliai University, and currently the Šiauliai Academy. Her research focuses on Lithuanian dialectology, phonetics, accentology, psycholinguistics, and language pedagogy. She has authored numerous publications, including works on dialect texts, language standardization, and poetic imagery. Recognized with the Young Scientists’ Thesis Laureate Diploma (2003), she actively contributes to the State Lithuanian Language Commission and language preservation initiatives. She also teaches at Šiauliai “Santarvė” Gymnasium.
Kevin Brown is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University with joint appointments in the College of Pharmacy (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) and College of Engineering (Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering). As a complex systems scientist, his research examines biological networks using methodologies from machine learning, dynamical systems, and network theory. Education: B.S. Physics and B.A. Mathematics, Louisiana State University (1998) Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Cornell University (2003) Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellow, Harvard University (2004-2007) Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Santa Barbara Physics (2007-2012) Research Focus: Dr. Brown investigates complex biological systems including gene/protein networks, neural systems, and cognitive processes. His pioneering 'Sloppy Models' theory analyzes parameter space geometry in nonlinear models, with applications spanning ecology, neuroscience, and atmospheric science. His work combines data-driven and model-driven approaches through interdisciplinary collaborations. Publication Trends: Recent works demonstrate strong emphasis on network science applications across biological and cognitive systems, including microbiome-host interactions, semantic network analysis, computational linguistics, and multi-omics integration. Publications frequently intersect machine learning, systems biology, and cognitive modeling. Awards: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship (2004-2007) Laboratory: Leads the Brown Lab at OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy focusing on complex systems research in systems biomedicine and cognitive science.
Dr. Sheila Embleton is a Distinguished Research Professor in Linguistics at York University with joint appointments in mathematics and linguistics. She served as Vice-President Academic & Provost at York University (2000-2009) and interim President of Laurentian University (2023). Her research spans historical linguistics, mathematical methods in linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, and onomastics, with notable publications including Statistics in Historical Linguistics . Her work has been supported by SSHRC grants, focusing on dialectometry applications. Dr. Embleton holds degrees from the University of Toronto: PhD in Linguistics, MSc in Mathematics & Statistics, and BSc in Mathematics & Linguistics. She received additional certifications from European institutions in French, German, and Finnish linguistics. Research Interests: Mathematical linguistics, dialectometry (British, Finnish, Romanian), onomastics (personal/place names), Finnish literature, women and language, international education policy, and Canada-India academic relations. Her work integrates quantitative methods with sociolinguistic analysis. Awards & Honors: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland Internationalization Leadership Award (CBIE) York University's Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization Fellow of the Bahamas Historical Society Continuing Senior Fellow, Massey College Professional Leadership: Former Secretary of the Royal Society of Canada (2015-2021), President of its Academy of Arts and Humanities, editorial board member for Diachronica and Word , and Chair of the Ontario Geographical Names Board. Significant contributions to international education include leading York's India Strategy and developing the Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa exchange program.
Josep Quer is an ICREA Research Professor at the Department of Translation and Language Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, leading the LSCLab. He holds a PhD from Utrecht University and has held roles such as Full Professor at the University of Amsterdam and Researcher at the University of Barcelona. His work focuses on theoretical linguistics, particularly sign languages, Romance languages, and Greek. Education: PhD in Linguistics, Utrecht University (1998) Master in Grammatical Theory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1993) Classics (Greek) Degree, University of Barcelona (1988) Research Interests: Sign language syntax/semantics Romance languages Greek linguistics Modality effects in language Grammar writing standards for sign languages Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Language , Lingua , and Sign Language & Linguistics . Recent work emphasizes methodological advancements in sign language research and cross-modal comparisons. Awards: Catalan Academy membership (2021), NIAS Fellowships (2021-2024), and APANSCE Prize (2006). Grants & Leadership: Coordinated EU H2020 project SIGN-HUB (2016–2020). Led development of Gramàtica bàsica de la llengua de signes catalana (2005) with GRIN research group. Served as journal co-editor and network chair for COST Action IS1006. Labs/Teams: Directs LSCLab and manages LSC corpus/lexicon projects under Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Andrej A. Kibrik is Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of Lomonosov Moscow State University’s Philological Faculty, and concurrently serves as Director of the Institute of Linguistics and Head of the Department of Typology and Areal Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. A Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and member of Academia Europaea , he has held visiting appointments at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Oregon, University of Arizona, and UC Santa Barbara. Education 1979–1984: M.A. in Linguistics, Moscow State University, Philological Faculty 1984–1988: Ph.D. (Candidate of Science), Institute of Linguistics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR 2003: Doctor of Science dissertation, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences Research Interests His work integrates linguistic diversity , field linguistics , and language & cognition through a functional-typological lens. Core themes include discourse structure , multimodality (prosody, gesture, sign language), corpus linguistics , and computational modeling . Empirically, he focuses on Athabaskan languages (especially Upper Kuskokwim), Caucasian , Turkic , West African , and Russian sign language , producing comprehensive grammatical descriptions and developing theoretical frameworks for non-discrete cognitive structures. Publications Trend Recent monographs and edited volumes (2009–2017) cluster around discourse analysis , corpus construction , and language documentation , with notable works on Ninilchik Russian and spoken-Russian corpora, reflecting an enduring commitment to combining empirical richness with cognitive-theoretical depth. Scientific Awards & Honors Russian Science Support Foundation Award (2008–2010) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Scholarships (2000, 2006) Fulbright Scholarships (1995, 1996–1997) President’s Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scholars (1994) IREX Scholarships (1991, 1991–1992) Advising, Grants & Leadership He has supervised numerous MA and PhD students, including Ekaterina Èl’bert and Natalia Molchanova, whose diploma theses advanced his multimodal discourse experiments. Since 2011 he coordinates linguistics projects for the Russian Foundation for Basic Research . He served as President of the Interregional Association for Cognitive Studies (2012–2014) and is Editor-in-Chief of the longitudinal Encyclopedia “Languages of the World” . Laboratories & Teams At Moscow State University he heads the Center for Cognitive Studies within the Philological Faculty, fostering interdisciplinary research combining linguistics, psychology, and computational modeling.
Michał Németh is a Full Professor and Head of the Research Centre for Language Documentation at the Institute of Linguistics, Translation Studies, and Hungarian Philology at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His academic career includes roles as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018) and positions at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He holds a habilitation (2020) and PhD (2011) in Linguistics. His research focuses on historical linguistics, specializing in Turkic languages (particularly Karaim), Hungarian etymology, and Slavic language influences. Key projects include the ERC-funded '(Re)constructing a Bible' initiative, which digitizes and analyzes Karaim Biblical manuscripts. He leads critical editions of Karaim texts and explores language contact phenomena in Eastern Europe. Notable achievements include ERC Starting Grant (2018), Humboldt Fellowships, and Rector Awards for scientific contributions. His work bridges philology, codicology, and digital humanities, creating semantic web platforms for linguistic data. He investigates Karaim dialect diversification, Slavic-Turkic loanword dynamics, and the sociohistorical context of minority languages. Research interests span Turkic historical phonology, etymology of Hungarian words, and documentation of endangered languages. He collaborates internationally on Karaim language preservation and has published extensively on linguistic methodology and manuscript analysis.
Dr. Stephen Lucek is an Assistant Professor in Linguistics at University College Dublin, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. He holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin and a Professional Certificate in University Teaching & Learning from UCD. His research focuses on linguistic variation and multilingualism in Ireland, particularly in educational contexts. PhD in Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin Professional Certificate in University Teaching & Learning, University College Dublin Stephen's research interests include sociolinguistics, Irish English, multilingualism, register variation, polydialectalism, and language ideologies. He employs cognitive and perceptual approaches, especially Conceptual Metaphor Theory and perceptual dialectology, to study how language reflects identity and social structure. His work often examines the impact of standard language ideology and accent discrimination in Irish secondary schools. The recent publications reflect a strong trend in raciolinguistics, language policy, and cognitive linguistics. His work analyzes public discourse on Twitter, media representations of Irish dialects, and presidential rhetoric, showing a broad methodological range from corpus analysis to qualitative interviews. Stephen has been a co-editor of Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics , contributing to the advancement of applied linguistics in Ireland. He has secured competitive research grants, including from the Irish Research Council, to study adolescents' language use and discrimination in schools. He actively supervises MA and PhD students and teaches modules such as Multilingualism, World Englishes, and Research Skills. He also coordinates several key courses and has been involved in public engagement through media appearances on topics like accentism, AI in grading, and language change among youth. Stephen has been involved in significant interdisciplinary collaborations, including with Vicky Garnett on dialect mapping and Garrett Phelan on the Free Thought FM art project, which explored class inequality and access to education in Dublin.
Jeff Tennant is an Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies at Western University, specializing in phonetics and sociolinguistics. He leads a SSHRC-funded project on Language Contact and Prosodic Variation in Ontario French. He has held key roles in academic governance, including Chair of the OCUFA Collective Bargaining Committee and Chief Negotiator for UWOFA during three contract negotiations. His accolades include the Profesor Invitado title from the University of Holguín, Cuba, Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques from France, and the CAUT Distinguished Service Award. He currently oversees the 2020 Congress theme addressing colonialism and anti-Black racism. Educated at the University of Toronto (Ph.D., 1995), Tennant’s research focuses on prosodic systems, sociolinguistic variation in French-speaking communities, and language contact phenomena. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied sociolinguistics, examining how regional, social, and historical factors shape speech patterns. His recent publications explore prosodic rhythm in Franco-Ontarian speech, interphonology in English corpora, and second dialect acquisition in Colombian Spanish. These studies highlight his interdisciplinary approach, integrating quantitative phonetic analysis with sociolinguistic theory. Awards: Profesor Invitado (2023), Palmes Académiques (2020), CAUT Award (2018) Grants: SSHRC funding for Ontario French prosody research Leadership: Academic Convenor for 2020 Congress, OCUFA negotiations No specific labs or collaborative teams are mentioned, though his work engages international partners like the University of Holguín.
Pedro Joaquin Mogorrón Huerta is a University Professor at the University of Valencia , affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and the Department of Translation and Interpretation . He leads the FRASYTRAM research group , focusing on multilingual phraseology and translation equivalence using textual and electronic databases. His expertise spans contrastive analysis, lexicology, and audiovisual translation. Research highlights include compiling multilingual verbal constructions to address intercultural equivalence, emphasizing diatopy (regional language variation). He has published over 90 articles in journals like Meta and LingVisticae Investigationes , and authored works for publishers such as John Benjamins and Peter Lang. International collaborations: Visiting professorships at Paris 13, Krakow, Évry, and Paris-Diderot universities. Teaching: Audiovisual translation methodologies across 20+ institutions globally. Grants: Principal investigator in projects funded by Spain’s MEC, MICINN, Valencian Government, and international partners. Current activities include directing FRASYTRAM and advancing research on phraseological equivalence in multilingual contexts.
Prof. Mine GÜVEN is a Professor and Department Chair of the Department of English Translation and Interpreting at Dogus University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Boğaziçi University (2004), with prior academic roles at institutions like Beykent University and MEF University. Her research focuses on semantics, language communication, translation pedagogy, and media accessibility. Key contributions include studies on Turkish linguistics, audio description practices in media, and the intersection of music and language. Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, Boğaziçi University (2004) MA in Linguistics, Boğaziçi University (1997) Bachelor's in Translation, Boğaziçi University (1994) Research Interests: Her work explores language structure and communication in diverse contexts, including: Translation methodologies and pedagogy Accessibility in media (audio description, subtitles) Phonological and syntactic aspects of Turkish Language in disaster reporting and media discourse Semiotics of music translation Publications: Recent studies emphasize Turkish linguistics and media accessibility, including analyses of disaster communication, audio description practices, and musical text-setting. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied research in education and technology. Administrative Roles: She has led departments at Dogus University (since 2021) and Beykent University (2011–2017), demonstrating leadership in academic governance and curriculum development.
Marie-Hélène Côté is a Full Professor in the Section of Language and Information Sciences within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), a position she has held since August 2016. She has previously held academic appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000–2001), the University of Ottawa (2001–2013), and Laval University (2013–2016). Her research expertise lies in the phonological structure of language, particularly focusing on French. She employs a multidisciplinary approach that integrates formal linguistic theory, experimental phonetics, and corpus-based analysis. Her work emphasizes linguistic variation across geographical, generational, and stylistic dimensions, with a special focus on Quebec and Canadian French. Marie-Hélène Côté has co-directed the international "Phonology of Contemporary French" (PFC) project since 2010, which has produced extensive spoken corpora and advanced methodologies for analyzing French phonology. Her recent publications reflect a sustained engagement with variation, corpus phonology, loanword adaptation, and prosodic phenomena in French. Professor of the Year award from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa (2013) She has supervised numerous research initiatives and led major collaborative projects such as the PFC. While specific grant details are not provided, her leadership in large-scale, international research efforts indicates significant funding acquisition and project management experience. She has contributed extensively to academic service through editorial roles and scholarly collaboration. Marie-Hélène Côté leads and contributes to research teams associated with the Phonology of Contemporary French project. This international initiative involves scholars from multiple institutions and focuses on building and analyzing spoken French corpora, advancing methods in dialectometry, and exploring phonological variation and change.
Gerald Stell is an Associate Professor in the Section of Language and Information Sciences at the University of Lausanne, appointed since August 2023. Previously, he held roles as Assistant and Associate Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He earned his PhD in Linguistics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (VUB). His research focuses on multilingualism and linguistic variation, particularly in postcolonial contexts. Key areas include phonetic/grammatical variation, code-switching, and identity strategies in language use, with a specific emphasis on Namibian English and Afrikaans. He is currently finalizing a monograph on Namibian English, proposing an eclectic variationist methodology combining subjective and objective data analysis. His recent work explores sociolinguistic dynamics in postcolonial settings, including studies on language contact, ethnic identity negotiation, and the interaction between sociopolitical factors and linguistic structures. His research bridges theoretical linguistics with applied sociolinguistics, aiming to contextualize language variation within broader social and historical frameworks.
