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Our people

Our people

Head of School

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Professor Lesley Stirling Head of School, Languages and Linguistics Professor in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61383445192

Welcome from the head of school

English as a Second Language (ESL)

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Associate Professor Neomy Storch Associate Professor in ESL; Convenor of ESL +61383445208
Dr Olga Maxwell Lecturer in ESL +61390358754
Dr Kellie Frost Lecturer in ESL +61390354944
Dr Maria Karidakis Lecturer in Introductory Academic Program and ESL; Convenor, IAP +61383447789
Dr Janne Morton Senior Lecturer in ESL; Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61383449688

European Studies

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Dr Andrew McGregor Senior Lecturer in French Studies; Convenor, French Studies and European Studies +61383448119
Professor John Hajek Professor of Italian Studies, Convenor, Italian studies +61383445168
James Stratford Teaching Specialist- Classics and European Studies

French Studies

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Professor Jacqueline Dutton Professor of French Studies; Head of Arts Discovery +61383446985
Dr Bertrand Bourgeois Senior Lecturer in French Studies; Graduate Coordinator Languages +61390354504
Dr Tess Do Lecturer in French Studies +61383446987
Professor Veronique Duche A. R. Chisholm Professor of French, Director of the BA +61390353516
Ms Diane de Saint Leger Senior Tutor in French Studies +61383446919
Dr Andrew McGregor Senior Lecturer in French Studies; Convenor, French Studies and European Studies +61383448119
Conall Cash Lecturer in French Studies - Mecaf
Sandrine Michel Senior Tutor (Teaching Specialist) French Studies
Dr Nicholas Strole Senior Tutor (Teaching Specialist) French Studies +61383445204
Claire Dumans Senior Tutor in French Studies (Teaching Spec.)
Marie Robert Senior Tutor in French Studies (Teaching Spec.)
Anne Taille Head Tutor in French Studies (Teaching A Periodic)
Sabine Batko Tutor in French Studies (Teaching Associ Periodic)
Patrick Kennedy Senior Tutor in French Studies (Teaching Spec.)

French Studies honorary staff

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Professor Anne Freadman Professorial Fellow

Gender Studies

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Dr Kalissa Alexeyeff Head of Program, Senior Lecturer In Gender Studies +61390359970
Dr Ana Dragojlovic Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies +61383446629
Dr Jaya Keaney Lecturer in Gender Studies +61383443647
Dr Joshua Pocius Teaching Specialist in Gender Studies +61383447046
Dr CQ Quinan Lecturer in Gender Studies +61383443525

Gender Studies affiliated staff

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Dr Chloe Diskin-Holdaway Senior Lecturer In Applied Linguistics +61383443676
Associate Professor Lan Anh Hoang Deputy Head of School - Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor in Development Studies +61383444610
Associate Professor Karen Jones Associate Professor in Philosophy; Honours and Graduate Diploma (Advanced) Coordinator +61383440268
Professor Tamara Kohn Professor of Anthropology +61383446676
Associate Professor Birgit Lang Associate Professor In German +61383447667
Professor Natalya Lusty ARC Future Fellow +61390354288
Dr Hannah McCann Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) +61383440630
Professor Claire Maree Professor In Japanese; Japanese Studies Convenor +61390354108
Associate Professor Fran Martin Head of Program, Associate Professor in Cultural Studies +61383445486
Professor Alfredo Martinez-Exposito Professor In Spanish +61390354742
Professor Peter Otto Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor +61383445482
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne Associate Professor in Public Policy +61383446820

German Studies

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Associate Professor Heather Benbow Associate Professor in German Studies +61383445102
Professor Birgit Lang Professor in German +61383447667
Leonetta Leopardi Associate Lecturer in German Studies +61390355672
Stefan Siemsen Teaching Specialist in German Studies +61383442602
Andreas Wiebel DAAD Lecturer

German Studies honorary staff

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Professor Alison Lewis Professor Emeritus +61383445103
Dr Claudia Sandberg Fellow
Dr Doris Schuepbach Fellow

Italian Studies

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Professor John Hajek Professor of Italian Studies, Convenor, Italian studies +61383445168
Mr Matt Absalom Lecturer in Italian Studies +61383446986
Dr Malcolm Angelucci Lecturer in Italian studies +61383449404
Antonella Cavallini Lecturer in Italian Studies - Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fellow +61383441942
Ms Elisabetta Ferrari Senior Tutor in Italian Studies +61383445177
Dr Vita Giordano Lecturer in Italian Studies +61383447666
Dr Laura Lori Melbourne ACIS Postdoctoral Fellow +61390357733
Associate Professor Andrea Rizzi Cassamarca Associate Professor of Italian Studies +61383446984
Dr Simon West Senior Tutor in Italian Studies

Italian Studies honorary staff

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Antonella Cavallini Lecturer in Italian Studies - Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fellow +61383441942
Dr Jo Hughson Fellow
Associate Professor Stephen Kolsky Principal Fellow +61383447510
Dr Roberta Trape Fellow

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

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Associate Professor Brett Baker Associate Professor of Linguistics; Discipline Chair, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61390354687
Rohan Chandran Test Development Specialist, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC)
Dr Ivy Chen Research Fellow, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC)
Dr Lucinda Davidson Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous child Language Development
Dr Rebecca Defina Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language +61383445510
Dr Chloe Diskin-Holdaway Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics +61383443676
Dr Jason Fan Deputy Director, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) +61383448198
Professor Helen Fraser Professor Of Linguistics; Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence
Dr Jennifer Green Postdoctoral Fellow in Australian Sign Languages +61390353255
Associate Professor Paul Gruba Associate Professor In Communication Skills Languages And Linguistics +61383448973
Ms Annemiek Huisman Research Assistant in the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) +61383444389
Dr Steve Kelly Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow +61383444520
Associate Professor Ute Knoch Associate Professor In Language Testing; Director, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) +61383445206
Dr Debbie Loakes Postdoctoral Fellow, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Dr John Mansfield ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61383448715
Dr Olga Maxwell Lecturer in ESL +61390358754
Dr Janne Morton Senior Lecturer in ESL +61383449688
Professor Rachel Nordlinger Professor in Linguistics; Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language; Director, Research Unit of Indigenous Languages (RUIL) +61383444227
Dr Sally O'Hagan Research Fellow, Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) +61390353971
Associate Professor Carsten Roever Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics +61383444919
Dr Ruth Singer Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow
Professor Lesley Stirling Head of School, Languages and Linguistics Professor in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61383445192
Associate Professor Neomy Storch Associate Professor in ESL +61383445208
Associate Professor Nick Thieberger Principal Fellow of Linguistics +61383448952
Dr Jill Vaughan ELDP Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Unit for Indigenous Language (RUIL) +61383440909
Dr Helen Zhao Lecturer in Applied Linguistics +61383449029
Professor Janet Fletcher Professor of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics +61383445190
Jonathon Lum Lecturer in Linguistics
Giuseppe D'Orazzi Lecturer in Esl and Applied Linguistics
Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen Academic Lead - Arts Discovery & Tutor (Ta - P)
Michelle Czajkowski
Niles Zhao

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics honorary staff

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Dr Ali Albakaa Honorary Fellow +61397085848
Associate Professor Catherine Elder Principal Fellow +61383445180
Professor Tim McNamara Professor Emeritus in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Dr Jean Mulder Senior Fellow
Professor Catrin Norrby Principal Fellow
Dr Elizabeth Pearce Senior Fellow
Dr Celia Thompson Fellow
Professor Jill Wigglesworth Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emerita in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics +61383444215

Russian Studies

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Dr Robert Lagerberg Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies; Convenor, Russian Studies +61383445187
Larissa Andreeva Tutor in Russian Studies

Russian Studies honorary staff

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Associate Professor Judith Armstrong Fellow
Dr John Cook Honorary, Languages and Linguistics

Spanish and Latin American Studies

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Dr Mara Favoretto Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies +61383445183
Professor Adrian Hearn Professor in Latin American Studies +61383443295
Professor Alfredo Martinez-Exposito Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies; Convenor, Spanish and Latin American Studies +61390354742
Professor Anthony Pym Professor of Translation Studies +61383446648

Spanish and Latin American Studies honorary staff

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Professor John Griffiths Professorial Fellow
Dr Claudia Sandberg Fellow
Dr Ralph Newmark Honorary

Professional staff