ERL People
[The list of ERL Network’s members, previously presented at ERL PEOPLE | Educational Role of Language, is now being updated]
ALBANIA
Dorjana Flett; Doctor of Philosophy; University of Vlore “Ismail Qemali”; ORCID: 0000-0002-2046-123X; dorjana.flett@univlora.edu.al / dorianaflett10@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, EFL, Communication studies, teaching methodology, Linguistics
ARGENTINA
Macarena Junquera; Ph.D. in Linguistics; Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; ORCID: 0000-0001-8501-1136; maca.junquera@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Culture; Focus: linguistic ideologies, language choice, identity, linguistic status and prestige; Representive titles: Sociolinguistics in the first person: language choices in scientific publications by Argentine linguists / Linguistic Autobiography: An Approach to Linguists’ Language Choices
AUSTRIA
Christiane Dalton-Puffer; Dr.; University of Vienna; ORCID: 0000-0001-6453-0850https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-0850; christiane.dalton-puffer@univie.ac.at
ERL Strands: Language(-)Actions/Thinking/Schooling; Focus: bridge conceptualisations (boundary objects) to further communication between language experts and content experts; Representive titles: Dalton-Puffer, C. 2007. Discourse in Content-and-Language-Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms. (LL<20) New York, Amsterdam: Benjamins. / Dalton-Puffer, C., Hüttner, J., & Nikula, T. (2024). Introduction: The conceptualisation of subject-specific literacies in CLIL. In J. Hüttner & C. Dalton-Puffer (Eds.), Building disciplinary literacies in content-and-language integrated learning (pp. 1-26). Routledge.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Nadira Puškar Mustafić; Asst. Prof. Dr; International University of Sarajevo; ORCID:0009-0000-2624-0692; npuskar-mustafic@ius.edu.ba
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Personality; Focus: language and identity formation, narrative and discourse analysis, language, culture, and representation, literary language and ideology, postcolonial and cultural theory, language in contemporary literature and drama, intersections of language, power, and society, language and affect in literary texts; Representative titles: Puškar Mustafić, N., & Mulahmetović, N. (2024). Shaping Perspectives Through Narrative and Visual Adaptations: A Comparative Study of Beauty and the Beast. Educational Role of Language Journal, 2024-2(12) / Puškar Mustafić, N. (2026). Reshaping Identities Through Irony in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck. Folia Linguistica et Litteraria, University of Montenegro; ERL Framework: Member of the Organizing Committee, 7th International Pedagogic and Linguistic ERL Conference “Educational Role of Language: Links Between Beliefs and Language” (2024)
Vesna Suljić; Associate Professor; International University of Sarajevo; ORCID: 0000-0002-6098-7906 ; vsuljic@ius.edu.ba
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: language and creativity, human language vs. AI language, language and identity, language and human rights; Representative titles: Creative writing in the hands of artificial intelligence: the analysis of humour in Bard-generated texts (co-authored with Ajla Pervan) published in The European Journal of Humour Research 12 (4),pp. 252-269 (2024) www.europeanjournalofhumour.org / In Others’ Words – in Contemporary Debates in Human Rights and Literature: The Idea of Humanity – editors Elvan Karamaz Mez and Ferma Lekesizalinpublished byCambridge Scholars PublishingISBN: 978-1-0364-4200-2,pp. 112-128 (2025)
BRUNEI
Shen Min; PhD; University of Brunei Darussalam; ORCID: 0000-0003-4418-377X; min.shen@ubd.edu.bn
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: AI-mediated language learning, language learning and interpersonal communication, intercultural communicative competence, foreign language teaching and learning; Representative titles: Min, S. (2026). Thinking Through the Algorithm: Learner Cognition, Agency, and Communicative Effectiveness in AI-Mediated Language Education. In Reshaping Language and Cognition in Education Through AI (pp. 197-220). IGI Global Scientific Publishing./ Chew, F. P., Min, S., & Yap, T. T. (2023). Factors influencing the Mandarin teachers’ intercultural teaching beliefs and practices. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 44(2), 455-464
BULGARIA
Krastanka Bozhinova; PhD/Associate Professor of French; American University in Bulgaria; ORCID: 0000-0001-6186-3668; kbozhinova@aubg.edu
ERL Strands: Language(-)Affect/Actions/Thinking/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: plurilingual and pluricultural identity, multimodal narratives of language and identity, language teaching through literature and arts, intercultural telecollaboration; Representative titles: Bozhinova, K. (2023). “Investigating the role of affects in additional language learning in the context of mobility through a multimodal autobiographical approach”. Educational Role of Language Journal: The Emotional Dimension of Language and of Linguistic Education, Vol. 2(10), pp. 7-20, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2023.02.01 B/ ozhinova, K. (2024). « Télécollaboration en langues et émergence d’une communauté virtuelle d’apprentissage », Apprentissage des langues et systèmes d’information et de communication (Alsic) [En ligne], vol. 27, n° 2, http://journals.openedition.org/alsic/7707 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/12nxw
Georgi Dimitrov; PhD; University of National and World Economy; ORCID: 0000-0002-6336-7403; gmdimitrov89@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: phonology, historical linguistics, ESP; Representative project: ERL Conceptual Bank ; ERL Framework: ERLA member, ERL Journal’s Special Issue guest editor
Svetlana Dimitrova-Gyuzeleva; Associate Professor, PhD, MPhil; New Bulgarian University; ORCID: 0000-0002-5915-590X; sgjuzeleva@nbu.bg
ERL Strands: Language(-)Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: foreign language teaching and learning; developing intercultural communicative competence; FLT methodology; FL teacher training; foreign language testing; foreign language materials design; Representative titles: Dimitrova-Gyuzeleva, S. 2019. „Developing intercultural communicative competence – the two sides of the coin„, Educational Role of Language Journal, Volume 2019-2(2). Enhancing multiculturalism in EFL communication, pp. 15-25, https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2019.02.02/ Dimitrova-Gyuzeleva, S. and Tashevska, S. 2004. Pedagogical Portfolio for Foreign Language Teacher Trainees. Sofia: New Bulgarian University, ISBN 954-535-393-7
Boryana Ruzhekova-Rogozherova; Associate Professor, PhD; Todor Kableshkov University of Transport, Sofia; ORCID: 0000-0002-8009-1058; boryanarogozherova@abv.bg; boryana@vtu.bg
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling//Methodology; Focus: contrastive linguistics (English/French/Bulgarian); applied linguistics; FLT; ELT; ESP; language awareness; language learning strategies; Representative titles: 2025: Language Learning Strategies: Their Contribution to University Students’ Language Awareness, BETA E-Newsletter, SPECIAL ISSUE 49, Proceedings of 31st BETA Annual International Conference and 2nd Regional Central and Eastern Europe FIPLV Congress 2024, Shumen, Bulgaria / 2015: Enhancing Language Awareness in ESP Business Courses through English Perfect Teaching in Contrast with Bulgarian Equivalents. Research on English Perfect Equivalents in Bulgarian. THE JOURNAL OF TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES, 3,1
CANADA
Tiffany Gallagher; Ph.D.; Brock University; ORCID: 0000-0003-3006-9773; tgallagher@brocku.ca
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Thinking/Schooling/Methodology; Focus: literacy assessment and instruction; students with literacy difficulties; literacy tutoring; mentoring and coaching in literacy; Representative titles: Gallagher, T.L. & Ciampa, K. (2020). International perspectives on teacher candidates and in-service literacy teachers’ self-efficacy and collective efficacy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-47820-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-47821-6 https://www.palgrave.com/gp / McLean, C., Gallagher, T.L., & Hatton, C. (2026). An anatomy of the SoR: a systematic review of the conceptualizations and instrumental uses of the science of reading. Reading Research Quarterly, 61(2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.70095
COLOMBIA
Angélica María Rojas Isaza; Assistant Professor; Universidad del Cauca; ORCID: 0009-0002-1928-1968; angelicarojas@udla.edu.co
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Culture/Methodology; Focus: language teacher education and professional development, languageassessment and evaluationliteracy, situated curriculum design in language education, interculturality and decolonial perspectives in language teaching, multilingualism and translanguaging in educational contexts, AI integration in language teacher training, language policy in higher education (Global South perspectives), research methodologies in language education (especially action research); ; ERL Framework: ERL Journal’s Special Issue 3 – guest editor
CROATIA
Dragana Božić Lenard; Assistant Professor; University of Osijek; ORCID: 0000-0003-4479-1329; dragana.bozic@ferit.hr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Culture/Methodology; Focus: English for Specific Purposes, AI in education, AI in teaching, glotodidactics; Representative title(s): AI-Infused Language Education: Empowering Teachers Through Multilingual MOOC Training – AILEM; ERL Framework: ERLA member – ERLA Member Personal Page, ERLJ lead editor; Strand 1-2: Language & Culture strand coordinator
Petra Grgičević Bakarić; Master of Professional Studies, MA; University of Split; ORCID: 0009-0000-8086-4535; pgrgicev@oss.unist.hr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Actions/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: EFL/ESP instruction, methodology and learning strategies / EFL/ESP vocabulary acquisition and skill development; Representative titles: Effectiveness of Technical English Acquisition among Engineering Students / Exploring Key Success Factors in Technical English Learning: Experience and Motivation; ERL Framework: ERL Conceptual Bank Project member
Višnja Pavičić Takač; Full Professor; University of Osijek; ORCID: 0000-0001-8318-0235; vpavicic@ffos.hr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Thinking/Schooling/Methodology; Focus: individual differences, communicative competence, lexical competence, disciplinary literacy, metadiscourse; Representative title: Pavičić Takač, V. (2008) Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Early disciplinary literacy in Croatian: features of textbook discourse (Project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation; 2024-2027)
Silvana Tokić; PhD, tenured college professor; University of Split; ORCID: 0000-0002-5160-4715; stokic@oss.unist.hr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: English for Specific Purposes (ESP), language acquisition effectiveness, Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL), communication skills, intercultural awareness and language; Representative titles: Grgičević Bakarić, Petra; Tokić, Silvana; Čizmić, Ivana Exploring Key Sucess Factors in Technical English Learning: Experience and Motivation // Contemporary Issues in Economy and Technology – CIET 2024 – conference proceedings / Buljan Barbača, Domagoja; Miletić, Marko (ur.). Split: University of Split, University Department of Professional Studies, 2024. str. 272-283 / Krsmanović, Ivana ; Tokić, Silvana / Integrating culture and literature through the project-based learning in an ESP classroom: The case of Frankenstein // IV. međunarodnakonferencija OD TEORIJE DO PRAKSE U JEZIKU STRUKE. Zagreb: Udruganastavnikajezikastrukenavisokoškolskimustanovama, 2019. str. 101-113; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – reviewer
ENGLAND
Richard Hudson; Professor; University College London; ORCID: 0000-0002-0269-6246; r.hudson@ucl.ac.uk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling; Focus: grammar; Representative title: Hudson, Richard & John Walmsley. 2005. The English Patient: English grammar and teaching in the twentieth century. Journal of Linguistics 41. 593–622. / Hudson, Richard. 2024. Language at school: literature or linguistics? Journal of the British Academy 12. a24. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/012.a24
ETHIOPIA
Deneke Lefebo Tumoro; PhD; Wolaita Sodo University; ORCID: 0009-0005-2241-8373; denekelefebot@gmail.com / deneke.lefebo@wsu.edu.et
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: anguage planning and policy, language use in education, anguage use in media, discourse analysis; Representative work: Coaching and mentoting media/communication experts in advanced translation, editing and media language use (project)
GREECE
Zoi Apostolou; Dr; University of Patras; ORCID: 0000-0003–4359–397X; apostolo@upatras.gr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: digital literacy, emotional literacy, literacy and transaction, AI and literacy; Representative titles: Apostolou, Z. & Stellakis, N. (2019). Preschool and first grade teachers’ perceptions on working together to enhance literacy. In: Educational Role of Language, 2(2), 101-112. ISSN: 2657-9774, https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2019.02.09./ Apostolou, Z. & Lavidas, K. (2022). Greek preschool teacher’s views about language activities in early childhood education during Covid-19. A chance for change? Educational Role of Language 2021-2(6) -Linguistic Well-being (before, during, aand after the pandemic(. ISSN: 2657-9774, https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2021.02.08
Nektarios Stellakis; Professor; University of Patras; ORCID: 0000-0002-1934-8715; nekstel@upatras.gr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinking/Schooling/Culture; Focus: early literacy, family literacy, critical literacy, extended discourse, decontextualised language; Representative title(s): Trikic, Z. & Stellakis, N. (2020). Building bridges – Bridging the gap: Supporting wellbeing, learning, development and integration ofyoung refugee and migrant children in Greece. Guidebook for kindergarten teachers working in refugee camps. ISSA. https://www.issa.nl/building-bridges-bridging-gap-supporting-wellbeing-learning-development- and-integration-young / Tsirmpa, C. & Stellakis, N. (2024). 'I would become an even better mother, a better person for the society’: Mothers’ needs and expectations for participation in a Family Literacy Program. Education 3-13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2024.2445261; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – reviewer
HUNGARY
Adrienn Fekete; PhD; University of Pécs; ORCID: 0000-0003-1805-2426; fekete.adrienn@pte.hu
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: individual differences psychology in SLA, intercultural psychology, multicultural identities, complex dynamic systems theory in SLA, drama-based teaching and learning, affective language learning, multiliteracies; Representative title(s): Fekete, A. (2023). Holistic approaches to the study of emotions and identity in language learning and use: Complex, dynamic systems theory; language ecology; and post-structuralism. Educational Role of Language Journal, 2(10), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2023.02.05 / Fekete, A. (2023b). The impact of socialization in the context of family, education, and sojourn on emotional, psychological, and identity responses to language learning and use: A language ecological perspective. Educational Role of Language Journal, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2023.01.08; ERL Framework: ERL Think Tank member, ERLA member, ERL network member, ERL Journal author
MEXICO
Rosa Ascencion Espinoza Cid; Doctor in Humanities; Escuela Normal Superior; ORCID: ; ensh.respinoza@creson.edu.mx
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodlogy; Focus: decolonial approaches to English language education, translanguaging, intersectionality, and critical interculturality; Representative titles: Semantic, morphosyntactic and mechanical errors in academic writing in English: a qualitative analysis of essays by teacher training students / Intersectionality in English Language Teaching Studies in Abya Yala (Latin America), 2015-2025
MONTENEGRO
Vanja Vukićević Garić; Associate Professor ; University of Montenegro; ORCID: 0009-0001-1248-786X; vanjag@ucg.ac.me / vvukicevicgaric@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Culture/Personality; Focus: philosophy of language, language and literature, phenomenology of language-reality relation, philosophy of linguistic and literary education, translation; Representative title: V. Vukićević Garić, Authorship As an Art of Reading: The Language of Reality and the Reality of Language in the Works of James Joyce. In: Književnasmotra: časopiszasvjetskuknjiževnost. vol.48, 182 (4), decembar2016. Zagreb: Hrvatskofilološkodruštvo. Str. 45-53. [ISSN 0455-0463, e-ISSN: 2459-6329]; ERL Framework: ERLA member
NEPAL
Rati Sharma; Masters in Sociology/Masters in ECD; Kathmandu University; ORCID: 0009-0001-8552-6268; sharmarati56@gmail.com / rati_ecd2023@kusoed.edu.np
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: Early Years development , Mother Tongue, Instructions for Young Finds, Comminication Vs Instruction in Preschool; Representative project: ERL Conceptual Bank
NORTH MACEDONIA
Lulzime Kamberi; Doctor of Philosophy; University of Tetovo; ORCID: 0000-0003-3590-6841; lulzime.kamberi@unite.edu.mk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: EFL, vocabulary acquisition and lexical development, language assessment, digital learning environments and AI in language education; Representative titles: English language learning and ecological communication in the emerging digital landscapes (2021), (AAD. Urlica, S Stefanovic, L. Kamberi, M. Boguslawska-Tafelska), International Journal for Quality Research 15 (4), 1277 / From Cognitivism to Ecologism in Language Studies (2022) (M. Bogusławska, AAD. Urlica, L. Kamberi (Peter Lang); ERL Framework: ERL Journal – reviewer
Biljana Naumoska-Sarakinska; PhD, full professor; Ss Cyril and Methodius University; ORCID: 0000-0001-7657-9598; biljananaumoska@flf.ukim.edu.mk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: semantics, word formation, ESP, Business English, morphology, development of the English language; Representative title(s): Language shaping identity or identity shaping language – a study on sensory sound symbolism among native Macedonian speakers – co-authored with Emilija Ribarska (ERL Journal Volume 2020-2(4). (Re-)Shaping One’s Identity with Language) / Affect behind the use of anglicisms among adolescents in North Macedonia – causes and consequences – co-authored with Izabela Celevska (ERL Journal – Volume 2023-1(9) – THE AFFECTIVE SIDE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND USE)
Marija Stevkovska; associate professor; International Balkan University; ORCID: 0000-0003-2305-4573; m.stevkovska@ibu.edu.mk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Methodology/Personality; Focus: AI tools in language education, ELT methodology, Sustainability in education, Critical AI literacy, Corpus-based research; Representative title(s): Project: 17-28 November 2025, main researcher, Erasmus+, Blended Intensive Program “Digital Transformation of English Language Teaching: Teaching Vocabulary and Writing in the Age of Digital Tools and AI” /Book:Stevkovska, M., Klemenchich, M., Mitevska Petrusheva, K., & Kurt, O. (2025). Active learning in higher education. Balkan University Press. DOI: http://doi.org//10.69648/PJKN7980
NORWAY
Jens Skarkerud Haugan; Dr.art. (Phd)/Docent (professor); University of Inland Norway; ORCID: 0000-0001-9708-2038; jens.haugan@inn.no
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: teaching and learning minority / lesser used languages, especially when these languages are linguistically related; language and education policy; language rights; language standards vs. dialects; Representative title(s): When the first language feels like a second language: Challenges for learners of Norwegian Nynorsk (2019, Beyond Philology 16/1) / When the linguistic L1 context is linguistic diversity – Norwegian language policy and education. In: Educational Role of Language Journal 2022-2(8); ERL Framework: ERL “veteran” with a history of attending all conferences since 2016 / Scientific-board member at several ERL conferences / ERLA Member – ERLA Member Personal Page
PAKISTAN
Ghazala Ismaeel; MPhil in Education; Independent Researcher; ORCID: 0009-0003-8196-2980; ghazalaismaeel21@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinking/Schooling/Methodology; Focus: the role of language in teaching, learning, and classroom interaction, language as a medium of cognitive development and student understanding, teacher–student communication and its impact on learning processes, language in digitally mediated and technology-enhanced learning environments (AI, ICT), academic language and its relationship with student achievement, language-sensitive assessment and feedback practices, communication in inclusive and linguistically diverse educational contexts; Representative titles: Qureshi, R., Noreen, S., & Ismaeel, G. (2024). The Role of AI and ChatGPT in Enhancing Learning Achievement Among University Students: A Quantitative Analysis. IRASD Journal of Educational Research, 5(1), 75–81. / Tariq, A., Mohyuddin, R., & Ismaeel, G. (2025). Building Bridges to Success: The Role of Teacher-Student Relationships in Academic Achievement. Review of Education, Administration & Law, 8(1), 125-135; ERL Framework: Contributor to the ERL Conceptual Bank (argumentative team participant)
POLAND
Anna Dąbrowska; Ph.D. (Post-doctoral degree); University of Warsaw; ORCID: 0000-0002-5192-2684; anna.dabrowska@uw.edu.pl
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinking/Schooling/Culture; Focus: literacy, as well as cultural and educational conditions for the acquisition and improvement of writing skills by children and young people, and issues of youth slang, communicative competence and linguistic worldview; Representative title(s): monographs on text-creation skills and education: Youth Literacy in the New Orality Age (2023), Writing is a Challenge. Young People’s Texts in School Education (2024); ERL Framework: ERLA member – ERLA Member Personal Page; ERL Journal’s Lead guest editor of Special Issue 4
Małgorzata Karczewska; Ph.D.; University of Zielona Góra; ORCID: 0000-0002-3265-6042; M.Karczewska@in.uz.zgora.pl
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Schooling/Culture; Focus: teaching & learning English as a global language, challenges in teaching/learning English, cognitive linguistics, use of scientific terminology in non-scientific contexts ; Representative title(s): Teaching foreign languages to older adult learners: preliminary observations, 2024, Małgorzata Karczewska , Marcin Zygmunt, Studijos – verslas – visuomene: dabartis ir ateities ižvalgos, T. 1, nr 9, 79—85 / Names of nationalities in English and Italian phraseology: In search of stereotypes, 2022, Małgorzata Karczewska , In: Contemporary Trends in English-Language Studies: 15 Years of English Philology at the University of Zielona Góra, 2022 , Leszek Szymański (ed.), Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego (#), s. 23—40. ; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – reviewer
Monika Kusiak; Associate Professor; Jagiellonian University in Kraków; ORCID: 0000-0002-4043-9144; monika.kusiak@interia.pl
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: reading skills; training FL teachers; FL coursebooks; academic competences; metacognition; Representative title(s): Kusiak-Pisowacka, Monika & Daszkiewicz, Michal & Wenzel, Ryszard. (2018). Educational Role of Language Skills. / Kusiak-Pisowacka, Monika. (2013). Reading Comprehension in Polish and English Evidence from an Introspective Study.; ERL Framework: ERLA member, ERL Journal – member of editorial team
Helena Liwo; PhD; Ateneum University in Gdańsk; ORCID: 0000-0003-0192-737X; helenaliwo@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Affect/Actions/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: deafness and language; language and speech disorders; children with speech disorders in education; a linguistic emotional dictionary in the course of life; Representative titles: Prosody expression in prelingually- and postlingually- implanted deaf adults (2023). ERL Journal, The emotional dimention of language and of linguistic education, Vol. 2023-2(10), pp. 132-141, https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2023.02.11./ Children with speech disorders in the labyrinths of education – between linguistic norm and otherness. (2024). In: G. Piekarski (ed.). Discourses (on) egalitarian education, pp. 87-102. Krakow: Impuls Publishing House
Małgorzata Pilecka; PhD; Associate Professor; Ateneum Academy in Gdańsk; ORCID: 0000-0002-4815-2949; m.pilecka@ateneum.edu.pl
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture; Focus: communication in early education, communication in higher education, critical analysis of cultural offer for children, texts for children; Representative titles: Pilecka, M. (2019). Propaganda image of the social world in Polish children’s songs. Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji, 47(4), 116–124. https://doi.org/10.26881/pwe.2019.47.11 / Pilecka, M. (2021). The Emotional Dimension Of Language And Of Linguistic Education. Educational Role Of Language Journal. Volume 2(10), 94-102. (ISSN 2657-9774); ERL Framework: ERLA member, ERL Journal – author and reviewer
Agata Rataszewska; M.A.; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; ORCID: 0000-0002-3883-6036; agata.rataszewska@amu.edu.pl
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: pronunciation teaching, voice therapy, teaching adults, ESP (pedagogy, medicine); Representative title: Małgorzata Czapla, Agata Rataszewska, Styles of teaching Science compared to job seniority and teacher’s education. The student’s perspective, 12 June 2020, Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja 16(2), DOI:10.14746/kse.2019.16.7
PORTUGAL
Antónia Estrela; PhD ; Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa; ORCID: 0000-0002-5170-4468; antoniaestrela@eselx.ipl.pt
ERL Strands: Language(-)Thinkin/Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: language didactics, linguistics, syntax, foreign languages teaching; Representative titles: Estrela, A., & Ferreira, P. S. (2019). Gramática no laboratório: 4.º ano. FábulaEducação. / Boléo, A., Estrela, A., & Silva, S. (2025). Testes de português B1/B2. LIDEL. ERL Framework: ERL Journal – reviewer
ROMANIA
Andreea Dragoescu-Petrica; lecturer; University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara; ORCID: 0000-0003-1270-0728; andreeadragoescu@yahoo.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Affect/Thinking/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: conceptual metaphor, English language teaching, ESP – the language of Life sciences, communication and semiotics of nature, the terminology of ecology, ecolinguistics, biosemiotics, edusemiotics; Representative titles: Alina-Andreea Dragoescu Urlica.2018. The Ecology of Language as an Optimal Learning Model. In QUAESTUS 13/ June 2018 (VII) 13 (VII), 201-210 / Dragoescu Urlica, A. A. Restoring the Meaning of Food: Biosemiotic Remedies for the Nature/Culture Divide. Biosemiotics 22 Food and Medicine. pp. 97-113. Springer Nature.DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-67115-0; ERL Framework: ERLA member
SAUDI ARABIA
Philip Abayomi Olorunfemi; M.Ed Language Education; Al-Ezdihar Language Institute; ORCID: 0009-0000-2092-2406; philipabayomi1@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Culture/Personality; Focus: English, English as second Language, literature, literary criticism, English language education, education, comparative literature, phonetics and phonology; Representative titles: Determinants of the Decline in English Language Examination Performance among High-Achieving Students: A Case Study of Landmark College, Lagos / Mitigating Academic Decline in English Language Skills through Aspectual Diversification and Curriculum–Practice Convergence: A Multi-Theoretical Perspective Based on PTAPD
SERBIA
Vesna Bogdanović; Full Professor; University of Novi Sad; ORCID: 0000-0002-7109-517X; vesna241@uns.ac.rs
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: ESP textbook analyses, metadiscourse, pragmatic aspects of academic English, English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI); Representative titles: Bogdanović, V., Topalov, J., Pavičić Takač, V. (2023). The analysis of graduate students’ use of transition markers. ERL Journal, special issue 1 – LSP Education Serving Cross Cultural Communication, 1, 47-60. / Bogdanović, V., Gak, D. (2020). Creating a trusting student-professor relationship: Engagement markers in academic e-mail communication. In: S. Consonni, L. D’Angelo, P. Anesa (eds). Digital Communication and Metadiscourse, Changing Perspectives in Academic Genres. CELBS Libreria Universitaria, Bergamo: 105-130.; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – guest editor of Special Issue 1 (2023)
Dragana Gak; PhD, Associate Professor; University of Novi Sad; ORCID: 0000-0002-4909-0161; gak.dragana@gmail.com / dgak@uns.ac.rs
ERL Strands: Language(-)Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: ESP, Business English, EMI, internationalization of universities; Representative titles: Bogdanović, V., Gak,D., (2024). Framing the research and engaging the reader in graduate engineering students’ abstracts. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 47(2), pp: 238-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/CJAL-2024-0205 / Tratnik, A., Gak, D., Baggia, A., Jerebic, J., Rajkovič, U., Grbić T., Duraković, N., Medić, S., Žnidrašić, A., (2024). Factors influencing student-professor email communication in higher education. Education and Information Technologies. 29(3), pp: 3497-3523. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11944-w; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – guest co-editor of Special Issue 1
Ana Jovanović; PhD, Associate Professor; University of Belgrade; ORCID: 0000-0001-5006-6006; ana.s.jovanovic@fil.bg.ac.rs / anajovano@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Personality; Focus: individual differences in L2 learning, heritage language, self-regulation in language learning, L2 teacher education; Representative title: Jovanović, Ana, Kojadinović, Ana, Portmann, Alexandra. (2024). Tracing stories of a family language: Personal accounts of diasporic experience. In William Arrocha & Elena Xeni (Eds.), Migrations and diasporas: Struggling between inclusion and exclusion (pp. 223–236). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83797-147-3, 978-1-83797-146-6, 978-1-83797-148-0
Slađana Marić; Doctoral degree in Teaching Methodology; University of Novi Sad; ORCID: 0000-0002-9270-7016; sladjana.maric@ff.uns.ac.rs
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling; Focus: language teaching methodology, educational technology (VR/AI) in language education, lifelong (language) learning – LLL, language teacher professional development, second language teaching and learning, English in professional music education (EPME), language and music, multilingualism; Representative title(s): Marić, Slađana (2019). The educational role of language in experiences with virtual reality. Educational Role of Language Journal. Vol. 2019 (1) (Boosting the Educational Experiencing of Language): 47 – 59 / Marić, Slađana (2024). Communicating the language of music: professional (young) pianists beliefs in linguistic and music education, development and wellbeing, Educational Role of Language Journal. Vol. 2024-2(12)(“Beliefs in Linguistic Education): 40-56; ERL Framework: ERL I Conference participant, 2016, ERL Network member 2016-2018, ERL Journal – Editorial board member, 2019-2026, ERL Journal Editorial Strand Coordinator – Strand 1-3: Language & Methodology (2026)
Jana Živanović; MA; Singidunum University; ORCID: 0000-0002-8560-000X; jana199@outlook.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Affect/Actions/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: applied linguistics, teaching methodology, classroom discourse, communicative competence; Representative title(s): Živanović, J., Ristić, T. (2021). Personal Growth and Communication in Intercultural Collaboration. In: Filipović, J., Goetz, G., Jovanović, A.S. (eds) Teaching and Learning to Co-create. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72718-5_9
SLOVAKIA
Ivana Cimermanová; Prof.; University of Presov; ORCID: 0000-0002-8063-8949; ivana.cimermanova@unipo.sk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: using technologies in FLT, SEN in EFL, learning styles, creativity; Representative titles: Cimermanová, I. (2018). The Effect of Learning Styles on Academic Achievement in Different Forms of Teaching. International Journal of Instruction, 11(3), 219–232. https://doi.org/10.12973/iji.2018.11316a / Straková, Z., & Cimermanová, I. (2018). Critical Thinking Development—A Necessary Step in Higher Education Transformation towards Sustainability. Sustainability, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103366
Katarina Devečková; Mgr. et Mgr.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; ORCID: 0009-0001-1408-9136; katarina.deveckova@ukf.sk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: English language education; Representative titles: https://educationalroleoflanguage.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ERL-Journal-Volume-10-3-K-Deveckova-Unveiling-the-multifaceted-impact-of-literature-in-the-EFL-classroom-a-comparative-study.pdf
Lenka Michelčíková; Mgr., PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; ORCID: 0000-0001-9261-9094; lmichelcikova@ukf.sk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: English morphology and lexicology, creative writing, questioning techniques, media literacy, English for Specific Purposes; Representative title(s): Michelčíková, L.: Jazyk legislatívnych textov inštitúcií EÚ. Nitra: UKF, 2015. 122 s. ISBN 978-80-558-0757-7. / Michelčíková, L. a kol: Academic English for PhD Students. Nitra: UKF, 2012. 114 s. ISBN 978-80-558-0174-2
Eva Reid; Doc. Mgr. PhD.; Comenius University in Bratislava; ORCID: 0000-0002-8568-4370; eva.reid@uniba.sk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Culture/Methodology; Focus: intercultural aspects in teaching English, teaching English pronunciation, teaching English to gifted students, teaching English to socially disadvantaged children; Representative titles: Reid, E., Ivenz, P. (2025). Planning and evaluation of an adapted online intercultural communication course for undergraduate English language students, Evaluation and Program Planning, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102599. / Reid, E., Horváthová. B. (2016). Teacher Training Programs for Gifted Education with Focus on Sustainability, 2016. DOI 10.1515/jtes-2016-0015. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 18(2), 66-74; ERL Framework: ERL Journal – Member of the Advisory Board, reviewer
Ivana Vargová; Mgr., PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; ORCID: 0000-0002-8388-7692; ivargova@ukf.sk
ERL Strands: Language(-)Schooling/Methodology; Focus: Using (wordless) picture books/children’s literature in ELT to young learners; social-emotional development of young learners, (wordless) picture books, children’s literature, young learners, social-emotional development of young learners; Representative title(s): Social-emotional development of learners in primary level of education through “reading” wordless picture books : Placing Language in the Centre of Schooling / Ivana Horváthová, 2022. DOI 10.36534/erlj.2022.01.03, In: Educational Role of Language Journal. – ISSN 2657-9774, Vol. 7, issue 1 (2022), p. 32-41/ Wordless picture books trigger conversations at primary level of education: ERL Journal – Volume 2025-1(13) – ACTIONS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, ISSN 2657-9774; p. 36-42 / Ivana Vargová, 2025. DOI 10.36534/erlj.2025.01.03. In: ERL Journal. – ISSN 2657-9774, Vol. 13, issue 1 (2025), p. 36-42; ERL Framework: ERLA Member – ERLA Member Personal Page
SWEDEN
Pantea Rinnemaa; PhD in Subject Matter Education with Specialization (Swedish language); University West; ORCID: 0000-0002-9505-1972; pantea.rinnemaa@hv.se
ERL Strands: Language(-)Actions/Thinkin/Schooling/Culture; Focus: multilingualism, second language learning, literacy, disciplinary literacy, classroom interaction, subject matter learning through a second language; Representative title(s): Linguistically diverse students’ perceptions of difficulties with reading and understanding texts in civics / Civics Teachers’ Perspectives on Linguistically Diverse Students’ Opportunities and Difficulties with Reading and Understanding Texts in Civics
TÜRKIYE
Haticetül Kübra Er; Technical University, Erzurum; ORCID: 0000-0001-5995 -6224; kubra.er@erzurum.edu.tr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: teacher education, assessing writing; Representative title: Er, H. K. &Küçükali E. (2023). An analysis of the interplay between affective and cognitive components of teacher identity among Turkish native and non-native EFL in-service trainees. Educational Role of Language Journal, 1(9), 134-153. https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2023.01.11
Kamile Hamiloğlu; Dr. (PhD; EdD), Assist. Prof.; Marmara University; ORCID: 0000-0001-5094-8383 ; kamilehamiloglu@gmail.com, kamile.hamiloglu@marmara.edu.tr
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Actions/Thinking/Schooling/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: language teaching methodology, curriculum design and evaluation, materials design and evaluation, planning lessons and courses, identity (construction), practicum, critical thinking in second/Foreign Y-Teacher Education (S/FTE) and F/S English Language Teaching (EFL/ESL/ELT); Representative title(s): Hamiloğlu, K. and Tubic, T. (2009). (Chp. 9). Linking learning styles and teaching styles In Swennen, A. & Klink, M. (eds). Becoming a Teacher Educator (pp 133-145). London, United Kingdom: Springer Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8873-5. / Hamiloğlu, K. (2021) Selecting, evaluating, and adapting ELT materials. In K. Dikilitaş& S. Altıner (Eds.), Material Design in ELT. (45-89). Eğiten Kitap. ISBN 978-625-7527-81-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MIDLANDS
Chinyowa Zwidzai; Masters/Mr; Midlands State University; ORCID: 0009-0006-0747-9538; zwitschinyowa@gmail.com
ERL Strands: Language(-)Affect/Actions/Thinking/Culture/Methodology/Personality; Focus: language digitisation, language and culture documentation, language and technology, Natural Language Processing, Language Dataset Engineering; Representative titles: The Effect of Linguistic and Cultural Mismatch on Appropriate Healthcare Access in Zimbabwe
NEW YORK STATE
Sunny Lee; PhD candidate; Syracuse University; ORCID: 0009-0005-6987-6152; sli226@syr.edu
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Affect/Schooling/Culture; Focus: academic language, English language learners, teacher’s beliefs on language and literacy instruction; Representative titles: Emotions, positive comparisons, and unexamined assumptions in novice U.S. teachers’ perspectives on English learners. In: Journal of World Languages. / Novice teachers’ beliefs about teaching academic language with English-speaking and English-learner students. Educational Role of Language Journal: Special Issue on Beliefs in Linguistic Education, Volume 12 ( pp. 57-61). Oxford: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2024.02.05
Louise Wilkinson; Ed.D., Distinguished Professor of Education, Psychology and Communication Sciences; Syracuse University; ORCID: 0000-0003-3315-9918; lwilkin@syr.edu
ERL Strands: Language(-)Beliefs/Thinking/Schooling; Focus: students’ academic language, multilingual students’ language and literacy learning, language and literacy of mathematics, literacy instruction with multilingual learners; Representative titles: Li, S. & Wilkinson, L. (January 2025). Novice teachers’ beliefs about teaching academic language with English-speaking and English learner students. Educational Role of Language Journal: Special Issue on Beliefs in Linguistic Education, Volume 12. (57-61), Short Report. https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2024.02.05 / Wilkinson, L., Bailey, A., & Maher, C. (2020). Students’ learning language and learning to reason mathematically. In M. Daszkiewicz & A. Dąbrowska (eds.) In search of the language educational paradigm (pp. 211-226.) Kraków, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza Impuls Press. ISBN 978-83-7850-779-6; ERL Framework: Co-Author: ERL published volume: In search of the language educational paradigm (2020) / ERL Conceptual Bank-Integrator: ERL Visions Strand: Language as Fundamental for Education / Manuscript Reviewer: ERL Journal
PENNSYLVANIA
Jayoung Song; PhD, Assistant Professor; Pennsylvania State University; ORCID: 0000-0003-1941-7976; Jayoung.song@psu.edu
ERL Strands: Language(-)Culture/Methodology; Focus: technology-enhanced language learning, learner corpus. intercultural competence, interactuonal competence; Representative titles: Song, J., Lim, K., & Park, J. (2026). Enriching the Korean learner corpus for grammatical error correction and writing assessment. In: Language Resources and Evaluation, 60(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-025-09882-9 / Song, J. (2025). Assessing L2 speaking in virtual worlds: Validity, mode effects, and implications for group oral proficiency testing. In: Linguistic Research, 42, 1-27. / Song, J. & Lee, J. (2025). Presence and motivation: Comparing synchronous and asynchronous learning environments for foreign language learners using path analysis. In: Education and Information Technologies, 30, 6061-6090. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13047-6 / ERL Framework: ERL Journal – member of the editorial board