BM Advisory Board

The Bilingualism Matters Advisory Board works with Bilingualism Matters headquarters to deliver BM Network annual events and advise on network development. It was established in 2018 and meets on on a monthly basis. Board membership consists of the elected representatives from BM branches around the world, with Bilingualism Matters Directors, Dr Katarzyna Przybycien, Prof. Dr. Tanja Rinker and BM Founding Director, Professor Antonella Sorace.

Board

Dr Anna Balas
Professor, Department of Contemporary English Language / Adam Mickiewicz University More
Prof Antonella Sorace
Professor of Developmental Linguistics, University of Edinburgh / Founding Director of Bilingualism Matters More
Dr. Georgia Fotiadou
Deputy Director of @BM Thessaloniki; Laboratory Teaching Staff / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki More
Francesca Foppolo
Professor of Linguistics, Bilingualism Matters International Board Member More
Dr Tihana Kraš
Branch Director; Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) / University of Rijeka More
Dr Katarzyna Przybycien
CEO of Bilingualism Matters
Dr Frances Blanchette
Assistant Director, Center for Language Science & Assistant Research Professor, Pennsylvania State University / Branch Coordinator, Bilingualism Matters @ Penn State More
Prof. Tanja Rinker
Professorship for German as a Foreign Language / Didactics of German as a Second Language More
Dr. John W. Schwieter
Professor in Spanish and Linguistics, Wilfrid Laurier University / Director of Bilingualism Matters Laurier More
Yang Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Language and Literacy Education at UofSC. She is co-Director of the Center of Bilingualism Matters @ UofSC. Her research focuses on reading comprehension, reading assessment, English language teaching and learning, and biliteracy. More
Dr. Maaike Verrips
Director BM@NL, De Taalstudio More
Abril Jiménez
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies / Davidson College More
Angelika Golegos
Academic staff
Dr. Carmit Altman
Branch Deputy Director, BM Ramat Gan / Bar Ilan University More
Nick Gosset, Ph.D.
Slavic Languages and Literatures - Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy Higher Ed Specialist
Linda Egnatz
Executive Director Global Seal of Biliteracy
Prof. Ruth Fielding
Associate Professor in Languages Education and TESOL
Dr. Gary Bonar
Senior Lecturer in Languages & TESOL, HEA Fellow