Visitors
The Centre maintains a wide network of colleagues in related fields
and runs a ongoing program of visiting scholars that complements and
supplements its interdisciplinary research and program areas.
Visitors typically contribute to the research culture of the Centre
through:
- collaborative research
- public lectures
- guest lectures on teaching programs associated with the Centre
- participation in the Centre Research Seminar Series (weekly presentations and discussions on research issues)
Over the last three years the Centre has been visited by
researchers with national and international reputations in the fields of
languages and cultures, languages education, applied linguistics and
international education. These include:
Hanneke Teekens
Director Communication at Nuffic, the
Netherlands Organization for
International Cooperation in Higher Education
Vai Ramanathan
Professor of Linguistics, University of California Davis
Michael Paige
Professor of International and Intercultural Education, University of
Minnesota
Josef A. Mestenhauser
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Educational Policy and Administration,
University of Minnesota
Claire Kramsch
Professor of German and Foreign Language Acquisition, University of
California Berkley
Alastair Pennycook
Professor of Language in Education, University of Technology, Sydney
Jo Lo Bianco
Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne
Jane Knight
Adjunct Professor, Ontario Institute of Education, University of Toronto