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I’m a linguist working in the field of sociolinguistics and lexicography with the focus on how gender and sexuality are manifested in the language we use in our everyday lives. Apart from information on my qualifications and academic activity, this site provides some links to resources of interest to those with similar research pursuits.
Speaking at the 57th IATEFL Conference in Brighton!
Speaking at the 57th IATEFL Conference in Brighton! I am thrilled to share that my talk proposal has been accepted for the upcoming 57th International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign [...]
Joining University of Maryland Global Campus as Adjunct Assistant Professor!
Joining University of Maryland Global Campus as Adjunct Assistant Professor! I’m excited to share some big news with you all: I’ve officially joined the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) as an Adjunct [...]
Sharing Insights in Replika Magazine: A Dialogue on Language and Identity
Sharing Insights in Replika Magazine: A Dialogue on Language and Identity I recently had the honor to engage in a conversation with Joanna Chojnicka, brilliantly orchestrated by Jakub Wojtaszczyk from the Replika magazine. [...]
Reviews of “Linguistic Perspectives on Sexuality in Education: Representations, Constructions and Negotiations”
First reviews of Linguistic Perspectives on Sexuality in Education I vividly remember one of the first workshops on publishing in prestigious academic venues I attended. It was conferred during the Lavender Languages and [...]
Gender and Sexuality in the Neoliberal University Conference
Gender and Sexuality in the Neoliberal University Conference This year has been different for all of us. Most academic conferences moved online and fared pretty well there. Although, I must admit that self-identifying as [...]
This journey is over… or is it just the beginning?
This journey is over... or is it just the beginning? And it’s out! A collective effort to introduce a wholistic linguistic perspective to the study of sexuality in educational contexts Linguistic Perspectives on [...]
Talk for Franklin Templeton on insidious heteronormativity in and beyond the workplace
Genocide is never an event, it is always a process: the Polish invention of the ‘ideology of gender’, ‘ideology of LGBT’, and ‘LGBT-free zones’. 2020 will go down in my academic annals as a [...]
Hot off the press: LGBT issues at Polish universities
Hot off the press: LGBT issues at Polish universities I'm thrilled to bits to announce that a paper I wrote jointly with my amazing collaborator, Joanna Chojnicka, is now out! When the obligation to [...]
New book out soon!
New book out soon! It's been an immensely educational, intelectually stimulating and -- most importantly -- exciting journey! Yes, my edited collection, Linguistic Perspectives on Sexuality in Education: Representations, Constructions and Negotiations, is in [...]
Gender and Language Editorial Board membership
Gender and Language Editorial Board membership The new Editorial Board for Gender and Language is up and running. Among its members, you'll find me as well. I'm honoured, humbled and delighted at the same time [...]
Lavender Linguistics (Gothenburg) and SLE (Leipzig)
Lavender Linguistics (Gothenburg) and SLE (Leipzig), Lavender Languages and Linguistics is a must-go for every language and sexuality scholar. For a variety of reasons, annual conference travels might prove untaneable for everyone. Fortunately, papers [...]
3rd Days of Antidiscrimination, Poznań (Poland)
3rd Days of Antidiscrimination, Poznań (Poland) 2019 has been somewhat quiet in terms of active conference participation -- the three talks I'm poppoing into my CV were delivered by my wonderful collaborator, Joanna [...]
Institute od Education (UCL), London (UK)
Institute od Education (UCL), London (UK) Oldie but goodie? Time goes by and the British Council report is getting older and older -- but does it follow it's less relevant than it used [...]
BAAL, York (UK)
BAAL, York (UK) 2018 is slowly coming to an end. It’s been an extremely intensive, at times even overwhelming time, but a fruitful one at that! Apart from the Vienna conference (see below) [...]
Reviews of our British Council book
Reviews of our British Council book Time flies! It's already 3 years since Gender and Sexuality in English Language Education: Focus on Poland came out! As Google Scholar citations might suggest, this publication is receiving [...]
Symposium in Vienna
Symposium in Vienna Late March 2018, Vienna witnessed yet another symposium on Slavonic linguistics organised by dr Dennis Scheller-Boltz on the stunningly beautiful Wirtschaftsuniversitaet campus, this time with the leitmotif Language Policies in the Light of Anti-Discrimination [...]
Lavender Languages & Linguistics 24 in Nottingham
Lavender Languages & Linguistics 24 in Nottingham Organised for the very first time outside Washington DC, Lavender Linguistics and Languages 24th Conference, gathered a multitude of researchers from numerous disciplines at the beauttiful Nottingham [...]
10th BAAL LGaS SIG event: Language, Discrimination and Conflict
10th BAAL LGaS SIG event: Language, Discrimination and Conflict Nottingham University stood out on the map of sociolinguistic events in April 2017. Not only did it host the unique confernece on nonheteronormativities and [...]
Panel on Gender and Sexuality and Education @ IGALA9 in Hong Kong
Panel on Gender and Sexuality and Education @ IGALA9 in Hong Kong In May 2016, together with experts in their respective fields I had the pleasure of organising and convening a panel 'Education vis-à-vis [...]
The ideology of gender: Polish struggles
The ideology of gender: Polish struggles Grandfather sitting in an armchair. Smoking a pipe. The rest of the family scattered around the room. It’s 2014 and compilation of the first state-funded Primary School [...]
Gender and Sexuality in English Language Education – our book’s out!
Gender and Sexuality in English Language Education -- our book's out! Report on pioneering research into the constructions of gender and sexuality in English language education, with a focus on Poland, is out [...]
New book on gender and Education!
New book on gender and Education! Gender Representation in Learning Materials: International Perspectives edited by Abolaji S. Mustapha, Sara Mills is out now! Among many fascinating articles, the book also features a chapter I co-authored: [...]
British Council report out soon!
British Council report out soon! Together with other members of the project team, we haven’t been idle for the past two years! Lots of presentations some papers and — most importantly — the [...]