Websites/Profiles

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-9535
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zuzanna-Witt
• Academia: https://one.academia.edu/ZuzannaWitt

Degrees

• B.A. in English (Translation Specialization), Poznań 2021
• M.A. in English (Translation), Poznań 2023

Research interests

• History and development of (American) English
• 19^th-century Southern American English
• literary dialect
• (historical) morphology

Papers read at international conferences

• Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa "Wydarzenia, odkrycia i jednostki, które ukształtowały kulturę XXI wieku", June 2019.
• II Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa "Motyw kobiety – matki, bohaterki, opiekunki", September 2020.
• III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa Człowiek i Społeczeństwo, August 2020.
• Konferencja Naukowa Młodych Lingwistów ATENA, University of Rzeszów, April 2021.
• Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa "Konferencja młodych lingwistów", September 2021.
• I Ogólnopolska Multidyscyplinarna Studencka Konferencja Naukowa, University of Szczecin, December 2021.
• 51^st Poznań Linguistic Meeting September 2022.
• 12^th Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) Conference 2023 (co-authored with Radosław Dylewski), May 2023.
• 13^th International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (ISHLL), "More than Words: Lexical Variation and Change across Cultures, Time, and Space" (co-authored with Radosław Dylewski), September 2023.
• 2nd Scientific Symposium “Egodocuments, Life-writing and Autobiographical Texts. Cultural Otherness and Estrangement in the Egodocumental Perspective Through the Ages”, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of History. Paper coauthored with Radosław Dylewski and Bartosz Suchecki; 21-22 March 2024.
• 4^th Young Linguists' Conference ATENA, University of Rzeszów; 24 April 2024.
• “7th International Conference of English and American Studies Silesian Studies in English – SILSE 2024”, Silesian University in Opava,. Paper co-authored with Bartosz Suchecki and Radosław Dylewski (presented by Bartosz Suchecki). 5-6 September 2024.
• “The 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL) ”, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,. Paper co-authored with Radosław Dylewski (delivered by Radosław Dylewski). 8-14 September 2024.
• 12th Brno International Conference of English, American, and Canadian Studies. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 4-6 February 2025
• 1st International Egodocumental Network Conference. Paper co-authored with Radosław Dylewski and Bartosz Adam Suchecki. Vilnius, Lithuania, 24-26 April 2025.
• American Dialect Society Annual Conference, research poster. New Orleans, USA, 8-11 January 2026

Other talks and presentations

• Lecture at Multigenre Fan Convention "Pyrkon" (with Radosław Dylewski), April 2019.
• Noc Anglistów, November 2025 (co-presented with Maria Kuczek)
• Meet WAcademy – lecture and workshop for high school students, III Liceum Ogólnokształcące, Poznań (November 2025; co-presented with Maria Kuczek)
• Meet WAcademy – lecture and workshop for high school students, XVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, Poznań (May 2025; co-presented with Maria Kuczek)
• Meet WAcademy – lecture and workshop, Liceum Ogólnokształcące św. Marii Magdaleny w Poznaniu (April 2025; co-presented with Maria Kuczek)

Research projects

• "Gender paradox and prescriptivism in 18th-century England based on The Bluestocking Society" (leader) – 2021-2022; funded by the "Excellence Initiative – Research University" (ID-UB).
• "Verifying the faithfulness of the portrayal of mid-19th century literary Southern dialect in Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters by Hardin E. Taliaferro" (participant, PI: Radosław Dylewski) - 2021-2023; funded by the "Excellence Initiative – Research University" (ID-UB).
• Voices of the Past: Restoring, Reviving, and Transcribing the Joseph C. Mele Collection — project leader (2025); funded by the Excellence Initiative – Research University (ID-UB)

Scholarships/Grants

• Kościuszko Foundation Fellowship, East Tennessee State University; winter semester of the academic year 2024/2025
• Short-term Research Fellowship, The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South, University of Alabama (January 2025)
• American Dialect Society Conference Travel Grant (January 2025)

Organizational work

• 6^th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań 2018 (helper)
• 8^th Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań 2023 (helper)
• Peer Progress Project reading group
• Meet WAcademy project (co-organizer)

Honours

• Rector's scholarship for the best students (2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023).
• The scholarship for students for significant scientific, artistic or sports achievements of the Minister of Education and Science (2022/2023).