Websites / Profiles:

• AMU Research Portal (OMEGA PSiR)
• ORCID
• Academia
• http://www.americandialects.net

Degrees

• M.A. in English, Poznań, 1998
• Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 2002
• D.Litt. in English linguistics, Poznań, 2014
• MBA („Zarządzanie Szkołą Wyższą”), 2015

Research interests

• Informal English and Polish
• American Slang, African American Slang, slang of Polish youth
• Vulgarisms and profanity in English and Polish
• History and development of (American) English
• (Historical) dialectology - dialects of New England and the American South
• African American English
• Semantic and lexical borrowings from English in Polish
• Varieties of English
• Corpus linguistics
• (Historical) morphology, phonetics and phonology, semantics

Teaching experience

• History of English
• History and development of American English; American dialects
• Varieties of English
• Syntax
• Polish-English comparative grammar
• Introduction to linguistics
• Phonetics and phonology
• TEFL at university level (speaking, grammar, phonetics, translation)
• English for academic/scientific purposes
• B.A. and M.A seminars

Other professional experience

• Deputy dean for international cooperation and outreach: 2020–2024
• "Socrates Erasmus" coordinator at the Faculty of Modern languages and Literature; 2005–2006
• Tutor of international students at IFA; 2010–2012
• Deputy dean for full-time studies: 2012–2019
• Deputy dean for students' affairs and international cooperation: 2019–2020
• Member of the EPICUR council at AMU (2019–)
• POWR project acting coordinator (2018–2019)
• Innovative language research in interdisciplinary perspectives: psychology, sociology and technology. The National Centre for Research and Development, no. POWR.03.02.00-00-I004/17: acting project coordinator (2020–2024)
• Representative of Szkoła Nauk o Języku i Literaturze for the board of Studium Językowe UAM (2020–2024)
• Dean's representative for "Uniwersytet Otwarty"
• Dean's representative for the board of "Szkoła Tłumaczy UAM"
• Chair of "Zespół Ds. Ocen Nauczycieli Akademickich zatrudnionych w innych niż podstawowe jednostkach organizacyjnych UAM" (2016–2020)
• NAWA expert
• Member of:
  • "Komisja Rektorska ds. Studiów Stacjonarnych" (2012-2020)
  • "Rada Międzyobszarowych Indywidualnych Studiów Humanistycznych (MISH)" (2012-2020)
  • "Zespół ds. wdrożenia systemu motywacji, ocen i rozwoju kompetencji pracowników"

Trainings and study visits

• "Zarządzanie zespołem/zespołem międzynarodowym w sytuacji kryzysowej”. Poznań, 19 October 2022.
• "Study visit for top Polish universities”. University of Cambridge Enterprise. Cambridge, 12th-16th June 2023.

Professional organizations

• Societas Linguistica Europea
• Polskie Stowarzyszenie Stypendystów Fulbrighta (chair 2022-)
• American Dialect Society
• SECOL (Southeastern Conference on Lingusitcs)
• Swearing in Scandinavia (SwiSca) Network
• International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology
• North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics

Scholarships

• Library search, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, February 1999
• Library search, Universität zu Bamberg, Germany, July 2000
• University of Wales, Bangor - summer semester of the academic year 2000/2001
• Fulbright Junior Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles, academic year 2001-2002
• Library search, University of Helsinki, Finland, January 2005
• Conference grant by the Foundation for Polish Science, 2005
• Kościuszko Foundation Fellowship, summer semester of the academic year 2008/2009:
  • University of South Carolina and South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC;
  • The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
• Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond Virgina, 2009
• Library and archival search - July-August 2011: New England, New York, New Jersey (sponsored by grant N N104 055639)
• iDUB grant (library and archival serach) June-July 2022: Florida, South and North Carolina, Washington

Grants

• Project Manager: N N104 055639 research grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2010-2012
• Coordinator in: "UAM - ponadnarodowe i interdyscyplinarne rozwiązania XXI wieku", 2014-2015

(Guest) lectures/workshops/outreach activities

• Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, June 2004
• Boston University - American and New England Studies Program, September 2006
• New York University - Department of Linguistics, September 2006
• Baruch College (The City University of New York) - Department of Modern Languages, September 2006
• II LO in Leszno - "Dni Kultury Amerykańskiej", November 2008
• II LO in Leszno - "Dni Kultury Australijskiej", April 2010
• 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature, AMU. May 2010
• "Fascination of Plants Day" organized by the Faculy of Biology, AMU. May 2012
• 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. February 2013
• 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. February 2014
• 'Kolorowy uniwersytet', AMU. March 2015
• Lecture for students of elementary school "Gaudium et studium", June 2015
• Guest lecture at "XX-lecie Filologii Angielskiej na Uniwersytecie Warmińsko-Mazurskim", Olsztyn; October 2015
• 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. March 2016
• Co-organizer of workshop by Magdalena Mozgawa at "XIX Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki", April 2016;
• "Uniwersytet Otwarty" at AMU - opening lecture delivered with dr Tomasz Skirecki, February and March 2017;
• Lecture at "XX Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki" delivered with Karolina Burnagiel, April 2017;
• 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English delivered with prof. Marcin Krygier. May 2017;
• Lecture at Multigenre Fan Convention "Pyrkon" (with Zuzanna Witt), April 2019;
• International Chinese Language Education Conference (forum co-moderator), Changsha, China, December 2019;
• Guest lecture at "Dzień języków" - VIII LO in Poznań, October 2020;
• Guest lectures at "XVIII Festiwal Nauki" - II LO im Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego  w Koninie, April 2021;
• Guest lecture at Liceum Ogólnokształcące im Kazimierza Wielkiego w Kole, April 2021.
• "Liga Angielska" - 2020-2021
• Canada Week - 23.03.2022
• Guest lecture at "English Day" - II LO im Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego  w Koninie, April 2021 - 01.04.2022.
• Lecture at "Noc Anglistów" (2nd edition, 2022) [with dr Michał Remiszewski]

Papers read at conferences and congresses

• 33rd Societas Linguistica Europea , Poznań, 2000
• 11th Intenational Conference of English Historical Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2000
• 34st Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2003
• 35th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2004
• Second International Conference on the English Language in the Late Modern Period 1700-1900, University of Vigo, Spain, 2004
• SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics LXXII, North Carolina State University, USA, 2005
• American Association of Applied Corpus Linguistics 6
• International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English 26, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2005
• 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2006
• 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2007
• American Association for Corpus Linguistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA, 2008
• SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics LXXVI, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, 2009
• 'Virginia Historical Society Colloquium'. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 2009
• 4th Late Modern English Conference, Sheffield, UK, 2010
• "Odmiany srodowiskowe i zawodowe współczesnej polszczyzny – tendencje rozwojowe", Poznań 2011
• „Wspólnoty komunikacyjne”. Konferencja naukowa dedykowana Profesorowi Ludwikowi Zabrockiemu. Sesja specjalna: „Wspólnoty komunikacyjne angielszczyzny: Wczoraj i dziś”, Poznań 2011
• 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting (Session: "On the development of extraterritorial varieties: Migrants, women, and other providers of "bad data"), Poznań 2012
• "From data to evidence: Big data, rich data, uncharted data". 19-22 October, Helsinki, Finland 2015.
• "Seriale w kontekście kulturowym - Wi(e)dzieć więcej, próba bilansu" (Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski) Olsztyn, 5-7 May, 2016.
• 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies - Western Michigan University, May 12-15, USA, 2016.
• 4th International Linguistics Conference: "Linguistics beyond or within" - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-21 October, 2016.
• The fifth international symposium on History of English Lexicography and Lexicology (HEL-LEX5), (paper co-authored with and delivered by prof. Magdalena Bator); Switzerland; 16–18 February 2017.
• History of English Language in Poznań (paper co-authored with prof. Magdalena Bator); Poznań, 25-26 November 2017.
• "Tradycja w języku - język w tradycji" (IV ogólnopolska konferencja językoznawcza z cyklu: "Język - historia i współczesność") (paper co-authored with prof. Magdalena Bator); Katowice, 14 May 2018.
• 6th International Linguistics Conference: "Linguistics beyond or within" - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 18-19 October, 2018.
• Plenary lecture at "Języki ODNoWA", November 2019.
• SwiSca 7 (Swearing in Scandinavia Symposium) Swearing and society/Blótsyrði og samfélag, Reykjavík, 2-3 December 2021
• 12th Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference 2023, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – paper coauthored with and presented by Zuzanna Witt; 31 May – 2 June 2023.
• “More than Words: Lexical Variation and Change across Cultures, Time, and Space”. 13th International Conference for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology, (paper co-authored with Zuzanna Witt). University of Salerno, Italy. 27-29 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 Zuzanna Witt and Bartosz Suchecki (presented by Zuzanna Witt); 21-22 March 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 Zuzanna Witt (presented by Bartosz Suchecki). 5-6 September 2024.
• “The 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL) ”, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,. Paper co-authored with Zuzanna Witt (delivered by Radosław Dylewski). 8-14 September 2024
• 11th meeting of Linguistics Beyond And Within (International Linguistics Conference in Lublin).  John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.  Paper co-authored with Bartosz Suchecki and Zuzanna Witt (presented by Bartosz Suchecki). 17–18 October 2024.
• Minding the Gaps 2025  - 12th Brno Conference of English, American, and Canadian Studies, Masaryk University. Paper co-authored with Bartosz Suchecki (presented by Bartosz Suchecki). 5-7 February 2025.
• Contemporary Trends in English-Language Studies 2. University of Zielona Góra. 3-4 April 2025. Two presentations:
  • Presentation co-authored with Zuzanna Witt and Bartosz Suchecki
  • Presentation co-authored with Bartosz Suchecki and Zuzanna Witt

Organizer of international conferences

• Member of the organizing committee: MESS 4 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2005
• Session Organizer, 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2006
• Member of the organizing committee: MESS 5 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2006
• Member of the organizing committee: MESS 6 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2007
• Session Organizer, 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2007
• Member of the organizing committee: MESS 7 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2008
• Member of the organizing committee: MESS 9 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2010
• Conference Organizer: Studencka Konferencja Anglistyczna StuKAn “Change, evolution, innovation", Poznan, 2016
• Member of the organizing commitee: History of English Language in Poznań, Poznań, 2017
• Member of the organizing commitee: History of English Language in Poznań, Poznań, 2019

Honors

• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2014
• Prize of the Dean of the Faculty of English (AMU) for administrative achievements, 2015
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2016
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2018
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2019
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2020
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2021
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2022
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2023
• Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2024

Peer reviewer for

• Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
• Studia Anglica Posnaniensia. An International Review of English Studies
• Linguistica Silesiana
• Studia Neofilologiczne. Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
• International Journal of English Studies
• Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis

Editorial

• (ass.ed. with Dagmara Krzyżaniak) English Language, Literature and Culture. 2006. (Edited by Jacek Fisiak.) Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University