School of Languages & Linguistics Research Unit for Multilingualism & Cross-Cultural Communication (RUMACCC)

Professor John Hajek, D. Phil.

Director

Telephone +61 3 8344 5168
j.hajek@ unimelb.edu.au
Office: Arts Centre 615

Associate Professor Catrin Norrby

Deputy Director

Professor John Hajek (Chair) BA (hons), D. Phil, FAHA
Assoc. Prof. Robert Debski
Sue Fernandez
Dr Sandra Kipp
Dr Leo Kretzenbacher
Assoc. Prof. Catrin Norrby
Dr Jane Warren

Prof. Gillian Wigglesworth (Chair, Head School of Languages & Linguistics)
Assoc. Prof. John Hajek (Director)
Dr Michele de Courcy (Language and Literacy Education)
Assoc. Prof. Robert Debski (Horwood Language Centre)
Assoc. Prof. Catrin Norrby (Deputy Director)
Assoc. Prof. Lesleyanne Hawthorne (Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences)
Wendy Morris (DEET)
Stefan Romaniw (Community Languages Australia)

Professor Michael Clyne

Honorary Professorial Fellow

Administrative Officer

Meredith Bartlett, MA, TTCTD, DipT
Leo Conroy, MA
Tibor Endrody, MA, BEd, BComm, Grad Cert TESOL
Suzanne Fernandez, MA, DipEd
Judy Hadju, PhD
Dr Jo-Anne Hughson, BA Hons, Dipl,d'Et.App, PhD
Sandra Leane, MA, DipT, Grad Dip Spec Ed.
Irene Liem, BA, MSocWk, BT (Hons), MEd.
Dr Doris Schüpbach, MA, Grad Dip TESOL, PhD
Yvette Slaughter, BA, Grad Dip and Postgrad Dip.

Adam Brandt
Isabelle Boubel
Kristin Gogolok (Germany)
Emmanuelle Guerin (France)
Maria Hansson (Sweden)
Sandra Lachmann (Germany)
Ann Mahieu- Bottequin (France)
Jenny Nilsson (Sweden)
Heidi Nyblom (Finland)
Maria Weissenbock (Austria)

Dr Susanne Döpke
Dr Döpke has a PhD in Linguistics from Monash University and has worked and published extensively in the areas of bilingualism and child language acquisition. Her work and input is vital to the ongoing workshops on Raising Children in more than one language.

Dr Lesley Lee Wong
Dr Lee Wong has a PhD in linguistics from Monash University, has written a book on Chinese communication patterns and has contributed to international journals on the topic of intercultural communication between English and Chinese speakers. She is working on a project on communication in the Chinese business world, which may lead to workshops for non-chinese speakers.

Dr Anya Woods
Dr Woods has a PhD in Linguistics from Monash University, continues to assist RUMACCC with research on an occasional basis and is working on publications in the area of language and religion.

Prof. Beat Glauser (University of Heidelberg). Beat gave a talk to the Dept of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics titled, Contract advertisements and multi-word pre-modifiers in the English-speaking world.

Assoc. Prof Zeynep Johnson Beykont (Independent Researcher, Turkey)

Prof. Guus Extra (Tilburg University)

Dr Jane Warren (University of Melbourne)

Dr Jo Winter (University of Western Australia)

Prof. Anne Pauwels (Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Western Australia). Both Jo and Anne gave a seminar to a very appreciative group of post-graduates during their stay.

Assoc. Prof. Gisela Håkansson (Lund University, Sweden)

Assoc. Prof. Ulla Börenstam (University of Uppsala). During her stay, Ulla gave an interdepartmental talk titled, Interscandanavian comprehension from different angles.

Assoc. Prof. Gary Barkhuizen (University of Auckland).

David Bradley (LaTrobe University)

Werner Kallmeyer (University of Mannheim)

Leigh Oakes (University of London)

Claudia Riehl (University of Cologne)

Guus Extra (Tilburg University)