Meet the Team
from
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
Faculty of Education Sciences and Humanities
Co-director
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (Profª. Titular)
Mercedes Querol-Julián, PhD
Research interests
multimodal e-classroom interaction, multimodal literacy, English-medium instruction (EMI) at university, teacher professional development
Co-director
Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Profª. Titular)
Sonia Gutiérrez Gómez-Calcerrada, PhD
Research interests
clinical psychology, experimental psychology, educational psychology, educational inclusion, disability
Professor in Translation (Profª. Catedrática)
Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta, PhD
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
translation, tourist translation, translation pedagogy, innovation, AI, teacher training, digital technologies
Senior Lecturer in Education (Profª. Titular)
Eva Solera, PhD
Research interests
clinical psychology, educational psychology, educational inclusion, bullying, disability.
Lecturer in Spanish Philology (Profª Ajudante Doctor)
Gladys Luisa Villegas Paredes, PhD
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
intercultural communicative competence, intercultural awareness in Spanish as a foreign language, teacher training, teachers' discursive strategies and their roles in the acquisition of a second language
Lecturer in Psychology
Marta Becerril Galindo, PhD
Research interests
educational psychology, socioemotional competences in teachers, psychosocial factors in education, inclusive processes and disability
Lecturer in Education
Sonja Andjelkov, PhD
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
EMI, ICLHE (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education), CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), Second Language Acquisition, Teacher Training, and Co-Teaching in Higher Education
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
Master's degree in Psycopedagogy
Elena Vilaverde López, PhD student
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
professional development in higher and primary education, teachers' identity, acquisition and development of teacher competencies, competency frameworks and teacher evaluation, online instruction
Outreach coordinator
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
Master's degree in teaching Spanish as a foreing languagei
Aarón Pérez Bernabeu, PhD student
Research interests
Spanish as foreign language (SFL) teaching pronunciation, Spanish Phonetics to interpreters, listening and oral tasks in SFL, online-based teaching training
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
Master's degree in English language teaching
Sara Ferrer-Márquez, PhD student
Research interests
new technologies in education, gamification, online education, active methodologies
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages- Assessment & Evaluation Specialism
Peter Bannister, PhD student
Research interests
human-AI interaction in teaching, learning, and assessment; English Medium Instruction (EMI) higher education; academic integrity policy development; social justice
from other universities
Senior Lecturer in Education
Fei Victor Lim, PhD
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Research interests
Multiliteracies, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Digital Learning
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (Prof Contratado Doctor)
Vicent Beltrán-Palanques, PhD
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
ESP/EAP pedagogy, multimodal discourse analysis, multimodal literacy, English-medium instruction/education
Lecturer in Education
Mª Ángeles Velilla Sánchez, PhD
Faculty of Education. Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
English-medium education at university, bi/multilingualism in education, multimodal e-classroom interaction, discourse analysis for science dissemination in online genres
Lecturer in Education
Maite Amondarain-Garrido, PhD
Universidad de Deusto (Spain)
Research interests
Bi/multilingualism in education, English as a foreing language in education, CLIL in Primary Education, translanguaging, multimodality, interpersonal relationships
PhD Students
Senior Lecturer in Education
Alexandra Staedtler, PhD student
alexandrastaedtler.psec@gmail.com
ORCID ResearchGate WOS
Research interests
Educational psychology, emotions and language, second language learning and bilingualism, online learning, intercultural communication
Former members
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Cristina De la Peña Álvarez, PhD, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Spain). February 2023 - March 2025
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Ingrid Mosquera-Gende, PhD. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Spain). December 2020 - June 2024
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Nuria Brufau Alvira, PhD. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Spain). November 2022 - April 2024
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Teresa Morell, PhD. Universitat d'Alacant (Spain). April 2020 - November 2023
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Natalia Norte, PhD. Universitat d'Alacant (Spain). April 2020 - November 2023
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Elena Serrano Molla, PhD. Universidad de Alcalá (Spain). April 2020 - December 2022