Job description

I am a professor of speech and language therapy. I am trained as a speech and language therapist and special needs educator, I hold a PhD in clinical linguistics on multilingual aphasia, and have more than 20 years of clinical experience.

My research interests include aphasia and multilingualism, adaptation of tests and methods for clinical practice and research with an emphasis on cross-linguistic perspectives, as well as dementia and neurotypical aging.

I primarily teach in the SLT program, as well as selected courses in special needs education and linguistics. I supervise master’s students in speech and language therapy and special needs education, and PhD candidates in linguistics (University of Oslo).

I currently hold an adjunct professor position at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian studies, UiO and am a member of Center for Language, Brain & Learning (C-LaBL). I chair the research group Participation and communication and lead the NFR project Sámi Aphasia and Morphology Initiative - Comprehensive Aphasia Testing (SÁMI-CAT).

International networks: 

• Member of the International Speech and Language Therapy / Pathology Primary Progressive Aphasia Network
• Lead of the Multilingual Aphasia Project (MAP) and member of the working group Aphasia Assessments and Outcomes in the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists