The transnational European EMCL consortium comprises three participating universities:

The three partners are known for their excellence in the fields of psycho-/neurolinguistics and clinical linguistics. They have initiated and run national programs which are highly demanded and well-evaluated by the national bodies.

Potsdam is the co-ordinating institution of the consortium and manages central aspects of the program.




Academic staff of the consortium

The teachers for the EMCL program have been selected on the basis of their academic quality. All are well-experienced teachers, who have been evaluated as being ‘inspirational’ and ‘excellent’ by previous student evaluations. All teachers are also internationally well-established researchers. Modern teaching techniques are used in the program (blackboard/moodle, electronic interaction with the students when they are abroad etc.). All in all, the quality of the academic staff and the program are internationally recognised as ‘excellent.’

Regular teachers

The following teachers are currently involved in the program. Please visit their homepages and find out additional information such as research interests and related information.

Visiting scholars since 2005

Since 2005/2006, 3-5 visiting scholars per academic year have participated for at least 4 weeks in the program. They came from universities worldwide and offered additional courses to the regular curriculum, acted as supervisors for the students' final theses and carried out research work at the institutions of the consortium.

2006
Prakash Padakannaya, University of Mysore, India
Claire Penn, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Reza Nilipour, IPM, Iran

2007
Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sam-Po Law, The University of Hong Kong, China
Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York, USA

2008
Shyamala Kullachanda, University of Mysore, India
Lorraine K. Obler, The City University of New York, USA
Dorit Ravid, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York, USA

2009
Arpita Bose, University of Windsor, Canada
Barbara Dodd, University of Queensland, Australia
Irene Carolina Irribaren, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York, USA
Jennifer Windsor, University of Minnesota, USA

2010
Elizabeth Armstrong, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Michael Dickey, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Laura Dickey, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Maletesha R. Joshi, Texas A & M University, USA
Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York, USA

2011
Mira Goral, CUNY, USA
Tom Roeper, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York, USA