WORK EXPERIENCE
2018-present
Senior researcher at Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning and Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
Multilingualism of young children, minority languages in Europa
2018-2022
Coordinator development team new MSc. Voice Technology at Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
Developing a new academic master Voice Technology
2016-2019
Thesis supervisor and professor Speech and Language Therapy, Curriculum Developer at Pro Education, NCOI Groep, Hilversum (The Netherlands)
Thesis supervisor, speech- and language development and analysis of child speech, curriculum development
2016-2018
Postdoctoral researcher Frisian Audio Mining Enterprise (FAME!) at Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
Multilingual speech- and speaker recognition, research on code switching and language variation
2014-2016
Professor “Pluri- and Multilingualism” at University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Multilingualism in society, language policy in Europe, linguistic landscape
2013-2015
Professor Speech and Language Therapy and thesis supervisor at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle (The Netherlands)
Thesis supervisor, research skills, speech- and language development, curriculum development
2008-2012
PhD-student at University of Amsterdam & Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
Study on bilingual language acquisition (Frisian/Dutch) of toddlers in Fryslân
2005-2008
Scientific researcher at Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands)
Development Frisian version of language instrument LARSP
2004-2005
Speech and language therapist at school for special education, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Adolescents with impaired hearing, cognitive and/or behavioural problems
2004-2005
Speech and language therapist in office Amsterdam
Allround office: children and adults with voice, speech, and/or language problems
EDUCATION
2001- 2004
Linguistics, Major Speech Communication and Speech Technology, University of Amsterdam
Skripsje: FRYSS: a first step towards Frisian Text-To-Speech
1997-2001
Speech and Language Therapy, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen (The Netherlands)