{"id":114,"date":"2014-06-23T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:44:35","slug":"visitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/membership\/visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Language Testing Research Group has been very honoured to host the following guests:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025\/26<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Zoe Handley (University of York, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Yeager (University of Illinois, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Anton Pushparajah (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Forbes &amp; Gareth Jones (Coventry University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Paul Fernandez (University of Surrey, UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2024\/25:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Kellie Frost (University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Michelle Czajkowski (Radboud University, The Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Pucheng Wang (Zhejiang International Studies University, China)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Neil Bullock (International Civil Aviation English Association)<\/li>\n<li>Kietnawin Sridhanyarat (Silpakorn University, Thailand)<\/li>\n<li>Mutjarin Ittiphong (Silpakorn University, Thailand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2023\/24:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Shangchao Min (Zhejing University, China)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Henry Emery (Latitude Aviation English Services, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Laura Schildt (Ghent University, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Burak Senel (Iowa State University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Yi Tan (Georgetown University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Curtis Gautschi (University of Bern, Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Azrifah Zakaria (National Institute of Education, Singapore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2022\/23:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Jing Xu (Cambridge University Press &amp; Assessment, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Xiao Cheng (East China Normal University, China)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Salom\u00e9 Villa Larenas (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Deise Amaral (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Craig Grocott (University of Bergen, Norway)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Dylan Burton (Michigan State University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Ari Huhta (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Gary Ockey (Iowa State University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Robyn Woodward-Kron (University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Francesca Pezzella (Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Italy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2021\/22:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Kamran Khan (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Craig Grocott (University of Bergen, Norway)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Slobodanka Dimova (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Gareth McCray (Keele University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Vahid Aryadoust (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2020\/21:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Susy Macqueen (Australian National University, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Bart Deygers (Ghent University, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Philip Durrant (University of Exeter, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Rob Playfair (University of Liverpool, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Olga Kvasova (National University of Ukraine, Ukraine)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Agustinus Hardi Prasetyo (Iowa State University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Monique Yoder (Michigan State University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Judit Fairbairn (British Council &amp; University College London IoE, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Kristin Rock (University of Hawaii in Manoa, Hawaii)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Jorge Beltran (Columbia University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Geoff LaFlair (Duolingo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2019\/20:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Alberto Hurtado University, Chile)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Spiros Papageorgiou (Educational Testing Service, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Meg Malone (AELRC &amp; Georgetown University, USA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Danijela Trenkic (The University of York, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Kazuya Saito (University College London, IoE, UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2018\/19:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Susy Macqueen (Australian National University, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Sisilia Halimi (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Jamie Dunlea (British Council, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Alberto Hurtado University, Chile)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Swansea University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Tobias Haug (University of Zurich, Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Frank Boers (Western University, Canada)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2017\/18:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr Ying Xu (South China University of Technology, China)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Talia Isaacs (University College London, IoE, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof John Read (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Ana Pellicer-Sanchez (University College London, IoE, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Ari Huhta (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Tim McNamara (The University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Susana Correia (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2016\/17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Mary Jane Abrahams (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Carole Sedgwick (University of Roehampton, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Aek Phakiti (The University of Sydney, Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Maria Sikolova (University of Defence, Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Andrea Kulmhofer (BIFIE, Austria)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Isabel Hopf (BIFIE, Austria)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Kamran Khan (University of Leicester, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Ying Xu (South China University of Technology, China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2015\/16<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Cardiff University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Ricky Jeffrey (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Jamie Dunlea (British Council, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Andrea R\u00e9v\u00e9sz (University College London, IoE, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Anne Margaret Smith (ELT well, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Daniel Waller, Dr Tania Horak &amp; Ms Elena Gandini (University of Central Lancashire, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Tony Green (University of Bedfordshire, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Kris Van de Poel (University of Antwerp, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Ms Marina Vulovic (University of Antwerp, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<li>Prof John Bitchener (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Anita Hegedus (University of P\u00e9cs, Hungary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2013\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof John Read (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Nivja de Jong (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Henrik Gyllstad (Lund University, Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Xiangdong Gu (Chongqing University of Science and Technology, China)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Meg Malone (Centre for Applied Linguistics, USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012\/13<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Tess Fitzpatrick (Cardiff University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Karmen Pizorn (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Talia Isaacs (Bristol University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Costas Gabrielatos (Edge Hill University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Daniel Waller (University of Central Lancashire, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Angela Hasselgreen (University of Bergen, Norway)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2011\/12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Costas Gabrielatos (Edge Hill University, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Tania Horak (University of Central Lancashire, UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mr Kamran Khan (University of Birmingham, UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Language Testing Research Group has been very honoured to host the following guests: 2025\/26: Dr Zoe Handley (University of York, UK) Rebecca Yeager (University of Illinois, USA) Dr Anton Pushparajah (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka) Mary Forbes &amp; 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