Curriculum Vitae

Current Employment

Nov. 2011 - present Assistant Professor at the Department of Neurolinguistics, University of Groningen
Sept. 2011 - present Lecturer at the Department of Neurolinguistics, University of Groningen

Education

Sept. 2007-Sept. 2011 PhD candidate at the neurolinguistics department at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Project: Audiovisual Processing in Aphasic and Non-Brain-Damaged Listeners: The Whole is More than the Sum of its Parts
Copromotor: Dr. Roel Jonkers
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Roelien Bastiaanse
Thesis defense: 15.12.2011
Funding: Ubbo Emmius Fellowship
2007 Diploma in Patholinguistics (cum laude)
2003 Pre-diploma in Patholinguistics

Work Experience

Sept. - Nov. 2004 Internship Neurologische Rehabilitationsklinik Beelitz-Heilstätten
(Clinic for rehabilitation of neurological disorders)
Practical experience as speech therapist for patients with neurological disorders
March - May 2005 Work as a temporary at Neurologische Rehabilitationsklinik Beelitz-Heilstätten (speech therapy)
Practical experience as speech therapist for patients with neurological disorders

Teaching

  • “Taaltests in de klinische linguïstiek” (2nd semester, 2011/2012)
  • “Taalverwerking” (part of Psycholinguistics, block 2, 1st semester 2011/2012)
  • Assistance at “Social Media” (block 1, 1st semester, 2011/2012)

Guest Lectures

  • Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2011/2012 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: Aphasiabank
  • Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2010/2011 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: The Influence of Speechreading on Aphasic Comprehension (pdf)
  • Guest Lecture “Hot topic in Linguistics 2009/2010 (teacher: Laura Bos)”; Topic: “Stoornissen van taalbegrip bij afasie en de invloed van liplezen erop” (Deficits in language perception in aphasia and the influence of lip-reading on it) (pdf)
  • Guest Lecture “European Master in Clinical Linguistics 2009/2010 (teacher: Roelien Bastiaanse)”; Topic: The Influence of Lip-Reading on Aphasic Comprehension (pdf)
  • Guest Lecture “Onderzoekscollege Neurolinguistiek 2008/2009 (teacher: Roel Jonkers)”; Topic: The McGurk effect in Aphasia
  • Guest Lecture “Hot topic in Linguistics 2008/2009 (teacher: Gerard Bol)”; Topic: “Luisteren en kijken om te begrijpen - multimodaliteit van taalperceptie” (Listening and watching to understand - multimodality of speech perception)
  • Aphasiology Practicum “Neurolinguistiek I 2008/2009 (teacher: Roel Jonkers)”; 4 lectures, topics: Neuroanatomy, History of Aphasia, Paraphasias and Social Impacts of Aphasia

Organizational/Administrative Work

  • Member of the local organization committee of the Science of Aphasia XIII
  • Chair of the PhD Student Council of the Graduate School of Humanities (University of Groningen): January 2010 until January 2011
  • Representative of PhD candidates in the CLCG Advisory Council (University of Groningen): January 2010 until February 2011
  • Co-organizer of the 30th TABU Dag, an annual linguistic conference in Groningen: June 2009
  • Organization and chairing of the CLCG Graduate Student Meeting (University of Groningen): September 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • Secretary of the Neurolinguistics Research Group (University of Groningen): September 2008 until January 2010
  • Webcoordinator of the Neurolinguistics Research Group (University of Groningen): since September 2007

Grants

NWO Grant “Open Access Conferenties”, december 2011


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Name: Dörte Hessler
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