Rate My Professor Monika Bednarek

Professor Monika Bednarek is Professor in Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. She earned her Magister Artium in English linguistics, English literature, and Romance linguistics with a specialization in French from the University of Augsburg in 2002, followed by a PhD in English linguistics summa cum laude in 2005 and a Habilitation in English linguistics in 2008 from the same institution. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) from the University of Sydney in 2012. Bednarek joined the University of Sydney as a visiting scholar in 2006, advancing to Lecturer from 2009 to 2012, Senior Lecturer from 2013 to 2016, Associate Professor from 2017 to 2020, and Professor since 2021. Previously, she served as Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney from 2008 to 2009 and as Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Augsburg from 2004 to 2008. She directs the Sydney Corpus Lab and maintains extensive international visiting affiliations, including Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham in 2022, and Visiting Professor at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies from 2015 to 2016.