Department of English Studies
Raili Marling
PhD (English Language and Literature)
Head of Department, Professor of English, Programme Director for Germanic and Romance Languages and Literatures
Lossi 3-333
Research and supervision topics:
- contemporary and modernist American literature
- gender studies
- discourse analysis and political rhetoric
- political affects and emotions
- intercultural communication
Nicholas William Groom
PhD
Visiting Professor
Djuddah Arthur Joost Leijen
PhD (General Linguistics)
Associate Professor of English Language
Lossi 3-306
Research and supervision topics:
- academic writing
- academic writing and GenAI
- rhetoric and composition
- academic literacy
- communication and technology
- genre studies
- applied linguistics
Jane Padrik
PhD (General Linguistics)
Associate Professor of English Language 0.2 p
Lossi 3-332
Research and supervision topics:
- usage-based linguistics
- sociolinguistic variation
- learner language research
- digital humanities
- empirical methods in linguistics (corpus linguistics, linguistic experiments, statistical modelling)
Katiliina Gielen
PhD (English Language and Literature)
Lecturer in English Language and Translation Studies
Lossi 3-324
Research and supervision topics:
- translation studies
- translation history
- comparative literary studies
- gender studies
Liina Tammekänd
PhD (General Linguistics)
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
Lossi 3-324
Research and supervision topics:
- corpus linguistics
- learner English of Estonian speakers
- second language acquisition theories
- academic writing
- artificial intelligence in academic writing
Pilvi Rajamäe
PhD (English Language and Literature)
Lecturer in English Literature
Lossi 3-334
Reeli Torn-Leesik
PhD (General Linguistics)
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Programme Director for English Language and Literature
Lossi 3-324
Research and supervision topics:
- Estonian learner English
- morphosyntax (esp. voice constructions)
- English grammar and vocabulary
- English phonetics
- first and second language acquisition
Natalja Zagura
MA (English Language and Literature)
Junior Lecturer in English Language and Teaching Methodology
Lossi 3-324
Research and supervision topics:
- acquisition and learning of English as a foreign language
- oral interaction
- conversation analysis
- compensatory strategies
- plurilingualism
- action-oriented approach in foreign language teaching
Eva Rein
Junior Lecturer in English Language and Canadian Literature
Lossi 3-334
Research and supervision topics:
- Canadian literature in English
- trauma studies
- memory studies
- identity
- Canadian and Estonian/Estonian Canadian comparative literature
Anneli Sigus
MA (Teacher of English)
Junior Lecturer in English and Language Education
Research and supervision topics:
- learning and teaching English
- implementing the CEFR in language teaching
- creating elective courses for teaching English (especially speaking courses)
- language testing and assessment"
Inga Laant
Teacher of English 0.5 p
Lossi 3-335
Ele Sepp
mag (Interpreting)
Teacher of English Language
Lossi 3-335
Anett Raup
MA (Translation)
Teacher of English Language
Lossi 3-335
Ülle Türk
MA (Linguistics)
Teacher of English Language and Culture 0.5 p
Lossi 3-324
Research and supervision topics:
- Common European Reference for Languages and the action-oriented approach in foreign language education
- task-based and project-based language teaching
- language testing and assessment
- academic reading and writing
- teaching literature and culture
- British and Irish culture (incl media and film studies)
Susanna Soosaar
PhD (English Language and Literature)
Research Fellow in English Literature
Research and supervision topics:
- contemporary and postmodern literature and theory
- political emotions and affect theory
- climate policy and environmental humanities
Sara Bédard-Goulet
PhD (Contemporary Literature)
Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Humanities 0.5 p
Lossi 3-423
Research and supervision topics:
- environmental humanities and ecocriticism
- contemporary French-language literature
- research-creation
Eret Talviste
PhD (English Literature)
Research Fellow in Contemporary English Literature
Research and supervision topics:
- modern and contemporary literature
- transnational modernist studies
- feminist, posthuman, affect, and postcolonial theories, ecocriticism
- race and ethnicity, gender, class
- wonder and wander
- comparative literature between Estonia and Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or England
Ester Suur
MA (English Language and Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in English Language and Literature
Research and supervision topics:
- contemporary literature
- English-language Japanese and Korean diaspora literature
- transcultural and postcolonial literatures
- diasporic identity in literature
Ave Palm
MA (Teacher of English)
Junior Research Fellow in English Language and Literature
Research and supervision topics:
- early-20th-century English literature
- queer literature and history
- gender studies
- reception studies
Marilii Paalo
Academic Affairs Specialist
Denys Savchenko
MA (English Language and Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in English Language and Literature (employment contract suspended)
Research and supervision topics:
- applied linguistics
- corpus linguistics
- learner language
Janine Aloe
MSc
Junior Research Fellow in English Language and Literature (employment contract suspended)
