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Hanna Söderlund is an Associate Professor focused on applied linguistics, particularly in power relations, gender, and humor within conversations in sports. Her educational qualifications include recognition as a university teacher and she is affiliated with the Umeå Centre for Gender Studies. Her research delves into negotiations of power and how humor plays a crucial role in these dynamics, supported by a postdoctoral project that examined female and male cross-country skiers as sports pundits and their negotiation of power in studio conversations. Her dissertation challenged the perception of female comedians' capabilities in achieving powerful positions in humor-based television shows, emphasizing the impact of interlocutor rejections on their interactions. She actively engages in teaching various courses and lectures that cover rhetoric, language and gender, conversation analysis, and sociolinguistics. In addition to her academic pursuits, she has interests in gymnastics, ballet, competitive athletics, and sewing.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.