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Lyris Wiedemann is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford Language Center, where she has served since 1996. She directs the Portuguese language program and has a distinguished academic background including a Bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages with a specialization in Linguistics and a Master’s in the Teaching of Languages and Literature from Brazilian institutions PUC-RS and UFRGS. Lyris earned her Master's in Linguistics and her Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University. She has held significant positions in various educational institutions, including as an Associate Professor at Universidade Federal Rio Grande Sul and a Lecturer at UC Berkeley. Over the years, she has developed expertise in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language acquisition, and translation. Lyris is recognized for her contributions to the field through research articles and her role as a creator of the international symposium `Portuguese-Spanish Speakers: Acquisition and Teaching`. She was awarded the AATSP Maria Isabel Abreu prize in 2009 for her research work, highlighting her scholarship and commitment to language education.
Stanford Language Center • Stanford, California
Director of the Portuguese language program.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, California
Taught in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Taught in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Worked in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Department of Spanish in Portuguese, Stanford University • Stanford, California
By invitation.
Department of Linguistics, Stanford University • Stanford, California
By invitation.
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