Ph.D. (2003) in Linguistics from the Silesian University, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Outside item writer in the TOEIC test developers' team.
ETS TOEFL Summer Institute item writer; Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.

July - August2002 and 2003 Intern, ETS, Princeton, NJParticipated in item writing sessions conducted by Bill Eilfort and Dan Tumposky, et al. Wrote TOEFL Listening question items under James Daubs. Oct. 1999-present Instructor, Silesian University, Sosnowiec, PolandTeach courses in Descriptive Grammar of English (Phonetics and Syntax); Practical Knowledge of Portuguese; Written Composition; Translation; and Reading Comprehension. June-Oct. 1999 Interpreter/Translator, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Rzeszow, PolandActed as Polish-English interpreter for Polish engineers and American experts on the shopfloor of WSK Rzeszow, a plant producing jet engine turbines. Translated technical documentation regarding the chemical processing of alloys from English to Polish. June-Oct. 1998 Graduate Intern, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJIn ETS. Reasearch Division, analyzed argument structure in written composition for essays to be fed in to the E-rater automated essay-grading system.

Publications
In print Entries for The Encyclopedia of Rape edited by Dr. Merril Smith. To be published by Greenwood Press in 2004.
In print A review of "Time for Words", a collection of articles on lexical studies, in print by Peter Lang Press April 2002 In Polish: .Sekrety jezykow obcych i ojczystych. (.The Secrets of Foreign Languages and Mother Tongues.) in Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, Katowice, Poland. A review of areas in foreign languages that both pose problems and provide opportunities to excel.
Feb. 2002 In Portuguese: .Um currículo moderado. (.A Moderate Curriculum.) in Cadernos Portuguęs Língua Estrangeira Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. The article talks about the course of the Portuguese Language I teach at the Silesian University, the course.s moderate scope and the challenges it offers*the need to trim the curriculum (Portuguese is not the students. major) without making it grotesquely basic. Available online: link
May 2001 .Portuguęs ao vivo. (.Portuguese Live.). A textbook for learners of Portuguese. A few images and passages can be seen at www.republika.pl/livro
Dec. 2000 In Polish .Instynkt jezyka i jezykowa ruletka. (.The Language Instinct and Language Roulette.) in Metody badan glottodydaktycznych, Wyzsza Szkola Zarzadzania Marketingowego, Katowice. The article provides corroboration for the claims presented in Steven Pinker.s book .The Language Instinct.. In this article I juxtapose Pinker.s explanation with Terrence Deacon.s vision of language intuition compared to lucky bets in gambling.

Interests
1. Semantic competence in native speakers;
2. The Portuguese language;
3. Computer graphics;
4. Science