Iris Vasileiadou is a Doctoral candidate at Hellenic American University, where she also earned her MA in Applied Linguistics magna cum laude. Her research interests include intercultural communication and political and media discourse, as well as gender in communities of practice. Iris has worked as an EFL/ESL teacher in Greece and the U.K. at various language schools and since 2014, she has been working at Hellenic American Union as an EFL instructor in its English Language Program. She is a certified Cambridge and Michigan examiner for B2 and C2 CEFR levels. Iris has been involved in various projects for the Center for Applied Linguistics and Language Studies, such as material development for writing/speaking seminars for ESL learners, special courses on extensive reading for ESL learners, and teacher training seminars of how to use different technological tools. She has also developed testing items for the STYLE exam, and has trained oral and written examiners for Hellenic American University’s STYLE and ABLE exams. She is currently an adjunct faculty member teaching in the M.A. in Applied Linguistics program.
