dr. V.M. (Veerle) Baaijen

Veerle Baaijen (1982) studied Dutch Language and Literature at the University of Groningen. In 2007 she graduated with a Master of Arts, specialising in Speech Communication and Discourse Analysis. In 2008 she graduated with distinction (cum laude) from the University of Groningen with a Research Master in Applied Linguistics. During her two year research master program she spent one year as a research apprentice at Staffordshire University (UK) in Stoke -on-Trent to conduct her thesis research. In 2008 Veerle started her PhD project at the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen at the University of Groningen under the supervision of Kees de Glopper and David Galbraith. This resulted in a thesis titled The development of understanding through writing. In September 2012 Veerle was employed as a temporary lecturer at the Department of Communication and Information Sciences and at the Department of Speech Communication and Discourse Analysis at the University of Groningen. She is currently employed as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Speech Communication and Discourse Analysis.