Dr Sviatlana Karpava is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics/ Multilingualism and Coordinator of the MA in TESOL programme at the Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus. Dr Karpava is Co-Director of the Discourse, Context and Society (DISCONSO) Lab and the Testing, Teaching and Translation Lab, Chair of Cyprus Teachers of English Association (CyTEA), active member and research collaborator of the Cyprus Linguistic Society (CyLing), the Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity Office (UCY), Cyprus Acquisition Team (CAT) and Harmonious Bilingualism Network (HaBilnet). She is an associate editor and style editor of the MEXTESOL Journal.