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Dr Monika Ka藕mierczak is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Polish Dialectology and Logopaedics, Chair-Elect of the International Cluttering Association (ICA), and a Certified European Stuttering Specialist (CESS). She is a speech-language therapist, voice coach, voice rehabilitation specialist, teacher of Polish as a second/foreign language, Polish philologist, and an Early Development Support (WWR) therapist.
In her research and outreach activities, Dr Ka藕mierczak currently focuses on the nature, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of cluttering. She is the author of numerous academic publications on this still relatively little-known language and communication phenomenon and actively participates in initiatives aimed at raising awareness of cluttering. In 2021, she founded and has since run the Facebook group Grupa G (jak GIE艁KOT) [鈥済ie艂kot鈥� is the Polish term for 鈥渃luttering鈥漖, a community for anyone interested in learning more about cluttering or cluttering combined with stuttering: . In 2023, at the 3rd World Conference on Cluttering, she presented a research poster examining the role of Grupa G in raising awareness of cluttering in Poland: .
To present her research on cluttering, she was invited to participate in the University of 艁贸d藕 Nauka inspiruje (鈥淪cience Inspires鈥�) project (/aktualnosc/szczegoly/nauka-inspiruje-dr-monika-kazmierczak) , as well as in the Nauka przez du偶e K (鈥淪cience with a Capital K鈥�) project run by Forum Akademickie (). She has also taken part in radio programmes devoted to cluttering, including Tr贸jka do trzeciej (Polish Radio Programme 3) and Szkie艂ko i oko (Radio 艁贸d藕). She also inspires young speech-language therapists with her passion for research. In 2023, research conducted by a team led by Dr Ka藕mierczak was recognised by an international jury. The poster Predicting cluttering in young adults: preliminary results of students鈥� self-assessment received first place in the Best Student Poster Award competition: /en/news/details/speech-therapy-students-from-the-university-of-lodz-won-the-international-best-student-poster-award . For her innovative approach to conceptualising language and communication chaosmos (dis-order) in cluttering within a non-antagonistic framework, Dr Ka藕mierczak received the UNIC Thematic Lines Best Paper Award 2026. The award was presented during the 2nd UNIC Thematic Conference at Ko莽 University in Istanbul ( ; /aktualnosc/szczegoly/unic-thematic-lines-best-paper-award-2026-dla-dr-moniki-kazmierczak-naukowczyni-ul-odebrala-nagrode-podczas-konferencji-w-stambule ).
As a speech-language therapist, Dr Ka藕mierczak currently teaches undergraduate students in the logopaedics programmes and postgraduate students in Media and General Speech-Language Therapy (Logopedia medialna z logopedi膮 og贸ln膮) and Voice Disorders Rehabilitation (Rehabilitacja zaburze艅 g艂osu). As part of the Logopaedics Laboratory at the Department of Polish Dialectology and Logopaedics of the University of 艁贸d藕, she provides speech-language support to children referred for therapy. She also works as a speech-language therapist at a preschool in 艁贸d藕, delivers training courses and workshops, and provides individual consultations and regular therapy sessions to people with communication difficulties, as well as consultations for professional voice users and public speakers. As an expert, she has also contributed to the parenting radio programme Wychowanie to wyzwanie (鈥淧arenting: A Challenge鈥�) on Radio 艁贸d藕.
Dr Ka藕mierczak has completed numerous professional courses and training programmes, including the international European Stuttering Specialization (ESS). She has participated in several research grants as a specialist. Her voice can be heard, among other places, in audio recordings accompanying the publications Otwarta 艁贸d藕. Skrypt do kursu j臋zyka polskiego jako obcego na poziomie podstawowym and Otwarta 艁贸d藕. Skrypt do kursu j臋zyka polskiego jako obcego na poziomie B1, as well as in the textbook KulFon. Kulturowa fonetyka (nie tylko) dla Ukrai艅c贸w [KulFon. Cultural Phonetics (Not Only) for Ukrainians], where she also served as the coordinator of the logopaedics team ().
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