Andrea Schalley is Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies at Karlstad University. She is also Co-Director of the Centre for Language and Literature Education at Karlstad University, Research Affiliate at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, and a Coordinator of the International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA) Research Network on 'Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development'. She has published widely on bilingualism, biliteracy, semantics and linguistic typology. Currently, she also serves as editor-in-chief of the open-access book series 'Current Issues in Bilingualism' (Language Science Press).