Joyce Kling, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of English at the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University in Sweden. She currently is a co-coordinator of the English language teacher education program, where she is also a teacher-trainer for pre-service and in-service teachers. Her research interests include English-medium instruction (EMI), multilingual competence for the international classroom, and language testing and assessment. She has published several books and articles on EMI. Additionally, she is the incoming series co-editor of the Routledge Studies in English-Medium Instruction (with Prof. Slobodanka Dimova).
Dr. Kling returns to her position as a TIRF Trustee, having served previously from 2021-2022. Beyond TIRF, she has been an active member of TESOL International Association for the past 30 years. She served on the TESOL Board of Directors from 2006-2009 and again from 2022-2024, when she served as president from 2022-2023. She also served as Board Member of the ICLHE Association (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education) from 2017-2022.
