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Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej
w Krakowie

Sabina A. NOWAK, Ph.D.

Sabina A. NOWAK, Ph.D.

Research and Teaching Assistant Professor

Department of English Language Studies

sabina.nowak@uken.krakow.pl

phone: +48 12 662 69 54

room: 309

ORCID: 0000-0001-9761-8365

publications:

http://bgbase.uken.krakow.pl/

Position:

  • Research and Teaching Assistant Professor

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

  • Supervisor of teaching practice in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs,
  • Member of the Recruitment Committee team at the Institute of English Studies,
  • Member of the Promotion Team for the Faculty of Humanities.

Degrees:

  • 2017; Ph.D. in linguistics;
    Jagiellonian University;
    Thesis: „Rola refleksji i samooceny w rozwijaniu umiejętności językowo-przedmiotowych w szkole wyższej”;
    Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Władysław T. Miodunka, Uniwersytet Jagielloński;
    Reviewers: prof. dr hab. Danuta Gabryś-Barker, Uniwersytet Śląski, dr hab. Przemysław E. Gębal, prof. UW, Uniwersytet Warszawski.
  • 2006; M.A. in English Language Studies;
    Uniwersytet Jagielloński;
    Thesis: “The Application of the Six Thinking Hats Method in Teaching Writing to Matura Students”;
    Supervisor: dr Ewa Witalisz, Uniwersytet Jagielloński.
  • 1999; M.A. in Tourism and Recreation;
    Academy of Physical Education in Crakow;
    Thesis: “Geneza i rozwój zainteresowań nurkowaniem w świetle badań osób zrzeszonych w krakowskich klubach płetwonurków”;
    Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Ryszard Winiarski, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie.

Main field of research:

  • Linguistics

Department:

  • Department of English Language Studies

Research Interests:

  • Content and language integrated learning (CLIL),
  • Teacher Education Discourse (TED),
  • Well-being,
  • Testing,
  • Teacher training and development (TT&D).

Teaching:

  • BA and MA thesis seminars in English language teacher education;
  • English Language Teaching Methodology;
  • Project-Based Language Teaching;
  • Virtual Exchange;
  • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Lecture;
  • Task-Based Language Teaching;
  • Language Assessment.

Membership in Academic Societies:

  • Modern Language Association of Poland,
  • Polish Association of Educational Diagnostics,
  • Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium CALICO.

Selected visiting lectures:

  • 2024; Invited plenary lecture: Dobrostan uczniów i nauczycieli – mapa zagadnień, Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Gdynia, Poland
  • 2025; Program Erasmus+ Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey.
  • 2019; Program Erasmus+ Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 2016; Program Erasmus+: Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.
  • 2010; Program Erasmus: Pädagogische Hochschule, Wiedeń, Austria.

Invited Plenary Talks

2026 – Multiplicity and Well-being: A Future Dialogue Across Disciplines. Invited plenary talk at the scientific conference “Contemporary Perspectives on Pedagogy and Psychology in the Context of Education and Upbringing”, 21–22 October 2026, Akademia Tarnowska, Poland.

2024 – Student and Teacher Well-being: Mapping Key Issues. Invited plenary talk, Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE), Gdynia, Poland.

Main Publications:

Monographs:

Articles/Chapters:

 

Project (PI)

2025: IDUB-02 Excellent Small Working Groups (ESWG/2025/02/00003)  “ENGAGE for Well-being: Enhancing Next-Gen AI- and XR-Augmented Education and Global Expertise to Foster Well-being” Funded by the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki) within the framework of the Initiative of Excellence – Research University (Instytucja Doskonałości – Uczelnia Badawcza).

 

Selected online lectures:

 

Science Popularization

  • 23–26 February 2026 participating in the international conference Bridging Well-Being and (Teacher) Education: A Globalised Perspective to Science Diplomacy in New York at the United NationsHeadquarters and at Teachers College, Columbia University.  Delivering a paper entitled “Interplay Among Socio-Emotional Well-Being and Identity in CLIL Reflective Discourse”
  • 3–7 November 2025 r. Volunteering with Professors without Borders for Nari Sewi Samiti w Lucknow, India. Programmes – Professors Without Borders (prowibo.org)
  • February 23, 2025 – Participation in The Versatilist Podcast, hosted by Prof. Patrick M. O’Shea from Appalachian State University, along with Dr. Regina Kaplan-Rakowski from the University of North Texas (UNT).
  • November 24, 2024 – YouTube lecture: Well-being at School: A Buzzword, Lifesaver, or Life-Changer? as part of the nationwide Night of Anglicists.
  • November 24, 2024 – Co-organization of the AccessAbility Kraków Orienteering Challenge with Dr. Werona Król-Gierat and Dr. Agnieszka Strzałka as part of the Night of Anglicists.
  • 5 June 2024 – Organization of a lecture by Prof. Anna T. Litovkina from J. Selye University titled The Psychology of Joy.
  • 12 April 2024 An interview for Lorenza Bacino from UNICollaboration about the Virtual Exchange Book Club project, focusing on international student collaboration through intercultural online reading discussions.  https://unicollaboration.org/index.php/2024/04/12/a-virtual-exchange-book-club/
  • 2024 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Nicole Chung – All You Can Ever Know).
  • 2023 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Rebekah Taussig – Sitting Pretty).
  • 2022 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Carlotta Walls LaNier – A Mighty Long Way).
  • March 14, 2022 – Conducting a workshop titled Well-being: How to Take Care of Student and Teacher Well-being?as part of the Second In-service Teacher Training Day at the Pedagogical University of Kraków (A Student with Refugee Experience in the Classroom: How to Handle It? Methodological Workshops for English Teachers… and Beyond).
  • 2021-2022 – International collaboration with Susie Russak from Beit Berl College.
  • April 28, 2021 – Organization of a lecture by Prof. Douglas K. Hartman from Michigan State University, USA, titled Improving the ‘Presentation Literacy’ of Faculty in Higher Education: An Information Design Approach.
  • April 14, 2021 – Conducting a workshop titled Well-being: How to Improve Your Workplace Environment? for students and teachers of the international e-Twinning project at the invitation of the Principal of Sobieski High School, Kraków. https://v1.madmagz.com/magazine/1898235#/page/17 
  • March 7, 2020 – Conducting a workshop for teachers titled Assessment in CLIL as part of the First In-service Teacher Training Day at the Pedagogical University of Kraków.
  • 2018-2019 – International collaboration with David Richardson, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.