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Tracey M. Derwing is Professor Emeritus, the University of Alberta, and an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. She has researched L2 pronunciation, especially the relationships among intelligibility, comprehensibility, fluency, and accent. She has also examined interventions enhancing native speakers’ comprehension of L2 accented speech. Much of her research concerns the successful social integration of immigrants and refugees.

John M. Levis is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Iowa State University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, the founder of the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, the co-editor of the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings, and the co-developer of pronunciationforteachers.com. He is co-editor of several books, including The Handbook of English Pronunciation (2015), Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent (2014), and Critical Concepts in Linguistics: Pronunciation (2017). He is also the author of Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation (2018).

Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer is Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. She is the editorial assistant of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, the co-developer of pronunciationforteachers.com, and the chair of Speech Pronunciation and Listening Interest Section of TESOL International Association. Sinem’s interests include pronunciation teaching, materials evaluation and development, and computer-assisted language learning. She has published in TESOL Quarterly, CATESOL Journal, and The Routledge Handbook of English Pronunciation.