Teacher-Researcher, Hogeschool de Kempel
Waalre, The Netherlands
Email: a.buul@kempel.nl
Social: www.linkedin.com/in/anne-van-buul

Anne was born and raised in Eindhoven. She holds a Master’s degree in Dutch Language and Literature (2006, Nijmegen), a Master’s degree in Literary studies (2008, Nijmegen) and a PhD degree in Dutch literary history (2013, Groningen). She worked for six years in Eindhoven as an educational developer helping Dutch, internationally mobile families keeping up their mother tongue. Currently, she holds a position as teacher researcher at Hogeschool de Kempel in Helmond. In this position, her main focus lies on teaching teachers and future teachers to improve their reading education and how to welcome, accept and use the heritage languages of multilingual students in their classrooms. Her research uses mainly action research and design thinking, focusing on innovations in the field of language development and multilingualism.