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Contributors

Sophie Wodzak

Sophie Wodzak is Senior Communications Manager for the Duolingo English Test. She has a master's degree in professional writing from Carnegie Mellon University and has written for the New York Times.

Masha Kostromitina, Ph.D.

Masha is an Assessment Specialist at the Duolingo English Test. Her research has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals including Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

Tamsin Thomas

Repping the Duolingo English Test in the UK.

Ramsey L. Cardwell, Ph. D.

Dr. Ramsey Cardwell is an assessment scientist working on the Duolingo English Test. He is a former EFL teacher, and has a PhD in educational measurement with a focus on language testing.

Michael Lynas

UK Country Lead for the Duolingo English Test

Burr Settles

Director of Research. Machine learning, music, & mischief. Natural language processing & learning science. He/him/yinz/y'all.

Caroline Fisher

Storyteller and test taker advocate on the Duolingo English Test team.

Marlene Olsavsky

Country Lead, Duolingo English Test, Canada

Mark Pavic

Mark Pavic is a Marketing Manager for the Duolingo English Test team.