Anisimova Alla, scholar philologist, Candidate of Philological Sciences, full professor, Head of the department of English Philology at Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University. In 1990 she defended her candidate degree thesis. Research interests – terminology, cognitive linguistics, methods of foreign language teaching, multilingual education.

She is an author of about 200 scientific works on topical problems of concepts verbalization and actualization in English speaking world-view, modern English language teaching methods, structure and semantics of terms in different spheres of science, etc.

Member of the Ukrainian Association of Cognitive Linguistics and Poetics, and the International Union of scientists of English literature (ESSE), in terms of which she participated in international conferences in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Germany and Austria.

Potnitseva Tatiana, scholar, philologist, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Literature at Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University. In 1976 she defended her candidate degree thesis, and in 1993 – doctor degree thesis in the history of English literature in Moscow State University (Moscow).

She is an author of about 190 scientific works on the history of English and American literature; member of the International Union of scientists of English literature (ESSE), in terms of which she participated in international conferences in Sweden, Poland, Hungary, and Finland.

Belekhova Laryssa, Doctor of Philology, full professor, Department of Romance and Germanic languages, Kherson State University. In 2003 she defended her doctor degree thesis. Research interests – comparative stylistics of English and Russian languages, cognitive linguistics.

Igor Menshikov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of the Department of General and Slavic Linguistics, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine. 

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Lipina Victoria, scholar, philologist. In 1975 she defended at Lomonosov Moscow State University her candidate degree thesis. In 1990 she defended her doctor degree thesis also at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Head of Department of the Comparative Philology of Oriental and English-speaking countries of Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University. Member of international scientific organizations: ESSE, EST, LATEUM, SHAKESPEAREAN SOCIETY.

Kakha Gabunia, Doctor of Philology, linguist, Professor of Tbilisi State University, chief advisor of the Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia, an expert of OSCE High Commissioner Office on National Minorities languages and teaching Georgian as a second language.

Jean-Remi Lapair, professor,  Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France, the President of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association.

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Sviridova Larisa, Doctor of Philology, professor, head of the department of the theory and methods of teaching foreign languages, Sholokhov Moscow State Humanitarian University, is an expert in the field of theory of language. In 2006 she defended her doctor degree thesis. Special place in the scientific and practical research take problems of identity when translating from one language to another, and in the description and classification of language modeling principles.

Panchenko Olena, scholar, philologist. In 1983 she defended her candidate degree thesis. In 1998 she defended her doctor degree thesis and received the degree of Doctor of Philology. She is the Head of the department of translation and linguistic training of foreign students at Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University.

Prykhodko Anatoliy, scholar, philologist. In 1983 he defended his candidate degree thesis at Kiev State Pedagogical University of Foreign Languages. In 2002 he defended his doctor degree thesis at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. Research interests – cognitive linguistics, syntactics, etc. head of German Philology Department of Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National  University.

Teterina Lilia, scholar, philologist. In 1973 she defended her candidate degree thesis at Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Research interests – poetological features of classical and modern poetic speech of Great Britain and the United States. Associate Professor of English Philology Department, Oles Honchar Dniepropetrovsk National University.

Semeshko Nina, scholar, philologist. In 1986 she defended her candidate degree thesis at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Research interests – stylistics of a literary text of 17-20 centuries. Associate Professor of English Philology, Department,  Oles Honchar Dniepropetrovsk National University.