Danko Sipka is a professor of Slavic languages and applied linguistics at Arizona State University, where he teaches Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Slavic and general linguistics in the School of International Letters and Cultures. He has been the coordinator of Slavic Languages and Cultures since 2011, the head of the German, Romanian, and Slavic Faculty (2018-2020), the head of the Linguistics Section (2020-), and the lead of the Language Instruction Standardization Initiative. He also holds a titular (presidential) professorship conferred upon him by the president of the Republic of Poland.
His experience includes stints at the universities of Sarajevo, Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), Poznan, Wroclaw, Warsaw, the Jagiellonian University (Poland), the universities of Munich and Dusseldorf (Germany), Hokkaido University (Japan), the Australian National University (Australia), the University of Illinois, the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia University (USA). Sipka served as a senior linguist or consultant to numerous language industry companies, such as McNeil Technologies, Microsoft, Inxight, Comprehensive Language Center, Glyph, TranExp, Avant Assessment, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Microsoft Proofing Unit, and others.
He holds a doctorate in linguistics from the U. of Belgrade, a doctorate in psychology from the Polish Academy of Sciences, and a master's in Russian from the University of Poznan. Professor Sipka is an ACTFL-certified Oral Proficiency Tester for Polish and English.
Sipka's research interests include lexicography, lexicology, linguistic anthropology, lexical and inflectional morphology, computational linguistics, and computer-assisted learning. His most recent monograhps are: "The Geography of Words" (2022), "Lexical Layers of Identity" (2019, paperback 2021) and "Lexical Conflict: Theory and Practice" (hardback 2015, paperback 2019) all three with Cambridge University Press. His publications encompass more than 150 papers and reviews as well as 30 books, including: "SerboCroatian-English Colloquial Dictionary," (Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2000, p. i-xxxiv, 1-664), "Dictionary of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian New Words," (Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2002, p. i-xii, 1-130), and "A Comparative Reference Grammar of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian," (Springfield: Dunwoody Press, 2007, 1-740).
Professor Sipka has presented invited lectures and keynote talks in the United States, Japan, Poland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Croatia, and Serbia. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2008-2020).
Danko Sipka's research interests include lexicography, lexicology, linguistic anthropology, lexical and inflectional morphology, computational linguistics, and computer-assisted learning.
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 212 | Language and Culture Clash |
PLC 312 | Advanced Polish II |
BCS 312 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv II |
SLV 484 | Internship |
SLV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SLV 493 | Honors Thesis |
AIS 494 | Special Topics |
PLC 494 | Special Topics |
HUL 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
BCS 495 | Serbo-Croatian/Heritage Speakr |
SLV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
SLC 590 | Reading and Conference |
LIN 598 | Special Topics |
HUL 598 | Special Topics |
AIS 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 690 | Reading and Conference |
SLC 790 | Reading and Conference |
SLC 792 | Research |
SLC 795 | Continuing Registration |
SLC 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 212 | Language and Culture Clash |
PLC 311 | Advanced Polish I |
BCS 311 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv I |
SLV 440 | History of Slavic Languages |
SLV 484 | Internship |
SLV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SLV 493 | Honors Thesis |
PLC 494 | Special Topics |
BCS 495 | Serbo-Croatian/Heritage Speakr |
SLV 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SLV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
SLC 790 | Reading and Conference |
SLC 792 | Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 294 | Special Topics |
PLC 311 | Advanced Polish I |
BCS 311 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv I |
SLV 440 | History of Slavic Languages |
SLV 484 | Internship |
SLV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SLV 493 | Honors Thesis |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
SGS 494 | Special Topics |
HUL 494 | Special Topics |
POS 494 | Special Topics |
PLC 494 | Special Topics |
BCS 495 | Serbo-Croatian/Heritage Speakr |
SLV 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SLV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
HUL 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 294 | Special Topics |
BCS 312 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv II |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BCS 101 | Elementary Serbo-Croatian |
BCS 201 | Intermediate Serbo-Croatian |
SLC 294 | Special Topics |
BCS 311 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv I |
PLC 311 | Advanced Polish I |
SLV 440 | History of Slavic Languages |
SLV 484 | Internship |
SLV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SLV 493 | Honors Thesis |
PLC 494 | Special Topics |
BCS 495 | Serbo-Croatian/Heritage Speakr |
SLV 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SLV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BCS 101 | Elementary Serbo-Croatian |
BCS 201 | Intermediate Serbo-Croatian |
SLC 294 | Special Topics |
BCS 311 | Bos/Croat/Serb Comp&Conv I |
PLC 311 | Advanced Polish I |
SLV 440 | History of Slavic Languages |
SLV 484 | Internship |
SLV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SLV 493 | Honors Thesis |
PLC 494 | Special Topics |
BCS 495 | Serbo-Croatian/Heritage Speakr |
SLV 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SLV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SLV 590 | Reading and Conference |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 294 | Special Topics |
Cross-linguistic Lexical Differences - Theory and Solutions invited lecture at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland, March 2011
LCTL Heritage Speakers – Resources for the Attainment of Full Professional Linguistic Proficiency, NCOLCTL, 2012
Cross-linguistic Lexical Differences: Second Language Teaching Implications, NCOLCTL, 2012
Promocija Savremenog englesko-srpskog i Savremenog srpsko-engleskog rečnika, Media Center, Belgrade, Sreda, 29/5/2013, 11:00, I sprat http://www.mc.rs/promocija-savremenog-englesko-srpskog-i.4.html?eventId=...
Danko Sipka. Panel discussion. Eastern Europe in Transition: The Significance of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1989 Revolutio (Nov 2009).
Institutional Grants and Contracts
“STARTALK: ASU Russian Startalk from Startalk” $53,964.72, PI and project director
Professional Language Skills Enhancement Training: An Arizona State University LTC Partnership Proposal, year three, $385,000, co-principal investigator, PI June-September 2016
Professional Language Skills Enhancement Training: An Arizona State University LTC Partnership Proposal, year two, $400,000, co-principal investigator
Professional Language Skills Enhancement Training: An Arizona State University LTC Partnership Proposal, year one, $275,000, co-principal investigator
Serbian language instruction services for U.S. Embassy Belgrade, $30,000, co-PI in charge of teacher training, evaluation, and student assessment.
Donation from the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles for ASU Polish Language Program, $15,000
Donation from the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles for ASU Polish Language Program, $2,300
Donation from the Polish Honorary Consul in Arizona for ASU Polish Language Program, $2,000
Arizona Board of Regents Learner Centered Education Grant, $46,871, principal investigator
Bosniac Language and Culture Immersion Camp, contract awarded to ASU CLI by USAF Medina Joint Language Center, February, 2005, $38,000, principal investigator
Bosniac Language and Culture Immersion Camp, contract awarded to ASU CLI by USAF Medina Joint Language Center, September-October, 2004, $38,000, principal investigator
Bosniac Language and Culture Immersion Camp, contract awarded to ASU CLI by Department of Defense, June 2004, $29,000, principal investigator
Bosniac Language and Culture Immersion Camp, contract awarded to ASU CLI by USAF Medina Joint Language Center, November 2003, $30,000, principal investigator
Croatian Water Management, awarded to ASU REESC by Word Learning, $40,000, co-principal investigator
ASU – University of Sarajevo Religious Studies Linkage, $200,000, co-principal investigator
Tatar Instruction and Support 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by SSRC, $12,500, principal investigator
Tatar Instruction and Support 2005, awarded to ASU CLI by SSRC, $12,500, principal investigator
Armenian Instruction and Support 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by SSRC, $18,000, principal investigator
Armenian Instruction and Support 2005, awarded to ASU CLI by SSRC, $20,000, principal investigator
Introductory Albanian Instruction 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $7,400, principal investigator
Introductory Macedonian Instruction 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $7,400, principal investigator
Introductory Albanian Instruction 2005, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $5,000, principal investigator
Introductory Macedonian Instruction 2005, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $7,200, principal investigator
Intermediate BCS Instruction 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $7,400, principal investigator
Introductory BCS Instruction 2004, awarded to ASU CLI by ACLS, $5,000, principal investigator
Introductory Polish Instruction 2005, awarded to ASU CLI by Polish American Congress, $8,000
Elemelementary Albanian 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $7,500
Elementary BCS 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $7500
Introductory BCS 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $7500
Elementary Macedonian 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $7500
Intermediate Macedonian 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $7500
Elementary Polish 2006, awarded by ACLS, co-PI - $8000
Elementary Tatar, 2006, awarded by SSRC - $9,720, principal investigator
Elementary and Intermediate Armenian, 2006, awarded by SSRC - $17,280, principal investigator
Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Program to host one Uzbek and one Russian linguist, awarded by the US State Department, $3,600, principal investigator and host
Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Serbo-Croatian subtitling project grant, $2,200, principal investigator
Individual Grants and Awards
NCOLCTL Walton Award, 2019
NCEEER STTG, 2019
Slovenian government grant for collaborative researh, 2019
Macedonian Language Seminar and Conference grant, UKiM, Skopje, 2018
Guest Professor Fellowship from the Slavic and Eurasian Center of Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan for fall semester 2017 (on average, awarded to 7% of the applicants)
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Nomination from Graduate College, 2017
Chosen for NFMLTA President Elect 2018- (the organization which publishes The Modern Language Journal)
$5000 from NFTMLA to organize a panel titled Intercultural Language Teaching: Teacher Training in LCTLs at the NCOLCTL 2016
Melikian Research Fund Award 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Recertified as Polish and English OPI Tester by ACTFL (2014-2018)
Won visiting researcher status at Australian National University, August 2014.
Invited author of the International Book Fair http://www.beogradskisajamknjiga.com/active/sr-cyrillic/home/levi_meni/gosti_iz_inostranstva.html, October 2014
Received a grant from ACLS to study heritage speakers of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, 2010-2012, $20,000
Won an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Short-Term Research Fellowship in the spring semester of 2011, $15000
Certified as an English Oral Proficiency Interview Tester and recertified in Polish by ACTFL (February 2010)
Awarded a Professor of the Year Special Recognition Award, Arizona State University, 2007
Awarded a Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, 2006
Certified as a Polish Oral Proficiency Interview Tester by ACTFL (February 2006)
Honors Disciplinary Faculty 2005-06, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 – certificate of appreciation from ASU Barrett Honors College
Meritorious Recognition Award" from the Polish-American Congress of Arizona for the contribution in promoting Polish language and culture, 2006
Received a Certificate of Recognition" from the U.S. Consul General of Poland in Los Angeles, for promoting Polish culture and language in Phoenix, Arizona, 2006
Received a honorary membership in Dobro Slovo, the National Slavic Honor Association, 2003
Won a Fellowship from the International Summer School of Political Science and International Relations for summer programs 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
Won a Fellowship from the Stefan Batory Foundation for research at the Polonia Institute of the Jagielonian Institute in Cracow, Poland, spring semester 1994
Won a Fellowship from the Polish Academy of Sciences for Graduate Study at the School for Social Research in the academic year of 1993- 94, in Warsaw, Poland
Granted an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the academic year of 1990-91 and 1991-92 at the University of Düsseldorf and the University of Munich, Germany
Awarded a Fulbright grant to teach Serbo-Croatian and to conduct research in the fields of lexicology and lexicography during the 1987-88 academic year, at the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana, and the University of Pittsburgh
Awarded a Grant from the Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana to participate in the Seminar of Slovene Language, Literature and Culture at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, summer of 1986
Won a Silver University Award for excellent scholarly performance in each academic year, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, academic years of 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85
Won a Golden University Award for excellent scholarly performance at the end of my undergraduate program, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, fall of 1985
Journal of Less Commonly taught Langauges, Editor-in-chief
Lingvističke aktuelnosti, Editor
National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, President Elect, 2018-
NCOLCTL
Dictionary Society of North America
ACTFL
Defended Theses
Arkadiusz Bogulicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Agnieszka Borowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Zyjahmi Cakolli, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Jazysza Cakolli, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Malgorzata Debinska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Joanna Dobosiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Maciej Dobosiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Malgorzata Franek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Katarzyna Gwozdzik, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Anna Józwicka, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Monika Juziak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Ewa Kaliszewska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Malgorzata Klos, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Agnieszka Król, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Melanie Mierzejewski, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (committee member)
Karina Oller, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Aneta Pecyna, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Karolina Przewozna, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Malgorzata Przybylak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Monika Robaszynska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Renata Rusche, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Andrzej Sateja, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Igor Serafin, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Renata Szczotkowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Anna Tuszynska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Jakub Walesiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Lidia Wiatrowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Jakub Wiecanowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Olena Tsurska, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (committee member)
Anna Wilk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Jakub Zgolinski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Sybilla Budzinska, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland (PhD thesis, committee member)
Bartolomiej Chraplewski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Anna Skowron, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Joanna Ceglowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Robert Niebuhr, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (committee member)
Zoran Rosic, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Debra Neill, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, committee member)
Daniela Kostadinovska, Arizona State University (committee member)
Joanna Dobosiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland (PhD thesis, advisor)
Anna Skowron, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland (PhD thesis, advisor)
Cristina Duculescu, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (committee member)
Olena Tsurska, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, committtee member)
Kara McAllister, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, committtee member)
Lupcho Spasovski, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, committtee member)
Hank Kuiper, Arizona State University (committee member)
Theses in Progress
Nina Sabolik, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, committtee member)
Amanda Weaver, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (PhD thesis, thesis director)
Total: 39 defended M.A. Theses, 5 defended Ph.D. theses, 9 honors theses, 1 M.A. thesis in progress, 2 Ph.D. theses in progress
US State Department Junior Faculty Development Program Coordinator
August 2005 -
Professor of Slavic Languages (and since August 2011 coordinator of Slavic languages), School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University
August 2002 – July 2005
Associate Research Professor and Associate Director, Critical Languages Institute, Arizona State University
June 2000 - July 2002
Visiting professor at the Critical Languages Institute of Arizona State University (summer semesters only)
June 1999 - July 2002
Senior Linguist at McNeil Technologies, Springfield, Virginia
August 1998 – September 2010
Associate Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University Slavic Department, Poznan, Poland
July 1996 -July 1998
Visiting Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University Slavic Department, Poznan, Poland
December 1997 - June 1998
Consultant to the New Mexico State University Computing Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, New Mexico
October 1993 - October 1997
Graduate Fellow at the School of Social Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
October 1995 - February 1996
Visiting Scholar at the Wrocław University Slavic Department, Wrocław, Poland
October 1993 - December 1998
Linguistic Research Director, Translation Experts Ltd, London
August 1994 - June 1996
Visiting Scholar at the Adam Mickiewicz University Slavic Department, Poznan, Poland
October 1992 - September 1993
Visiting Scholar at the Warsaw University Slavic Department, Warsaw, Poland
October 1990 - September 1992
Humboldt Visiting Scholar at the University of Duesseldorf and University of Munich, Germany
January - September 1990
Assistant Professor at the South-Slavic Department of the University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
September 1987 - June 1988
Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA
July - August 1988
Instructor at the East European Languages Summer Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh
September 1985 - December 1989
Lecturer at the South-Slavic Department of the University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
June - September 1985
Manuscript Reader at “Oslobođenje” Daily, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Consultancies
December 2010 - 2013
Consultant to University of Maryland NFLC, ILR 1-3 assessment objects, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
December 2011
Consultant to Glyph Inc., testing Croatian Localization Module for Windows
December 2011
Consultant to Avant Assessment Croatian ILR 3 assessment materials development, reading
November 2008 – January 2011
Consultant to Avant Assessment, Serbian, Croatian, and Polish ILR 3 and 4 assessment materials development, reading
April 2009
Consultant to Franklin Electronic Publishers, Polish audio materials verification
October 2008
Consultant to Butler-Hill Group, Croatian spell-checker advanced testing
October - November 2005
Consultant to the Comprehensive Language Center, Arlington, VA, general linguistic training discs development
July 2005
Consultant to the Department of Linguistics of University of Illinois, Serbian named entity tagger development
June 2004 – February 2006
Consultant to the Inxight, Silicone Valley, CA, morphological generators/analyzers for Serbian, Croatian, and Czech
April - July 2004
Consultant to the Microsoft Corporation Proofing Unit, Dublin, Ireland, Bosnian spell-checker testing
June – July 2004, January 2008-
Consultant to the Glyph Corporation, Seattle, Washington, sensitive geostrategic terminology database development for Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovene
May - August 2003
Consultant to the Multilingual Solutions and Instructor at Medina Joint Language Group, USAF, curriculum development for special language courses for military linguists
February - April 2002
Consultant to the Microsoft Corporation Geostrategic Unit, Redmond, Washington, Croatian and Serbian sensitive geostrategic terminology database development
January 1999 - January 2000
Consultant to the Translation Experts Ltd, London, Polish and Serbo-Croatian machine translation systems development
July 1998 - June 1999
Consultant to the Multilingual Research and Management, Kensington, Maryland, Serbo-Croatian lexicographic work
December 2010 - 2013
Consultant to University of Maryland NFLC, ILR 1-3 assessment objects, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
December 2011
Consultant to Glyph Inc., testing Croatian Localization Module for Windows
December 2011
Consultant to Avant Assessment Croatian ILR 3 assessment materials development, reading
November 2008 – January 2011
Consultant to Avant Assessment, Serbian, Croatian, and Polish ILR 3 and 4 assessment materials development, reading
April 2009
Consultant to Franklin Electronic Publishers, Polish audio materials verification
October 2008
Consultant to Butler-Hill Group, Croatian spell-checker advanced testing
October - November 2005
Consultant to the Comprehensive Language Center, Arlington, VA, general linguistic training discs development
July 2005
Consultant to the Department of Linguistics of University of Illinois, Serbian named entity tagger development
June 2004 – February 2006
Consultant to the Inxight, Silicone Valley, CA, morphological generators/analyzers for Serbian, Croatian, and Czech
April - July 2004
Consultant to the Microsoft Corporation Proofing Unit, Dublin, Ireland, Bosnian spell-checker testing
June – July 2004, January 2008-
Consultant to the Glyph Corporation, Seattle, Washington, sensitive geostrategic terminology database development for Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovene
May - August 2003
Consultant to the Multilingual Solutions and Instructor at Medina Joint Language Group, USAF, curriculum development for special language courses for military linguists
February - April 2002
Consultant to the Microsoft Corporation Geostrategic Unit, Redmond, Washington, Croatian and Serbian sensitive geostrategic terminology database development
January 1999 - January 2000
Consultant to the Translation Experts Ltd, London, Polish and Serbo-Croatian machine translation systems development
July 1998 - June 1999
Consultant to the Multilingual Research and Management, Kensington, Maryland, Serbo-Croatian lexicographic work