Annemiek Hammer is an associate professor in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication. Since 2023, she is programme director for the Linguistics and Literary Studies program.
Background
Hammer studied Linguistics (BA) and Speech and Language Pathology (MA) at Radboud University in Nijmegen. For her doctoral research (Leiden University), she investigated the spoken language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She compared the language outcomes of this group with those of children with a developmental language disorder.
She further expanded her knowledge of the deaf community in her role as senior lecturer at the Institute for Sign, Language, and Deaf Studies at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. In this role, she delivered lectures and guest lectures on language development and hearing at various locations in the Netherlands and specialized in applied research.
