Jelena Filipovi? is a Professor of Spanish and Sociolinguistics at the Department of Iberian Studies, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests are in the areas of critical sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, Sephardic studies, gender studies, Hispanic and applied linguistics. She has authored and co-authored several books and several dozens of articles in academic journals and monographic publications. She has been engaged in a number of national and international projects in the areas of language education policies, gender sensitive language policies, foreign and second language teaching curriculum design and development and language maintenance and revitalization.