POSITIONS

• (0.9 fte) Assistant Professor, Centre for Language Studies / Department of Language & Communication, Radboud University, Nijmegen (permanent appointment), 10 / 2019 – present: senior researcher and lecturer.
• (0.5 fte) Assistant Professor, Centre for Language Studies / Department of Language & Communication, Radboud University, Nijmegen (permanent appointment), 01 / 2016 – 09 / 2019: senior researcher and lecturer.
• (0.4 fte) Speech and Language Pathologist, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen (permanent appointment), 03 / 2012 – 09 / 2019: Clinical interdisciplinary assessment and treatment of adults with complex communication disorders following acquired brain injury; development of clinical policies; and conduct of applied clinical research.
• (0.5 fte) Assistant Professor, Centre for Language Studies / Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen (sent on secondment by the Sint Maartenskliniek), 10 / 2012 – 12 / 2015
• (0.1 fte) Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 06 / 2010 – 09 / 2012
• (0.5 fte) Junior Postdoctoral Clinical Researcher, OSTT (Dutch acronym for Centre of Expertise for the Application of Speech and Language Technology in Rehabilitation ), Sint Maartenskliniek RD&E, Nijmegen, 01 / 2009 – 09 / 2012
• (0.5 fte) Junior researcher working towards a PhD, Sint Maartenskliniek RD&E, Nijmegen (as an external PhD-student of Radboud University, Nijmegen), 07 / 2001 – 12 / 2008
• (0.4 fte) Speech and Language Therapist, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen (permanent appointment), 02 / 2000 – 02 / 2012

EDUCATION

• PhD in Social Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, December 2008
  Title PhD thesis: Speaking in ellipses: The effect of a compensatory style of speech on functional communication in chronic agrammatism. Supervisors: Professor H.H.J. Kolk, PhD & Professor A.C.M. Rietveld, PhD, 2001 – 2008
• Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, 1996 – 2000
• Master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 1995 – 1999
• First-year diploma in Psychology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 1994 – 1995

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES AND TRAINING

• As a clinical researcher registered in the NFU BROK register (BROK: Basic course on Regulations and Organisation for Clinical Investigators, including MDR and non-WMO Research), 2016 – 2027
• Academic Leadership Programme for Assistant and Associate Professors, 2026
• Discovery Track with focus on Societal Impact, Mercator Launch, 2025
• Supervising PhD candidates, 2024
• University Teaching Qualification (BKO), 2012
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE), grade A (level C2: proficient user of English), 2012

GRANTS

• Inclusieve communicatie voor zorgprofessionals (Inclusive communication for healthcare professionals: VR-based training modules for healthcare trainees focused on communicating with communication-vulnerable persons, designed). Digital United Training Concepts for Healthcare (DUTCH). Project group: E. Bosma (main applicant), dr. M. Ruiter, &  dr. I. Schell-Kiehl. 2026 – 2027)
• SimpTell: Webgebaseerde afasietherapie (SimpTell: Web-based therapy for people with aphasia). Stichting IT Projecten (StITPro), co-financed by Radboud Fonds and crowdfunding. Project group: dr. M. Ruiter (main applicant)., J. Pons, prof. dr. A. Roelofs, & V. Piai. 2024 – 2025
• Nederlandse Afasiebank: Corpusgebaseerd onderzoek naar de intra‐ en inter-persoonlijke taalvariatie bij mensen met afasie (Dutch Aphasia Bank: Corpus-based research into intra- and interpersonal language variation in people with aphasia). Stichting Afasie Nederland (SAN). Project group: dr. M. Ruiter (main applicant), dr. V. Piai, dr. W. Doedens, dr. H. van den Heuvel, P. Trilsbeek, MA, prof. F.E. de Leeuw, dr. A. Tuladhar. 2024 – 2028
• Dynamic Assessment of Everyday Communication using Virtual Reality: proof of concept for persons with aphasia (DCOM-VR), NWO Small Projects for NWA routes 21/22. Project group: dr. M. Ruiter (main applicant), dr. W. Doedens, dr. V. Piai, dr. L. van Ewijk, H. Bosschers, MA, S. Wopereis, MSc & drs. E. Jutten. This project is one of three (sub)projects as part of the NWO Small Projects 21-22 Program. The overall application was submitted by professor dr. Willem J. Kop. 2022 – 2026
• Putting discourse particles in context: How people with acquired communication disorders use discourse particles (NWO PhDs in Humanities 2021). Project group: Prof. H. de Hoop (main applicant), dr. Lotte Hogeweg, dr. Marina Ruiter, & dr. Vitoria Piai (co-applicants). PhD candidate: Imke Wets, 2021 – 2025
• Utilization project within the NWO Gravitation Consortium “Language in Interaction” concerning the implementation of “SIMPTELL: Semi-independent Interactive Multimodal Production Training of ELLipses (in Broca’s aphasia)” (Project group: prof. A. Roelofs, dr. M. Ruiter, dr. V. Piai, prof. dr. R. Kessels and prof. dr. P. Desain). 2016 – 2018
• Communication & Revalidation DigiPoli (now called ComPoli) in Innovatieprogramma Revalidatie (ZonMw). Project group: L. Beijer (main applicant), P. Holtus, M. Ruiter, T. Rietveld, A. Geurts, H. Strik, & P. Desain, 2011-2013.
• Telehealth and aphasia therapy: Implementation of teletherapy for aphasia in Innovatieprogramma Revalidatie (ZonMw). Project group: M. Ruiter (main applicant), P. Holtus, J. van Limbeek, & A. Rietveld, 2010-2011.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Management and committee memberships

• Member of the Ethics Assessment Committee Humanities of the of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, 2017 – present
• Member of the Management Team, Department of Language and Communication, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University. From the 2026-2027 academic year onwards, MT Advisor, 2021 – present
• Board member of the Dutch Aphasia Foundation (Stichting Afasie the Netherlands), 2019 – 2026
• Member of the Alumni Advisory Board (Beroepenveld-commissie), Speech and Language Therapy, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, 2019 – 2026
• Member of Appointment Advisory Committees, Radboud University, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 2021 – present

Organisation

• Symposium ‘Virtual Reality in Language Diagnostics and Therapy: The Future!?‘, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, 9 May 2025, together with Willemijn Doedens and Mirjam Otters, 2025
• Chair programme committee of the Dutch Aphasia Conference “State of the Art 2019”, 4 & 5 October 2019, Zeist, the Netherlands, together with Judith Feiken, Femke Nouwens, Saskia Mooijman & Katja Batens, 2019
• Member programme committee of the Dutch Aphasia Conference, 2016 – 2018

Manuscript committees

• Bethke, S. (11 June 2026). Beyond the average: Capturing individual differences in German language skills. PhD-thesis, Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen. 
• Versluis, C. (6 April 2017). Why this now? A genre analytic approach to mixed aphasic/non-aphasic interactive events. PhD-thesis, VU University, Amsterdam. 

Doctoral examination boards

• Oudenampsen, J. (28 February 2024). Unravelling interdisciplinarity: Changing perspectives on interdisciplinary education, learning and learning outcomes. PhD-thesis, Radboud University, Nijmegen 
• Camerino, I.L. (27 September 2022). White matter tracts associated with executive aspects of language production in small vessel disease and stroke. PhD-thesis, Radboud University, Nijmegen. 
• Janssen, N. (8 December 2020). Staying connected as we speak: Behavioural and tractography evidence from health and neurodegenerative disease. PhD-thesis, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
• Kok, P. (8 June 2010). Word order and verb inflection in agrammatic sentence production. PhD-thesis, Radboud University, Nijmegen. 

Occasional reviewer for

• Aphasiology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, Journal of Communication Disorders, Speech Communication, Stem- Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 2008 – present
• Book on speech and language disorders: Garant (Antwerp, Belgium), 2012
• Dutch Research Counsil (NWO), Revalidatiefonds, 2009 – present