Paulina
Sedlak-Jakubowska

I'm taking specialized courses examining language, power, new technologies and social structures:

• Digital Hygiene (completed 2025)
• Do You Know What You're Saying? The Hidden Power of Words (in progress)
• What We Do in a Group, or Sociology with Imagination (in progress)

These courses inform my research on how language in AI systems and digital products shapes public perception and reinforces or challenges power structures.

I completed Comprehensive Web and Digital Accessibility Training covering web, documents, PDF, mobile apps, and more. This training included preparation for the IAAP exam. Some of the modules I've learned the most from are:

• Designing an Accessible User Experience
• Device-Independent User Input Methods
• Conformance Testing, Detailed Methodology
• Usability Testing for Accessibility

I learned programming by taking on-line courses, tutorials and reading industry books. I also participated in commmunity workshops. The events I benefited from the most were:

• WarsawJS - Workshop #50: Unit testing (2020)
• WarsawJS - Workshop #37: Typescript for intermediate developers (2019)
• Frontend United - CSS and SVG in 2019 by Lea Verou and Chris Lilley (2019)

Thesis in applied linguistics on socio-cultural images of femininity in newspaper discourse.