Tess Fitzpatrick yw Pennaeth yr Adran Ieithyddiaeth Gymhwysol a Chyfarwyddwr y Ganolfan Ymchwil Iaith ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Fe ddychwelodd i Brifysgol Abertawe yn 2017 ar ôl pum mlynedd yng Nghanolfan Ymchwil Iaith a Chyfathrebu Prifysgol Caerdydd. Mae ei hymchwil academaidd ar brosesu, caffael a phrofi geirfa yn cael ei lywio gan ei gyrfa gynnar mewn addysgu iaith. Roedd Tess yn Gadeirydd Cymdeithas Ieithyddiaeth Gymhwysol Prydain (BAAL) rhwng 2015 a 2018, ac mae wedi ennill Cymrodoriaeth Academi'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol am ei gwaith mewn astudiaethau geiriadurol ac mewn dealltwriaeth ehangach o brosesau gwybyddol mewn dysgu iaith ac addysg. Bydd hi’n ychwanegu arbenigedd ar gaffael a phrofi geirfa ail iaith i’r Arolwg.
Tess Fitzpatrick is Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Language Research Centre at Swansea University. She returned to Swansea in 2017 after five years at Cardiff University’s Centre for Language and Communication Research. Her academic research on vocabulary processing, acquisition and testing is informed by her early career in language teaching.  Tess was Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) between 2015 and 2018, and has been awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences for her work in lexical studies and in wider understanding of cognitive processes in language learning and education. She will add expertise on second language acquisition and language learning contexts to the Review.