Mie HIRAMOTO is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies at National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research interests encompass sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, focusing on areas like language, gender and sexuality as well as contact linguistics. Mie's work has been featured in journals such as Language in Society, Language and Communication, World Englishes, and Journal of Sociolinguistics. She maintains editorial positions, serving as co-editor-in-chief for Gender and Language and Journal of Language and Pop Culture, alongside her role as an associate editor for the Journal of Language and Sexuality and an area editor for Linguistics Vanguard. At NUS, Mie is a Principal Investigator of the Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster.

平本美惠是新加坡國立大學英語、語言學與劇場研究學系副教授，其研究興趣涵括社會語言學及語言人類學，尤其專精於語言與性別及接觸語言學等領域。在新加坡國立大學，美惠老師也擔任性別與性研究團隊的項目負責人。美恵老師發表不輟，於各個著名學術期刊皆有卓著貢獻，譬如：《語言與社會（Language in Society）》、《語言與溝通（Language and Communication）》、《世界英語研究（World Englishes）》，以及《社會語言學期刊（Journal of Sociolinguistics）》。同時，美惠老師亦於多個學術期刊擔任編輯的角色，臚列如下：

《性別與語言（Gender and Language）》共同主編

《語言與流行文化研究期刊（Journal of Language and Pop Culture）》共同主編

《語言與性研究期刊（Journal of Language and Sexuality）》副主編

《語言學先鋒（Linguistics Vanguard）》分區執行編輯