Dr Gerda Odendaal has been appointed as co-editor at the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal.  Dr Odendaal has a BA and an Honours BA (Afrikaans and Dutch) cum laude from the University of Stellenbosch.  In 2010 her MA (Afrikaans and Dutch) was converted into a PhD (Afrikaans and Dutch), which was awarded in 2012.  Her supervisors were Prof. AE Feinauer (US) and Dr NE Alexander (UCT).  In 2008 and 2009 she received the Rector's Award for exceptional academic achievement and also the WAT award as best student in Afrikaans and Dutch in 2007 en 2008.  She has been associated with the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at the US since 2010 and is presently a postdoctoral fellow in this department.  She presents papers nationally and internationally since 2013.   Dr Odendaal was born in Porterville and now lives in Wellington.