About Me:
I am a socio-cultural linguist at Grand Valley State University. My research focuses on identity, gender, and language ideologies in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and among Nepali-Bhutanese in West Michigan. I teach a range of linguistics courses including sociolinguistics, language and gender, and language and power.
Area(s) of Training
anthropology, ethnography, other
Area(s) of Expertise
socio-cultural linguistics, language ideologies, identity, language variation
Current Area of Employment
Academic (Professor of English: Linguistics, Grand Valley State University)
