Bio

I am an applied linguist and I conduct research in the interdisciplinary field of second language acquisition, with a particular interest in the intersection between sociolinguistics and second language acquisition. The crux of my scholarship focuses on underscoring the relationship and inconsistency between language ideologies and everyday actual sociolinguistic practices in societal and individual language use contexts. To this end, my primary research interests include second language pragmatics and translanguaging (e.g., multilingual and multidialectal practices). Some of my publications in this domain have appeared in peer-reviewed venues such as Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, System, Handbooks, and so on. And my efforts to share the work I do go beyond publishing venues, and have included lecturing, giving paper presentations, and serving on PhD dissertation committees in the US, Australia, Canada, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, and the UK. At Carnegie Mellon University, I mentor graduate students in second language acquisition, and teach a variety of courses in Arabic Studies, Second Language Acquisition, and Applied Multilingual Studies. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, I taught at the University of Arizona, and directed and codirected study abroad programs around the Arab region, including Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco. See my website for more information!

Department Member Since 2016