about me

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. My current projects focus on sociophonetics in situations of dialect and language contact. I am also interested in the ideologies that arise when languages/dialects are in contact, and in how these ideologies influence the outcomes of contact situations.

Beyond linguistics, I love learning and teaching languages. I have experience teaching Russian, Eastern Armenian, and English.

Contact: esantelm@umich.edu