Katherine Morales, Ph.D.

Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL /

Profesora de Lingüística Aplicada y Enseñanza del Inglés como Segundo Idioma

Pronouns / Pronombres: She/Her/Ella

Teachers College, Columbia University

316 Zankel, New York, New York 10027

Contact: krm2144 (at) tc (dot) columbia (dot) edu

Educational Background / Transfondo Académico

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin (2019).

M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics, the University of Edinburgh (2012).

B.A. in English Linguistics, University of Puerto Rico (2011).

I am a professor of Sociolinguistics in the Applied Linguistics and TESOL program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

I am recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities (2020) Faculty Award and currently conduct research on bilingualism, ideologies and identities of Latinx in Puerto Rico and the United States and am currently working on a monograph under contract by Multilingualism Matters. I am a recent core committee member of the Language and Social Justice Group for the Society of Linguistic Anthropology and American Anthropological Association.

I have taught English and linguistics in Europe and Puerto Rico (US), and have previously held academic positions as full-time professor in Linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (2019 - 2022), part-time professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras (2021 - 2022), occasional lecturer in Trinity College Dublin (2016 - 2018), and instructor of academic English at Griffith College Dublin (Ireland) (2018).

This is my personal professional site where I publish updates on my research and teaching journey.

Research areas / Areas de investigación

Sociolinguistics, bilingualism and identity, language ideologies, language use, World Englishes.

Sociolingüística, bilingüismo e identidad, ideologías lingüísticas, uso del lenguaje, Inglés alrededor del mundo.