Research Overview
Drawing on sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and critical applied linguistics, I investigate how everyday communication constructs identities, social relationships, and inequalities within broader historical, cultural, and institutional contexts. My research examines how people navigate changing social conditions through language, with a particular focus on aging, migration, multilingualism, and social inclusion.
My research encompasses three interconnected themes:
This research examines how older adults negotiate identity, relationships, and social participation through communication across family, community, and care settings and across diverse experiences of aging.
This research examines how people learn and negotiate culturally and institutionally situated ways of speaking and behaving through language-mediated interactions across the lifespan and across diverse social and institutional contexts.
This research investigates how transnational migrants negotiate language, identity, and belonging amid shifting language ideologies, mobility, and unequal power relations.