I am presently teaching Research Methods in Language and Communication; Language, Society & Power and I am the Course director and main lecturer for French and Spanish.
Senior Lecturer in languages and applied linguistics. Course Director of Contemporary Language Studies. Based in the Centre for Language & Linguistics.
I have been a lecturer in the Centre for Language and Linguistics since 2007 teaching both French and applied linguistics. Previously, I was a Lecturer at Imperial College in French language and culture (2002-2007).
I hold a PhD in applied linguistics on familial multilingualism and my areas of research interests are multilingualism in society, multilingualism and emotions, cultural memories of language and post-memory.
Presentations:
10 November 2016. "Bilingualism and belonging", workshop, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe: University Responses. Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference. CCCU.
14-17 September 2015. "Emotional outcomes of belonging to a bilingual family", poster presentation at 4th Barcelona Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism.
17 December 2014. “Ordinary” bilingualism: a study of French and Spanish speaking families in South East England". CCCU presentation.
13 June 2013. "Getting lost in the sea of interdisciplinarity", presentation at the Annual PGRA conference at Canterbury Chris Church University - The Accessibility of Research.
14 June 2012. "An exploration of the relationships between parents and children in bilingual settings with respect to the linguistic, social and emotional aspects of children’s developing bilingualism", presentation at the Annual PGRA conference at Canterbury Christ Church University - The personal value of research.