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BA (University of the West Indies)
PGD (University of the West Indies)
MA (York University)
Research interests: Creole linguistics, language mixing, code switching, Creole continua, language variation and change
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amandacg@yorku.ca
BA & BEd (York University)
MA (York University)
Research interests: language and the law, language and gender, (critical) discourse analysis, pragmatics, semantics.
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ana1993@my.yorku.ca
BA (University of Bergamo)
MA (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Research interests: Syntax and its interfaces; experimental syntax; A-bar phenomena; Italian; Italian dialectology; Balkan Sprachbund.
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aneagu@yorku.ca
BA (Ajman University)
MA (University of Salford)
Research Interests: Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL), Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Academic Writing, learning transfer and feedback.
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aya2019@yorku.ca
BA (University of Victoria)
MLIS (University College Dublin)
Research interests: Sociolinguistics; Language, Gender, and Sexuality; Verbal Hygiene; Discourse Analysis; Computer Mediated Communication; Usage-based Linguistics.
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bkoneill@yorku.ca
BA (Middle East Technical University)
MA (Hacettepe University)
MA & TESOL Certificate (York University)
Research interests: Syntax and Semantics Interface; Second Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Monolingual/Bilingual Language Processing.
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burcuu@yorku.ca
BA (Middle East Technical University)
BA (State University of New York at New Paltz)
MA (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Language Attitudes, Language Policy, Second Language Acquisition.
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busracan@yorku.ca
BA (University of Waterloo)
MA (OISE, University of Toronto)
Research interests: TESOL/TESL Teacher development and identity, teacher training, Second Language Instruction, narrative inquiry, use of technology in teacher development.
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cfretz@yorku.ca
BA (York University)
MA (University of Western Ontario)
Research interests: language documentation, phonology, Chinese Indigenous languages, second language acquisition
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cqw111@yorku.ca
BA (University of Manitoba)
MA (Hofstra University)
Research Interests: Forensic linguistics, language and law, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, (interactional) sociolinguistics, pragmatics.
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dwing@yorku.ca
BA (Saint Mary’s University)
MA (University of Toronto)
Research interests: Acadian French, Canadian French, code-switching, dialectology (urban), phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, language variation and change.
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leblan92@yorku.ca
BA (Shiraz University)
MA (Shiraz University)
MA (York University)
Research interests: Written and oral corrective feedback, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
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fhasiri@yorku.ca
BA (University of Balochistan)
MA English (University of Balochistan)
MA TESOL (Michigan State University)
Research interests: language policy and planning; language identity and ideology; Multilingualism; Multiculturalism; culture and identity; second language (L2) writing; L2 writing assessment; English for Specific Purposes; L2 motivation; L2 Motivational Self System; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL);
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grasool@yorku.ca
BA (University of Toronto)
MA (Univerity of Guelph)
MA (York University)
Research Interests: Phonetics/Phonology; sociophonetics; articulatory phonetics; language variation and change; language revitalization; Celtic languages (particularly Modern Irish and Welsh); Marshallese language; Guaraní language (Jopará and Correntino); Zulu language.
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gvcahill@yorku.ca
BA (Glendon College)
BEd & MA (York University)
Research interests: Second language acquisition and instruction; Teacher education; Education in emergencies; Forced migration and refugee studies; Connected learning; Participatory research
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haeunk@yorku.ca
BA (University of Jordan)
MA (University College London)
Research interests: Language, Culture and Identity; Telecollaboration 2.0 and Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Development; Technology-mediated Language Learning; ICC in Foreign and Second Language Education; Education for ESL/ELL Refugee Learners.
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hibaib87@yorku.ca
BA (University of Toronto)
TESL Certificate (Humber College)
MA (York University)
Research interests: EAP/TESL, second language acquisition and instruction, language teacher identity and development, TESL/TESOL practicum mentorship, language teacher education and reflective practice.
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irene25@yorku.ca
BA (Concordia University)
MA (University of Toronto)
Research interests: sociolinguistics; language and ethnicity; language and identity; linguistic ideologies; discourse analysis; sociology of language; ethnography of communication; inter-cultural communication. Specific language interests: Black Canadian English; African American English; Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole.
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jepeters@yorku.ca
BA (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
MA (University of Barcelona, Spain)
MA (York University)
Research interests: Second Language Instruction; Technology-Mediated Language Teaching and Learning (TMLL); Informal Language Learning Practices; Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED); Learning Analytics; Transmedia Literacy; Transmedia Storytelling; Gamification in Language Teaching and Learning; Plurilingualism; Learning Experience Design (LXD)
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jlortiz@yorku.ca
BA & MA (Georgia State University)
Research interests: sociolinguistics, identity, critical pedagogy, queer linguistics, world Englishes, teacher training & development
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jctaylor@yorku.ca
BA (Calvin University)
BSc (Calvin University)
MA (Western University)
Research interests: language variation and change; language, gender, and sexuality; Romance linguistics (particularly Spanish); dialectology; phonetics; morphophonology; sociolinguistics.
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kslemp@yorku.ca
BA & MA (Université Laval)
Research interests: Bilingualism/multilingualism, bilinguals’ language use, code-switching, Canadian French, applied linguistics and applied sociolinguistics, usage-based linguistics, sociosemantics, science communication.
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kvogh@yorku.ca
BA & MA (York University)
Research interests: psycholinguistics, bilingualism/multilingualism, bilingual/multilingual language processing, phonetics & phonology, tone languages, francophone studies
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phokonst@my.yorku.ca
BA (McGill University)
MA (University of Toronto)
Research interests: language variation and change, sociolinguistics, sociophonetics, dialectology, historical linguistics. Current research focuses on dialects of Canadian English.
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baxter@yorku.ca
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BA (Memorial University)
MA (University du Quebec)
Research interests: Variationist sociolinguistics, syntactic variation, second-language acquisition of French, language contact, language variation and change, Newfoundland Vernacular English, language and gender, and indexing of identity.
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harding@yorku.ca
BA (Azad University)
MA (Azad University)
Research interests: Education, Second Language Reading and Writing, Sociocultural Theory, Second Language Acquisition, Language Teacher Education, Interactive E-books, Metacognition in Second/Foreign Language, TESOL
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mghadam@yorku.ca
BA (Al Yarmouk University)
MA (University of Huddersfield)
MA (York University)
Research interests: Second/foreign language teaching and learning (TESL/TEFL),written genres and processes of L2 learners especially in health professions educations, English for specific purposes (ESP), Academic writing and Academic literacy, Occupation Specific Language Teaching/Training OSLT.
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malqazli@yorku.ca
BA (Allame Tabatabai University)
MA (University of Tehran)
MA (York University)
Research interests: Corrective Feedback (CF); Learners’ engagement with written CF; Beliefs about language learning and teaching; English for Academic Purposes (EAP); Strategy-based instruction.
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mfarham@yorku.ca
BMus (University of Toronto)
Bed (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – University of Toronto)
MEd (York University)
Research interests: Language policy; language ideology, identity, and digital cultures; language, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing (i.e., content moderation, voice technologies, language models).
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laumandy@yorku.ca
BA & MA (University of Québec at Montréal)
Research interests: Language and the law; pragmatics; discourse analysis; Canadian French; language and gender.
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lapmar@yorku.ca
BA, TESOL Certificate, MA (York University)
Research Interests: English as a global language, language and migration, language and culture, language and identity, language loss, language policy and planning, international English assessments, governmentality, language and citizenship, second language education, conceptual change.
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vassallo@yorku.ca
BA (Azad University of Tehran)
MA (Osmania University)
Research interests: (Variationist) (socio)linguistics, phon-etics/-ology, writing systems.
Current research focus: Vowel height in Tehran Persian.
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medwin@yorku.ca
BA (Shiraz Azad University)
MA (Isfahad University)
Research interests: Written and oral corrective feedback, the role(s) of individual factors (e.g., working memory capacity and aptitude) on the effectiveness of WCF, dynamic assessment.
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mo1985@yorku.ca
BA & MA (University of Victoria)
Research interests: Sociolinguistics; Language variation and change; Language, culture, and identity; Language ideologies; Discourse analysis; Language, gender, and sexuality; Pragmatics.
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nhe@yorku.ca
BA (Obafemi Awolowo University)
MA (Grand Valley State University)
Research interests: Sociolinguistics and language teaching, Critical Discourse Analysis, language, culture and identity, ESL teacher education and curriculum.
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fajolab@yorku.ca
BA (University of Uyo)
MA (University of Manitoba)
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Language planning, pidgin and creoles and phonology.
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affia689@yorku.ca
BA (York University)
MA (Carleton University)
Research interests: English for academic and specific purposes, language, culture and identity, discourse analysis, English as an international language, second language education.
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sara21@yorku.ca
BA & MA (South-West University, Bulgaria)
MA (York University)
Research interests: second/foreign language teaching and learning; explicit and implicit teaching; conscious and non-conscious learning; art and cognition; play and cognition. Main research area: Suggestopedia and its applicability in EAP
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snezh@yorku.ca
BA (King’s College London)
MA (York University)
Research Interests: Sociolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Language and Gender, Forensic Linguistics, Hate Speech, Onomastics, Internet Linguistics
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shambl@my.yorku.ca
BA (University of Waterloo)
TESL Certificate (Conestoga)
MA (York University)
Research interests: sociocultural theory, language teacher identity, mentorship and language teacher education, critical pedagogy, critical discourse analysis.
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skinzie@yorku.ca
BA (Xiamen University)
MA (Georgetown University/University of Manchester)
Research Interests: Language, media, and gender; Corpus linguistics; (Critical) Discourse Analysis.
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yifan72@yorku.ca
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