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Education

Habilitation in English Linguistics, University of Regensburg
Thesis: “Children’s English in Cameroon: A Sociophonetic Perspective” (Supervisor: Prof. Jakob Leimgruber)

2020 Ph.D. in English Linguistics (with honors), University of Naples L’Orientale, University of Heidelberg
Thesis: ” Language attitudes, ethnic identities and metalinguistic awareness: An accent-based study of the Indian transient student community of Heidelberg” (Supervisors: Prof. Katherine E. Russo, Prof. Em. Beat Glauser)

2016 M.A. in English Studies (with honors), University of Naples L’Orientale

2014 B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English and French, with honors), University of Naples L’Orientale

Main academic positions held

2023 – present Post-doc Research Fellow (Ricercatore a tempo determinato Tipologia A), Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics, University of Pisa

2023 – present Post-doc Research Fellow (Habilitandin), Department of English and American Cultures, English Linguistics, University of Regensburg, Germany

2020 – 2022 Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of English and American Cultures, English Linguistics, University of Regensburg, Germany

2019 – 2020 Adjunct Lecturer (Docente a contratto), Department of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies, University of Naples L’Orientale

Research Projects

2023 – present World Englishes in Italy

2023 – present The Informalisation of English Language Learning through the Media: Language Input, Learning Outcomes and Sociolinguistic Attitudes from an Italian Perspective (PRIN 2020-2023 Project; Project number: 2020NNJTW3)

2023 – present Children’s English in Cameroon: A Sociophonetic Perspective
UR-funded Mobilitätsstipendien international für Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen

2020 – 2023 The English of Children and Adolescents in Cameroon: Sociolinguistic and Acquisitional Perspectives (with Thorsten Brato and Samuel Atechi)

2016 – 2020  Accent Variation in Indian English