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Biography Hometown: Ekiti, Nigeria My name is Ruth Olayemi Adeniyi, from Nigeria. I am a PhD candidate in Second Language Acquisition with a minor in Curriculum and Instruction, specializing in heritage language acquisition, bilingual education, and identity formation among African immigrant communities in the U.S. With over five years of cumulative experience teaching French and ENG 100 (College …
Biography Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan Hi! My name is Aruzhan, and I was born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I am a Ph.D. student in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I speak Kazakh, Russian, English, and a little German. Growing up multilingual has played an important role in shaping my academic journey and research …
Biography Hi there! My name is Nevin (she/her), and I’m a doctoral student in the Second Language Acquisition program at UW–Madison. I’m originally from Istanbul, Turkey, where I began my teaching journey over 11 years ago. Since then, I’ve taught in a variety of settings, including language instruction and English 100. I also had the …
Biography Hometown: Fort Worth, TX, USA My name is Macy and I am originally from Texas. I am a sixth year doctoral student in the English Language and Linguistics program and I primarily work on Irish accent mapping. I also completed a graduate program in TESOL and a doctoral minor in Chinese (that’s the name of …