Linguist & Anthropologist – Media, Pop Culture, Fan Communities
I am a sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist who studies how media and pop culture shape the way people use language. In particular, I’m interested in how the globalization of pop culture brings new linguistic resources to people and communities around the world. My dissertation research focused on how Argentine fans of English-language pop culture use English and Spanish to participate in global fan communities, in both digital/online and offline contexts. My advisors were Qing Zhang and Heidi Harley
My BA in Language, Culture, and Society is from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies , where I worked with Maryam Bakht , Ignasi Clemente , and Trudy Smoke . I completed my MA in 2014 at the University of Arizona.