bio

I study multilingualism, that is, how people live in many named languages and their mixes. I am always looking for answers to questions like: How, why and where do we learn (or forget) languages? How, why and where do we use language with (non)human interactants? What does this language behaviour tell us about the individual, the society, and about language itself?

In my doctoral dissertation (read it here: The Political and Social Economy of Multilingualism), I focused on the very linguistically rich region of Leh-Ladakh in India. I asked in this work: Who are the people, what are the objects, and which are the spaces, that shape multilingualism today?

I am also a teacher of writing and rhetoric. I love to extend my research in the classroom with my students, especially during courses on critical writing, rhetoric and college composition. In many ways, my career has involved constant returns to the classroom with language.