Biography
As affiliate faculty, I occassionally assist the department with curriculum planning and community outreach. I have over fifteen years of experience working in higher education as an academic advisor, Swedish language teacher, and study abroad director. I am currently a PhD student in the Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings (LAMS) Program at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. I earned my MA in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Washington; I also hold an MS in Education from Old Dominion University and teacher certifications in English, Humanities, and English Language Learning. My doctoral research focuses on language learning beyond the classroom. In 2025-2026, I will be living in Lund, Sweden to conduct fieldwork for my research with funding from the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF).