Academic interests
sociology of language; language policy and planning; language maintenance and shift; (trans) nationalism; migration and globalization; interactional sociolinguistics
Courses taught
- Language Policy and Planning, University of Oslo, Norway
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics, University of Oslo, Norway
- Language Policy and Planning, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Language Maintenance and Shift, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Teaching Methodologies, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
- ESP course, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Educational Background
PhD in Applied linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
MA in Applied Linguistics, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
BA in Translation Studies, Payam-e-Noor University, Tabriz, Iran
Awards
- 2017-19 Faculty research grant, Nanyang Technological University
- 2014 Victoria PhD completion award, Victoria University of Wellington
- 2010-13 Faculty grant, Victoria University of Wellington
- 2011 Victoria Doctoral Scholarship, Victoria University of Wellington
Appointments
Aug 2019 - June 2020 Visiting Scholar, Babylon: Center for the Study of Superdiversity, Tilburg University
July 2017 - July 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow , Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological university, Singapore
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015 Casual lecturer of Applied Linguistics , Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University; Invited lecturer, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences