I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics, a Language Lab member, and a Forrest Research Foundation scholar. I have a strong background in sociolinguistics, language contact, and pidgin and creole studies.

My PhD explores Aboriginal English as spoken in the Pilbara, where I will examine the language repertoires of Indigenous communities using a participatory approach. I seek to contribute to the decolonisation of linguistics and the social sciences by engaging with communities in meaningful and culturally safe ways. I will form sustainable relationships, build capacity for community members, and engage Aboriginal English speakers throughout all stages of the research, challenging prevailing power relations between the researcher and the researched, and reflecting on my positionality. My research also investigates how First Nations people and communities use AI-operated technology for a more inclusive and socially just world.

• Sociolinguistics
• Language Contact Studies
• Aboriginal English
• Code-Switching, Style-Shifting
• Bi- and Multilingualism
• Decolonial, collaborative, and participatory research methods
• Making generative AI inclusive for First Nations people

2025

Interviewee. "UWA RESEARCHER DOCUMENTS HOW MOB USE ENGLISH IN THE PILBARA" - interview with Ngaarda Media, Ieramugadu (Roebourne). Link to article: https://www.ngaardamedia.com.au/news/uwa-researcher-documents-how-mob-use-english-in-the-pilbara

2024

Organiser. “Of Jedis and lightsabers: The impact of Star Wars on the English Language” – presentation by Prof Dr Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, Forrest Hall, Perth. 

Volunteer (session chair, event setup). National Science Week Showcase 2024, Forrest Hall, Perth.

Volunteer (session chair). Sociolinguistics Symposium 25, Curtin University, Perth.

2023

Research Assistant. 'Journey of Words –  Manuscript to Mind' Project. University of Oxford, England; Deutschinstitut Integra Munich, Germany. 

Presenter. 'Social Motivations and Developments of English/German Code-Switching Patterns: Formal and Functional Analysis of L1 German Speakers' Language Practices'. 73rd Student Conference Linguistics (StuTS), Frankfurt on the Main.

2022

Presenter. '‘Uptalk’ in Australian English: A Qualitative Study of an Anglophone Podcast Episode'. Interdisciplinary Workshop for Early Career Researchers in Australian Studies, University of Cologne.

2021

Student and Research Assistant. 'MA Literary Translations' Program. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich

Co-organiser. Term Paper Colloquium, University of Munich.      

2020

Presenter. 'Literary Studies, Linguistics, and their Successful Interplay in the Portrayal of Hawai’i English Creole in Sista Tongue by Lisa Linn Kanae'. Language and Literature: Virtual Student Conference, University of Munich.      

2019

Internship at the Language Centre at UBD. Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei.                                      

2023 – 2024 

CELTA course, Volkshochschule, Munich. I hold a CELTA (University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) certificate.

2021

English Substitute Teacher at a Summer School, Carl-von-Linde-Realschule (School), Munich.

2020 

'Introduction to Linguistics' – Tutorial. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich.

'Research, Citations, and Bibliography'  – Tutorial for High School Students. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich.

2019

English as a Second Language for Asian Exchange Students – Seminar Language Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

'Creating Questionnaires' – Tutorial. Language Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

'Research, Citations, and Bibliography'  – Tutorial for High School Students. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich.

'Introduction to Linguistics' – Tutorial. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich.

TutorPlus Program, Lehre@LMU, University of Munich (LMU). I hold a LMU Tutor Plus-Certificate. 

2018

'Introduction to Linguistics' – Tutorial. Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich.

2024 – 2028: Forrest Research Foundation Scholarship, Forrest Research Foundation   

2024 – 2028: University of Western Australia International Fee Scholarship, UWA 

2024 – 2028: Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship, UWA

2021: Book Grant, Anglumni, University of Munich               

2019: PROSA LMU Scholarship (travel grant for internship at UBD, Brunei), International Office, University of Munich                                        

German (native language)

English (near-native)

Spanish (good)

Italian (beginner)

Portuguese (beginner)