Overview
Full professor (with tenure) of Phonetics and Phonology and Second Language Development, Department of English, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. Professor at the Graduate Program in Language and Culture (PPGLinC), Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil.
I currently lecture in English Phonetics and Phonology, Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory. My studies address the adaptability (development and attrition/drift) of native and nonnative speech perception and production over lifespan. By drawing on theories and methodologies from Complex Dynamic Systems Theory, Psycholinguistics, Laboratory Phonology, Experimental Phonetics and Sociophonetics, my research aims to investigate the impact of L2 development on L1 speech. I am interested in Lab. Phonology, Acoustic Phonetics and Bilingualism in general.
I am interested in supervising undergraduate and graduate (MA and Doctorate) students at PPGlinC in the above areas, as well as in Phonetics and Phonology applied to language teaching.
Experience and Academic Appointments
- 2017–current: Full Professor (with tenure) of English and English/Portuguese Phonetics and Phonology at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, in the Department of English Studies
- 2012–2017: Professor of English and English Linguistics at the Community University of Chapecó, Chapecó, Brazil
- 2014–2015: Visiting Researcher at the University College London, London, England
- 2012–2017: Professor of English and English Linguistics at the Community University of Chapecó, Chapecó, Brazil
- 2010–2011: Substitute Professor of English Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria - Brazil
- 2004–2007: Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at diferent language institute
Education
- PhD in (Psycho)Linguistics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - Brazil, 2016
- Title: Imigração, Atrito e Complexidade: a produção das oclusivas surdas iniciais do inglês e do português por brasileiros residentes em Londre
- MA in Linguistics, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria - Brazil, 2011
- Title: Opacidade Fonológica: uma solução via Teoria da Otimidade Conexionista para um problema cartesiano
- BA in Language Sciencese, University of Nottingham, Nottingham - England, 2008
- Lic. in Modern Languages (English and English Literature), Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria - Brazil 2007