About
My work is driven by an interest in how multilingual experience shapes language processing and use, alongside a strong interest in computational approaches to language, including text and data analysis.
I was born in Italy and raised in Sardinia, where I grew up using both Italian and Sardinian. For much of my life, I did not think of myself as bilingual, nor did I have the vocabulary to understand my experience as a heritage speaker.
This realization later became central to my academic path and sparked my interest in heritage languages, language contact, and bilingualism.
My interest in languages initially led me to study Arabic and English, alongside media and communication, during my undergraduate studies at the University of Cagliari. During my BA, I spent time in Istanbul as an Erasmus student, where I developed a strong interest in the Turkish language and culture. This experience led me to an MA at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in Languages and Civilizations of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (Lingue e civiltà dell’Asia e dell’Africa mediterranea), where I deepened my knowledge of linguistics as a field and decided to undertake doctoral training in linguistics.
Today, my work brings together psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, and experimental perspectives to better understand how language use and sociolinguistic context shape bilingual outcomes.
I began my doctoral studies at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2019, where I completed core coursework in linguistics and computational linguistics, conducted research on Sardinian language documentation, served as lab manager in the Second Language Acquisition Lab, taught undergraduate courses, organized departmental academic and community-building events, led collaborative research projects, and offered workshops for fellow graduate students.
Outside of linguistics, I enjoy activities centered on movement, rhythm, and interaction, including yoga, dance, and live music. I also love traveling and spending time at home with my cat (and unofficial assistant), Ted.
