I am a Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Vice-President (Research) at the University of Regina in Canada. Currently, I am also a board trustee for the Center for Applied Linguistics and a series co-editor for the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics series with De Gruyter Brill.

My research examines language, education and settler colonialism. I began my career as a K–12 teacher in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. I also spent two years working in English and in French for Katimavik as a project leader. I speak/write English, French and Spanish and I’m learning Plains Cree and Ukrainian. My previous experiences include teaching, teacher education, and educational research in Mexico, Malawi, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec, and Saskatchewan, where I grew up and now live. I am a citizen of both Canada and Luxembourg.

My educational background includes:

• BEd, French Education, University of Regina
• BA, Cree Language Literacy, First Nations University of Canada
• MA, Second Language Education, McGill University
• PhD, Second Language Education with a specialization in Language Acquisition, McGill University. Roy Lyster was my supervisor.

I’ve held a number of academic leadership roles:

• Director, Centre for Educational Research, Collaboration and Development (CERCD), (Dec. 2020 – Sept, 2022)
• Acting Dean, Faculty of Education (2017/2018)
• Acting Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education (2015-2017)
• Past President (2018-2020), President (2016-2018) and Vice President (2014-2016), Canadian Assocation of Applied Linguistics/Association canadienne de linguistique appliquée.