Oluwadamilare Adisa

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Position Title
Graduate Student in French and Francophone Studies
TA in French

Bio

Oluwadamilare Adisa is a doctoral student in French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Davis. His scholarship aims to critically examine multilingual classroom discourse, exploring the social, cultural, and linguistic implications of language use and attitudes in foreign language acquisition and pedagogy. His goal is to draw insights from Critical Applied Linguistics (CALx) and Critical Discourse Analysis theories to address real-world issues interconnected with language learning and literacy in our digitalized world.

Education and Degree(s)
  • M.A. French and Francophone Studies (Linguistics concentration), University of Florida (2024)
  • B.A. French Studies and Linguistics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (2020)
Honors and Awards
  • J. Wayne Conner Memorial Fellowship (2023)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, Plurilingualism, Language Use and Attitude, Digital Humanities