Teaching Professor of Africana Studies and Linguistics
Professor Osiapem is interested in language variation and identity constructions in the greater Caribbean region. She is working a project tentatively titled “The Linguistic Atlas of the Greater Caribbean” with Jason Siegel (University of the West Indies—Cave Hill) and Allison Burkette (University of Kentucky), which involves gathering linguistic data from representatives in every Caribbean nation. This is a longitudinal study and it will, hopefully, continue for generations. As a joint appointment with Africana Studies and Linguistics, she enjoys being able to combine her passions of both fields and is able to bring issues around race and representation into linguistics and linguistics into Africana Studies courses.
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About Iyabo Osiapem
Professor Osiapem is interested in language variation and identity constructions in the greater Caribbean region. She is working a project tentatively titled “The Linguistic Atlas of the Greater Caribbean” with Jason Siegel (University of the West Indies—Cave Hill) and Allison Burkette (University of Kentucky), which involves gathering linguistic data from representatives in every Caribbean nation. This is a longitudinal study and it will, hopefully, continue for generations. As a joint appointment with Africana Studies and Linguistics, she enjoys being able to combine her passions of both fields and is able to bring issues around race and representation into linguistics and linguistics into Africana Studies courses.
| Present | Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies and Linguistics, William & Mary ‐ Linguistics Program | |
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