Brayan Andrey

Brayan Andrey is a doctoral assistant in linguistics at the Institute of English Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Neuchâtel, pursuing his Ph.D. under Prof. Dr. Martin Hilpert. He also serves as an academic writing coach at the Language Center, supporting doctoral students and researchers in English-language writing and language needs.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and English Language & Literature from the University of Lausanne
• Dual master’s degree in English Linguistics and Social & Cognitive Psychology with a complementary program in Public Discourse and Communication Analysis from the University of Lausanne (2020), following a teaching internship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Andrey's research integrates linguistics and psychology through experimental methods to investigate language attitudes, stereotyping, social judgment, and impression formation. His doctoral thesis examines how accent bias and language anxiety affect juror decisions in trials involving nonnative and nonstandard accents, aiming to address language-based prejudice in justice systems using linguistic insights.

His publications reveal a pattern of interdisciplinary research applying sociolinguistic and psychological frameworks to real-world contexts. The 2021 co-authored study analyzes online anonymity and user behavior in the Jodel app, while the 2020 master's thesis investigates courtroom bias through experimental studies of accent and racial perceptions. Both works demonstrate methodological rigor in experimental and ethnographic approaches to language discrimination.

No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the provided information.

As an academic writing coach, Andrey provides direct support to doctoral students and researchers but does not currently supervise formal advisees. His teaching includes the English Linguistics Workshop (2020–2025) at the University of Neuchâtel, though no research grants are mentioned in the source material.

He participates in the Language Centre's "Evaluation of academic writing coaching sessions" project under Prof. Sara Cotelli Kureth and conducts research within the Institute of English Studies under Prof. Martin Hilpert's supervision, focusing on forensic applications of linguistic analysis.