Lily Schaffer

Lily Schaffer holds an M.A. in Linguistics with a TESOL specialization from the University of Colorado Boulder and an M.S. in Linguistics from Georgetown University. She is currently a Lecturer at Purdue University Northwest, where her research focuses on L2 influenced L1 sound change in ethno-religious minority communities.

• Education: M.A. in Linguistics with TESOL specialization (University of Colorado Boulder), M.S. in Linguistics (Georgetown University)

Her research interests span sociolinguistics, phonetics, phonology, second language acquisition, discourse analysis, and critical applied linguistics. She has taught at institutions including American University, Johns Hopkins University, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico, and CENAC in Nicaragua.