Priti Sandhu

Priti Sandhu is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. Her work focuses on language and identity, medium of education, gender, intersectionality, and discourse analysis in post-colonial contexts, particularly India. She holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (2010) and an MA in TESOL from Lancaster University (2003).

• Education: Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (2010); MA, Lancaster University (2003)

Her research employs qualitative methods, including Positioning Theory and Conversation Analysis, to examine language policies, teacher agency, and sociocultural intersections like gender and class. Key publications include Professional Identity Constructions of Indian Women (2016, Benjamins) and articles in Applied Linguistics and Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.

No specific articles or grants are detailed here, but her work emphasizes multilingualism and critical discourse analysis in education systems.