{"id":8,"date":"2022-06-22T17:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T00:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:51:32","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2022\/06\/Marie-Eve-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard<\/strong>,<em> Lab Director<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marie-Eve is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS). She holds a PhD degree from New York University, where she specialized in both sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Her main research interests include language ideologies, language contact, language variation and change, and the intersections between language, identity, and power. You can find out more about Marie-Eve <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mebouchard\/\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Elina-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Elina-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Elina-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Elina-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Elina.jpg 965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elina Villemin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elina is a second-year anthropology student passionate about learning from cultures around the world. She loves studying languages\u2014currently Spanish and Persian\u2014and hopes to work in humanitarian settings alongside local communities to help address their needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Diouf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT-1140x856.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/MT.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marie is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia, majoring in Political Science with a minor in French. She is particularly interested in international relations, global governance, and the role of language in political and social contexts. Through her French studies, Marie has developed a strong interest in linguistic diversity and how French is used across different cultural and regional settings. She plans to pursue graduate studies and is considering a future in international affairs. In her free time, Marie enjoys fitness classes, spending time with friends, traveling, and engaging with francophone media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronica Ramirez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-199 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Veronica-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Veronica-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Veronica-989x1024.jpg 989w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Veronica-768x795.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veronica is a fourth-year student studying Political Science with a Minor in French Language. She has had the opportunity to live and study in Spanish-, French-, and English-speaking environments, fostering her interest in languages and their many influences on individuals&#8217; culture, identity, and learning. Outside of school, Veronica likes spending time with family and friends, reading, and listening to music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Kouao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Anna-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Anna-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Anna-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Anna-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2026\/01\/Anna.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">Anna is a forth-year student at UBC double majoring in French and International Relations. She enjoys exploring the intersections of language and politics within the scope of identity politics. Anna hopes to continue on this path through a future career in law in both anglophone and francophone contexts. Outside of academics, she also enjoys music, movies, travel, and spending time with family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annabelle Glas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annabelle is a fifth-year PhD student in UBC&#8217;s French program. She holds an MA in Sociology from\u00a0 the University of Lyon 2 and a Master in Education from the University of <strong style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-190 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2022\/09\/Annabelle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2022\/09\/Annabelle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2022\/09\/Annabelle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/files\/2022\/09\/Annabelle.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/strong>Lille. She seeks to develop an interdisciplinary approach and to create spaces of encounter between sociolinguistics, sociology and anthropology. Her main research interests include language ideologies, language contact, and the intersections\u00a0\u00a0between language, identity and power. Her current research project focuses on francophone immigration in Canada and identity issues related to language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Lab Director Marie-Eve is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91329,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":89,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociolinguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}