James Grama

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where I study sociolinguistics, sociophonetics and phonetics. I am more specifically interested in dialect and the construction of identity, language, gender and sexuality, and dialect perception. These areas fascinate me, and every day I look forward to being a student of language for the rest of my life. My interest in these linguistic phenomena was fostered during my undergraduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and they have truly taken root here at UH. I also attempt to expose myself to as many different areas of language as possible, and by virtue of being at UH, I am developing an interest in language documentation and conservation among other things. I feel incredibly fortunate to be situated at a university that fosters individual growth through the collaboration with the wonderful minds at UH Mānoa (as well as across the linguistic community). I am also an instructor of Linguistics 102, as well as a member of the Sociolinguistics Research Group at UH Mānoa.