Dr. David Heap

Biography

David Heap is a faculty member in the Department of French Studies at Western University. He specializes in general and French linguistics, historical linguistics, morphology, and phonology, with research interests including linguistic variation, Romance dialectology, translation theory, and gender and language. Heap is involved in a major SSHRC collaborative project focusing on memory and trauma in post-war El Salvador, where he contributes as a Co-Investigator. His academic work includes several publications on linguistic diversity and challenges in gender-inclusive translation. He has presented at numerous linguistic conferences and published research addressing the syntactic and morphological aspects of Romance languages. Heap earned his Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Toronto, and has significant experience in interpreting and supervising translation projects. His research furthermore examines the intersection of language, identity, and social justice, particularly addressing non-binary gender identities in linguistic representation.

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