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Priti Sandhu is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D. in Language Acquisition from the University of Hawai'i Manoa in 2010 and holds an MA in Language Teaching (TESOL) from Lancaster University, UK, awarded in 2003. Her research interests encompass language identity, medium education, gender, intersectionality, English language teacher education, and discourse analysis, with a specific focus on interview narrative analysis. Sandhu's work investigates the generation, study, and analysis of oral narratives through qualitative research interviews, and she is particularly interested in examining intersectionalities of gender, patriarchy, and social class within the linguistic and educational policies of post-colonial India. Utilizing analytical lenses such as Positioning Theory, Stance, Stylization, Membership Categorization Analysis, and Conversation Analysis, her publications have appeared in leading journals including Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Sociology of Language, and Journal of Language, Identity and Education. She is the author of the book 'Professional Identity Constructions of Indian Women' published by Benjamins in 2016, which is part of the 'Studies in Narrative' series edited by Michael Bamberg.
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