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Yvonne Lam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Toronto (2003). Her research focuses on multilingual practices, including indigenous languages, heritage languages, and foreign languages. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, she examines the factors that influence how multilingual speakers use their languages, with a particular emphasis on language ideologies and their connection to identity. Her goal is to support multilingual speakers in feeling comfortable using their full linguistic repertoire. Lam's projects specifically target general groups, indigenous communities in Mexico, notably the Totonac, and heritage language communities in Canada. In her teaching, she offers various undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish language linguistics and general linguistics. Lam has supervised and examined MA and PhD students across a range of topics within language acquisition and sociolinguistics, as well as multiple undergraduate honors students who have received the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Researcher Award.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management