Ellie Kaiser is a 2021-2022 graduate FLAS fellow studying Portuguese.

"I have studied Spanish for many years and love learning about the linguistic diversity of the South American continent.  Adding Portuguese to my repertoire will open another door to the cultural richness of the world. Also, I’ve taught many Portuguese-speaking Brazilian students and have been fascinated by the similarities, but more so the differences between their language and Spanish. 

I hope to continue research in linguistics, especially in the area of sociophonetics. As a professor, I would be able to further our knowledge of how language and social factors mix in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world, and impart this knowledge to a new generation of linguists."