Hi! I'm Ariana, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State.

My work is situated within applied linguistics, sociocultural linguistics, trans linguistics, gender studies, and more, making it hard to pin it down. Regardless of discipline, my research centers around critical semiotic approaches to identity construction, subjectivity, and power. My current research investigates the relationship between gender, race, and language for Black nonbinary speakers.