Sandi Michele de Oliveira

Sandi Michele de Oliveira

Guest researcher, Guest Researcher, !!Lektor emerita, Associate professor emerIta

Member of:

    EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION and HONORS

    PH.D.  LINGUISTICS – SPECIALIZATION IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS (1991) - EQUIVALENCY

    Equivalency of 1985 degree by the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon), Portugal. 

    CERTIFICATION AS INTERPRETER FOR PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH (1986)

    Certified by the Department of State of the United States of America

    PH.D.  FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION – SPECIALIZATION IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS  (1985)

                    University of Texas, Austin, Texas (USA). 

    Dissertation: A Model of Address Form Negotiation:  A Sociolinguistic Study of Continental Portuguese

    Dissertation classified as the best of the year for the department and nominated for the university-wide Distinguished Dissertation Award. 

    M.A.    FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION –  PORTUGUESE & ENGLISH (1980)

                       University of Texas, Austin, Texas  (USA)

    B.A.  PORTUGUESE – TEACHER CERTIFICATION IN PORTUGUESE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (1978)

                       University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts  (USA)

    B.A.  HISTORY – SPECIALIZATION IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY, CERTIFICATE IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES  - MAGNA CUM LAUDE  (1975)

                      University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (USA)

    HONOR SOCIETIES

    Phi Beta Kappa                  1975, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

    Phi Kappa Phi                     1976, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

     

    CURRENT ACTIVITIES

    Guest researcher, Section of General Practice, School of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

    Member, JCLEP (Society of Japanese Culture and Language Education)

     

    PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

    SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR, BRAZILIAN-DANISH RESEARCH PROJECT:  "ONE HEALTH - STRENGTHENING HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT"

    University of Copenhagen (Denmark), School of Public Health; project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE  (2000-2023)

    University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Institute for English, Germanic and Romance Studies (formerly Romance Languages Institute):  Head of Portuguese Section (2000-2008, 2011-2018). Developed new BA program focused on problem-based learning and project work, 2013. Co-developed new MA program, 2016.

    INVITED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  (1998-1999)

    University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Romance Languages Institute. Head of Portuguese-English Studies (1992-1999). Head of Institute (1992-1993). 

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (LECTURER) WITH TENURE  (1991-1998)

    University of Évora (Portugal), Department of Linguistics and Literatures

    INTERNATIONAL MARKET RESEARCH CONSULTANT  (1989-1991)

    International Demographic Consultants, Alpharetta, Georgia (USA)

     

    EARLY CAREER EMPLOYMENT

    1987-1989  Facet Quantek, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma  (USA)

                                Secretary to the General Manager of a filtration company.

    1986-90            U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC  (USA)

    Certified consecutive interpreter (Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese)

     1979-80       University of Texas, Austin, Texas (USA)

    Research Associate, R & D Center for Effectiveness in Teaching 

     

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    The unifying theme which encompasses most of my research is the way speakers construct identities through discourse, a topic which brings together sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, communities of practice and interaction analysis.  Projects within this broad theme include address forms, politeness, political discourse, and strategic communication for those living in border communities or  in a diasporic context.  Since 2013, my qualitative research focus has led me to participate in research projects taking a social sciences One Health perspective in examining antimicrobial resistance. Between 2020 and 2023 I was scientific coordinator of a project examining  healthcare users, prescribers and providers of antibiotics and stakeholders in Brazil, using both top-down and bottom-up research strategies.

     

    Knowledge of languages

    English  native language

    Portuguese native-like fluency

    Spanish excellent speaking and reading skills, good writing skills

    Danish  good skills

    Education

    B.A., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

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