University degrees, diplomas and academic public assessments

2001 - Ph.D., Modern English Language and Linguistics, Routes through Literacy. The lived experiences with literacy of Portuguese women in London, Lancaster University, UK

1990 - Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Linguistics, Language Contact Between Portuguese and English, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, UK

1986 - BA in Modern Languages and Literatures (English/German), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Field of specialisation

Critical and sociocultural approaches to linguistics

Discourse Studies

Literacy Studies

Social approaches to multilingualism

Sociolinguistics

Other fields

Cultural Studies

General and English Linguistics

Migration Studies

Women's Studies