Alex PanicacciUniversity of Washington | UW · Department of Psychology
Alex Panicacci
PhD in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London
Seeking for collaborations to conduct research on diversity to foster inclusion, belonging, and social justice.
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Introduction
Senior Researcher with extensive experience in Cultural / Social Psychology, and Socio- Applied linguistics. Recipient of numerous multi-institutional individual fellowships to conduct interdisciplinary mixed-method research on diversity and belonging. Enjoy critical thinking and creative problem solving, particularly towards the development of effective inclusion, social justice, and equality. Check out more here: https://apanicacci.wixsite.com/website
Additional affiliations
December 2019 - present
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- Visiting British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow working on a project entitled: 'is a multilingual and multicultural identity an obstacle to integration?'. Main institution: Queen Mary, University of London.
September 2019 - present
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- I am currently working at a new project entitled ‘Is a multilingual and multicultural identity an obstacle to integration?’ This research involves visits at the University of Washington, Seattle, and University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
July 2019 - September 2019
Education
October 2011 - October 2017
September 2007 - June 2008
Publications
Publications (26)
This study focuses on migrants' sense of belonging to the heritage and the host culture and adopts an innovative approach to the topic by placing biographical and linguistic factors side by side. Statistical results from 468 migrants, supported by 5 follow-up interviews, revealed that the age of migration, the length of stay and the status in the h...
Previous research has shown that emotional patterns are modified by linguistic and cultural influence. The present paper adopts a different perspective on the topic, investigating whether expressing emotions in the local language (LX) could predict migrants’ acculturation attitudes towards the heritage (L1) and the host (LX) cultures. Quantitative...
A majority of multilinguals report feeling different when switching languages (Dewaele, 2016; Panicacci & Dewaele, 2017). The present study focuses on feelings of difference when switching languages with specific categories of interlocutors (strangers, colleagues, friends, family, partner) and when discussing specific types of topics (neutral, pers...
The majority of multilinguals immersed in different cultures report feeling different when switching languages. Although the influence of personality on self-perceptions has been investigated, little attention has been paid to acculturation aspects. The present study is based on a mixed-method approach combining questionnaire and interview data. Pa...
Multilinguals often report having different perceptions of themselves when switching languages, typically indicating their first language (L1) as the one in which they feel more authentic and describing a sense of detachment when using any foreign language (LX). This phenomenon amplifies in migration contexts, where the LX is the language of the ho...
The first language (L1) is generally considered by multilinguals as the one in which they feel more ‘themselves’ in emotional circumstances. Affective socialization in a foreign language (LX) can help speakers develop a similar level of authenticity when using that language. This study is conducted on a sample of 468 migrants living in Anglophone c...
When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the education sector soon faced the unprecedented challenge of moving courses online within no time. The rapid implementation of emergency remote teaching (ERT) led to students and teachers alike being thrown into an emotional terra incognita. This paper sets out to explore if foreign language (LX) grit, learn...
Despite being regarded by some as the most humanistic of the social sciences, linguistics has been criticized for its undertheorized application of the notions of race and ethnicity. This white paper is written for practicing linguists. We provide definitions of these terms and develop attendant issues that contribute to their complexity, such as t...
This book explores the ways in which migrants’ experience in today’s multilingual and multicultural society informs language use and processing, behavioural patterns, and perceptions of self-identity.
Drawing on survey data from hundreds of Italian migrants living in English- speaking countries, in conjunction with more focused interviews, this vo...
Previous research has shown that emotional patterns are modified by linguistic and cultural influence. The present paper adopts a different perspective on the topic, investigating whether expressing emotions in the local language (LX) could predict migrants’ acculturation attitudes towards the heritage (L1) and the host (LX) cultures. Quantitative...
Multiple selves perception, cultural orientation and personality traits in migrants’ experience.
“This language is beginning to invent another me” (Hoffman 1989:121). The majority of multilinguals immersed in different cultures report feeling different when switching languages despite their proficiency level (Dewaele 2016), leading toward the idea...
URL: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/bloomsbury-round-table-on-communication-cognition-and-culture-multilingualism-multiculturalism-and-emotion
“This language is beginning to invent another me” (Hoffman 1989:121). The majority of multilinguals immersed in different cultures report feeling different when switching languages despite their profi...
URL: https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/research-student-conference/
Culture plays a crucial role in shaping individuals' identity and personality. Migrating from one culture to another implies crossing not only geographical borders but also cultural and linguistic ones. These borders are less tangible and people seem to take longer to adap...
Previous research has shown that emotional patterns are modified by linguistic and cultural influence. The present paper adopts a different perspective on the topic, investigating whether expressing emotions in the local language (LX) could predict migrants’ acculturation attitudes towards the heritage (L1) and the host (LX) cultures. Quantitative...
