Virginia Uhi, MA Student
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Interests
Language policy; sociolinguistics; first language acquisition; second language acquisition
Education
2023 City University of Hong Kong, BA, Linguistics and Language Applications
About
Virginia Uhi is an MA Student at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Linguistics. She is an international student from Hong Kong. Her areas of interest are language policy and education within the sociolinguistics field. Virginia didn’t originally intend to pursue graduate studies until she came to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV for an exchange program during Spring 2022. She became inspired by the atmosphere and the professors at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV. Virginia felt that studying Linguistics at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV would be an eye-opening opportunity, and she joined the MA program in Fall 2023.
With hands-on experience in roles ranging from fundraising and teaching assistantship to research and recruitment consultancy, Virginia has honed her expertise in relationship management, client confidentiality, and multilingual communications. Her passion lies in making a positive impact through engaging projects and initiatives.