christoph.neuenschwander@ucd.ie
Hi, I’m Chris!
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland. I completed my PhD on language ideologies in Pidgin and Creole studies with a focus on Hawaiian Creole and Tok Pisin. I will soon begin a project on the sociolinguistics of Hawaiian Creole (or Pidgin) and I am excited to explore language variation and change across the Hawaiian Islands.
My Work & Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
(2023 – now)
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow. University College Dublin, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Center Coordinator and Head of Studies
(2020 – 2023)
responsible for development, public outreach, as well as PhD and MA programs in Sociolinguistics. University of Bern, Center for the Study of Language and Society
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
(2021 – 2022)
Elitism and Gender: Performances of social identities in Bernese German, University of Bern, CSLS
Lecturing Positions
(2014 – 2021)
Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and English Linguistics. University of Bern, University of Lausanne, University of Fribourg
Doctoral Researcher
(2014 – 2020)
Tales of Success and Myths of Corruption: Language Ideological Narratives on Tok Pisin and Hawai‘i Creole. University of Bern, English Department
Music Journalist
(2013-2018)
Berner Zeitung
Journalist and Editor
(2007 – 2015)
Solothurner Zeitung and Langenthaler Tagblatt (regional newspapers)
Teacher for intellectually advanced children
(2013 – 2014)
Primary School Biberist, Solothurn
Non-acedemic book
(2016)
Let's talk story about Pidgin 