Parissa Zohari: staff

 

Parissa Zohari has just completed her requirements for the MA in Linguistics in the SIP (special individualized program) with a thesis on theoretical linguistics and both first- and second-language acquisition.

Parissa has practical experience as well as theoretical training in second language acquisition, having learned English when she moved here at the age of 20 from Iran. It was her own background and her interest in language that attracted her to linguistics, and to the specific field of language acquisition.

She plans to work towards a doctorate in the field, which could revolutionize our understanding of how a second (or third, or fourth) language is learned.

Parissa is also the Undergraduate/Graduate Secretary in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics and the student advisor for the department’s programs. She has worked at Concordia for nine years, and did her graduate studies while working full-time. She looks forward to graduating at the same time as many of the students she has advised through their undergraduate studies in the department.