Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan, Ph.D
7/24/2026 12:00:00 AM
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E-mail
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: 0325107704
: Assistant Professor
: ferdinan.Kurniawan@atmajaya.ac.id
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Biography
Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan, Ph.D. is currently the Head of the Master of Applied English Linguistics, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Cornell University, USA, and his M.A. in English linguistics from Eastern Michigan University, USA. His linguistic research area is interdisciplinary as it combines several branches of linguistics including phonetics, phonology, language documentation/corpus studies, language variation, language contact, and language change.
He has received several grants: Mario Eunadi research travel grant, Audrey Kahin research travel grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, and James T. Siegel write-up grant. In addition, she has also received a SAGE fellowship. In his professional activities and services, he is actively involved as one of the oerganizers for the Indonesian Linguistic Society (2021-2023), bestary partner for the journals Oceanic Linguistics, NUSA, K@ta, and Linguistik Indonesia, and reviewers for KIMLI and KOLITA. In the industrial field, he assists several companies engaged in machine intelligence as a linguistic consultant in several artificial intelligence projects. As a contributor to the field of Indonesian linguistics, he also assists in the annual publication of linguistic bibliographies published by Brill.
S1 - The Christian University of Indonesia (2003)
S2 - Eastern Michigan University (2009)
S3 - Cornell University (2018)
Phonetics
Phonology
Language Contact and Variation
General Linguistics
Bahasa Inggris
English for Specific Purposes
Language Technology in Applied Linguistics
Tata Bahasa Inggris dalam Konteks Umum
Thesis
Global Englishes
Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan Ph.D, 2022, Social dimensions of the nasal prefix in Jakarta Indonesian
Andhara, F. S., & Kurniawan, F. O. (2026). Video game genres and English language learning motivation: Evidence from Indonesian EFL learners.
Jambari, O., Sugiharto, S., & Kurniawan, F. O. (2026). Understanding Authenticity in YouTube Playful Talk: A Translingual Practice Approach. Journal of General Education and Humanities, 5(2), 2771–2782.
Kurniawan, F. O., & Abtahian, M. R. (2024). Variation and change in progress: Evidence from Word-final [-a] and [-e] in Jakarta Indonesian.
Kurniawan, F. O., Rosvita, M., & Yuniastari, R. (2024). An Acoustic Study on English Vowels Produced by Indonesian Speakers: Exploring Determining Factors and Contact Situations.
Kurniawan, F.O. (2023). Variation and Change in Jakarta Indonesian: Evidence from Final Glottals. Oceanic Linguistics 62(2), 267-288.