Ekarina, Ph.D. earned her doctoral degree in Linguistics from Cornell University, USA, and is currently a lecturer and researcher at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta. She serves as Chair of the Indonesian Linguistic Society (MLI) and heads the university’s Center for Language and Cultural Studies (PKBB). She is also a member of the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences (ALMI) and an editor of Linguistik Indonesia. Her research spans theoretical and applied linguistics, with particular interests in syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language contact, multilingualism, language maintenance and shift, sociolinguistics, and language education. Her current projects examine multilingual practices, linguistic identity, local-language maintenance, and literacy development in diverse Indonesian communities. She has received national research funding through programs administered by Indonesia’s Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI) and has presented and published her work in national and international academic forums.
Bachelor's Degree - Georgia State University, USA (2009)
Master's Degree - University of Georgia, USA (2013)
Master's & Doctoral Degrees - Cornell University, USA (2021)
Syntax
Morphology
Semantics
Pragmatics
Multilingualism
World Englishes
Language Maintenance Generative Grammar
Academic Writing for School Public
English for Theology
Introduction to Linguistics
World Englishes in Asian Contexts
Pragmatics and Multimodalities Semantics and Pragmatics in Applied Linguistics