Eva Kuske studied English and Philosophy at the University of Bern. In 2016, she completed her M.A. in English Languages and Literatures with special focus in Linguistics and is currently attending PH Bern to complete her teaching degree (Sekundarstufe II). Her main research interests are ethnic variation in the English language, lesser known varieties of English, African American Vernacular English and phonetics. She will do fieldwork in June/July of 2016 on the island of Guam for a PhD project with focus on the history, development and structure of Guam English in Micronesia.
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PRESENTATIONS

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​​April 2016

​Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBK): Beiratssitzung, University of Bern, Switzerland
The Sociolinguistics of Micronesian Islands
​(Hess, D. B., Kuske, E., Leonhardt, T., Lynch, S., & Mettler, L.)

Phil.hist. Forschungstag 2017, University of Bern, Switzerland
The development of English varieties in Micronesia (Poster)
​(Hess, D. B., Kuske, E., Leonhardt, T., Lynch, S., & Mettler, L.)

Studies of Paradise: Where language meets culture in the Pacific (University of Bern, Switzerland)
The Influence of the Americanized Education Sector on the Guam Dialect of English (Presentation)
(Kuske, E.)

​Forum Graduate School of the Humanities (GSH), University of Bern, Switzerland
​English in paradise?: Emergent varieties in Micronesia (Poster)
​(Bürki, D., Kuske, E., Leonhardt, T., Lynch, S., & Mettler, L.)​