Episode #28: Alfonso Sánchez-Moya

"Sometimes having a PhD will not be to your advantage - it can put you in a box" Alfonso Sánchez-Moya is a discourse analyst currently employed at Amazon. He earned a PhD in English linguistics in Spain and did post doctoral work at Harvard and at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is particularly interested in online discourse and multimodal communication, mostly looking at the connections between language, ideology, power and identity. He is also interested in digital discourse and communication as key components of online education, fields he has been involved with in professional terms for the last ten years. Alfonso Sánchez-Moya on LinkedIn Alfonso's website Topics include - success in grad school - discourse analysis - non-linear paths - digital discourse - resumes - bilingual education - NLP