About Me

Hello! My name is Kelly Kendro, and I am a PhD candidate in applied linguistics at Northern Arizona University, advised by Scott Jarvis. I am a 2025-2026 The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) doctoral dissertation grant recipient and a 2025 Duolingo English Test Doctoral Dissertation Awardee. As of 2026, I also serve as a student representative on the Linguistic Society of America's Executive Committee.

I broadly study words and dynamic multilingualism. My interest in words includes studying how words are used, defined, and quantified. My interest in dynamic multilingualism includes studying the multilingual lexicon and what happens when language knowledge is unused or “lost.”