Professor Dr. Maya Khemlani David (Ph.D)
Honorary Professor
Asia-Europe Institute
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Affiliations & Memberships
• Member of the International Advisory Board of Linguapax
• Executive Committee Member, Foundation of Endangered Languages (FEL), UK
• Exco Member, Linguapax (NGO based in Barcelona, promoting language diversity worldwide)
• Exco Member, Gerontological Association of Malaysia (GEM)
• Honorary Member, Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK
• Honorary Member, Migration Linguistics Initiative, Japan
• Member, International Advisory Body, Centre for Languages and Multicultural Communication (CLMC), Woxsen University, India
• Advisory Board Member, Open University Malaysia (OUM), Bachelor of English Studies (BEST)
• Member, Independent Panel for PhD Candidature Review (Monash University, Malaysia)
• Expert/Referee, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Areas of Specialisation
• Language Maintenance and Shift among Minority Communities
• Language Planning and Policy
• Discourse in Professional and Institutional Settings
• Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
• Gerontolinguistics
Current Research & Projects
Professor David is currently engaged in projects on language and identity of minority diaspora communities, discourse on ageing and elderly care, and language revitalisation strategies. She also serves as a Master Trainer for DEV1 BRECIL (Building Social Research Capacities in Higher Education Institutions in Laos PDR, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya).
Profile/ Biography
Professor Dr. Maya Khemlani David (Ph.D) is Honorary Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (UK) and an Exco member of the Foundation of Endangered Languages. She received the prestigious Linguapax Award for her pioneering work on language maintenance and shift among minority communities. Her intellectual interests include language planning and policy, discourse in professional and institutional settings, cross-cultural pragmatics, gerontolinguistics, and language maintenance.
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