Lorna has a BA in linguistics from The City College of New York and an MA and MPhil in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught linguistics and English at Queens College, Adelphi University, the CUNY Graduate Center, and LaGuardia. Her research interests include phonetics, dialectology, adult second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. In the latter area, she has written on issues related to expressions of formality, politeness, power and solidarity among Greek-American bilinguals. She speaks Greek, Spanish, French, and some Japanese. Prior to joining the ELA Department, Lorna was the Coordinator of the College Now program