Ida is an academic and a professional in Linguistics. As an academic, her teaching areas include Communication Skills, Scholarly Writing and Events Management. Her research interest is language use in context, language study in relation to social factors, contact linguistics and Second language acquisition. Ida started her teaching profession as a pupil’s teacher, Teaching and research assistant at both undergraduate and graduate levels before she became a lecturer in the Communications Studies Department of UPSA in 2018 till the present.

Academic Degrees
•PhD in Linguistics (ongoing), University of Ghana, Legon.
•Master of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics, University of Education, Winneba, 2017.
•Bachelor of Arts in Akan, KNUST, Kumasi, 2012.

Professional Experience
•Lecturer, Department of Communications Studies
•Graduate Assistant, University of Professional Studies, Accra (2017-2018)
•Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Education, Winneba (2017)
•Teaching and Research Assistant, KNUST, Kumasi (2012-2013)
•Field Research Assistant, Associates for Change (2017 – 2019)

Professional Conferences & Workshops
1.LAG 2020 workshop on Corpus Linguistics: Resources, Methods and Application, University of Education, Winneba (January 2020).
2.Endangered languages documentation Project (ELDP) Workshop, SOAS University of London, UK (August-September, 2019).
3.4th International Research Conference of the College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon (November 2018).

Professional Membership & Affiliations
•Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG)
•Member, University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG)