PraiseGod Aminu is currently pursuing a PhD in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interest is broadly sociolinguistics, which entails the examination of the relationship between language and society. Specifically, he employs discourse analytical and phonetic methodologies to contribute to scholarly discussions on various aspects of identity, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, as well as factors that influence identity construction such as migration. He is also interested in Nigerian/Ghanaian Pidgin and African American Language.
My journal articles on race are currently being reviewed by journals. Some have been submitted to some conferences and are being considered. The papers on race I have presented at conferences are:
1. Aminu, P. (2025, June). “Orderly disorder” and the construction of transnational-racialized identity through African American English in Afrobeat. To be presented at the Swiss Association of University Teachers of English conference. Bern, Switzerland.
2. Aminu, P. (2025, January). Crossing gender, crossing race: The intersection of gender and race in the articulation of /r/ in Nigeria. Paper presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. Aminu, P. (2024, September). The discursive (re)construction of race among Africans in the US. Presented at Race and Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
4. Aminu, P. (2024, May). Retheorizing race in linguistics: Language and identity negotiation among Nigerians in the US. (Conference canceled)
5. Aminu, P. (2024, January). Whose English variety matters?: Intersection of race and ethnicity in negotiating African identity in the US. Presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Manhattan, NY.
6. Aminu, P. (2024, January). Metapragmatics of mobility: Language, race, and identity negotiation. Presented at the American Dialect Society. Manhattan, NY.
