Elli Doukanari is currently an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nicosia. She has previously taught at various institutions, including the University of Cyprus and Georgetown University (USA), and has given a series of seminars on the Greek language, history and society at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. She has been a Member of the Review Bioethics Committee for the Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products of Human Use, Cyprus National Bioethics Committee (2015-2018). She has served as the: Associate Head of the Department of Languages and Literature, University of Nicosia; Coordinator for the Languages Programs, Intercollege, Larnaca; Chief Examiner for the Oral and Written Michigan Certificate Examinations, Hellenic American Union, Greece; and Chief Examiner for the Proficiency Examinations in Modern Greek, Georgetown University. Dr. Doukanari holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. degree in Linguistics from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Greek and English Languages and Literatures from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is specialized in Sociolinguistics, Discourse and Conversational Analysis, Language and Gender, Pragmatics, Anthropological Linguistics, Ethnography, Psycholinguistics, and the Teaching of Technical Writing. Her work is of interdisciplinary nature. Her research interests and publications are in the areas of: Cyprus Verbal Dueling (Chattista); Greek Language and the Greek-Cypriot Dialect; Language, Gender and Sexuality; National, Gendered and Cultural Identity; Discourse Analysis of Narratives, Conversations, the Media and Social Media; Diglossia and Dimorphia; Language and Technology; Language Planning, Acquisition, Learning and Teaching of Greek as a First or Second Language; and Innovative Research and Teaching/Learning Pedagogies in Higher Education. Her research work has been presented in numerous international conferences and published in scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.