Nicholas G. Faraclas

Dr Nicholas Faraclas is a Professor in Linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.  Having received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, he has taught courses and published many books and numerous rticles in the areas of theoretical, descriptive, socio-, and applied linguistics.  Over the past four decades, he has been conducting research on postcolonial linguistics and creole languages as well as promoting community based literacy activities in Africa, the South Pacific, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean.