Dr. Quin Elizabeth Awuor is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Languages and Literature at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, United States International University - Africa. She has over 18 years of experience in university-level teaching. Dr. Quin Elizabeth Awuor earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature from the University of Nairobi, her Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, and her Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics from Kenyatta University in Kenya. Recently, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University in the USA, focusing on advanced research in Applied Linguistics. Her research interests encompass Indigenous language systems and their usage, sociolinguistics, and the functions of language in identity construction. Additionally, she is involved in research on Building Corpora for Low-Resource African Languages and investigating the analysis of figurative language use across various types of discourse. Dr. Quin Elizabeth Awuor has published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed chapters to academic books. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the Kenya University Quality Assurance Network (KUQAN), the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), and the Linguistic Association for East Africa (LAEA). http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7703-4776