I have research interests in Decolonial Approaches in Applied Linguistics,African immigrant literacies, Black Rhetorics, African Indigeneity and Community Literacy Research. I draw from African indigenous epistemologies to study the linguistic and embodied literacies of people of color.

Gabriel is a PhD Student in the Applied Linguistics and Language Education Program at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, College Park.I also hold a Masters Degree in English from Illinois State University,USA where I majored in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Additionally,I graduated with a a Bachelors Degree in  (B.A Hons) English from the University of Education Winneba,Ghana in 2019.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵ College of  Education Dean's Fellowship (2023)

Academic Excellence Award,Department of English,Illinois State University (2023)

Language Variation and Multilingualism in Elementary Classrooms (Teaching Assistant)