Billian Khalayi Otundo is a Kenyan national currently pursuing her post-doctoral research in a collaborative project of Moi University (Kenya ) and Radboud University (The Netherlands). She holds a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Linguistics from the University of Bayreuth (Germany). She has professional experience in administration and teaching in the higher education sector with interests in phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics, communication studies and quality assurance.