Stefanie Shamila Pillai is a Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya (UM), and currently the Dean of the Social Advancement and Happiness Research Cluster at UM. Her main research interests include the phonology of varieties of English, specifically Malaysian English, language use in multilingual contexts, and language documentation and language revitalisation. Her documentation of Melaka Portuguese (Papia Cristang) is digitally archived at the Endangered Languages Archive. She has received national and international grants, including the Newton-Ungku Omar Advanced Research Fellowship (with Professor Peter K. Austin of SOAS) on Capacity Building for Language Documentation. Her research on Melaka Portuguese led to the development of materials (with community representatives) to encourage the use of this endangered language. She is currently working on aspects of food culture and identity with colleagues at UM and Mahidol University in Thailand. Apart from her academic and administrative duties, Stefanie is also part of the training team of the Malaysian chapter of the Internationals Deans' Course (MyIDC) and among the DIES National Multiplication Trainings (NMT) alumni pool of trainers.