As an Associate Director on the Listening Team, Christopher Farina collaborates with clients to develop and implement research programs that provide rich insight into stakeholder perspectives. Along with a team of linguists, he employs qualitative methods to illuminate meaningful patterns in complex language data which he distills into practical solutions for specific business needs. Christopher holds a doctorate in linguistics from the University of South Carolina. He has over 10 years of experience across a wide range of functions in qualitative and quantitative research in applied linguistics and in the social sciences more broadly.