Sender Dovchin is a professor and Australian Research Council Fellow at Curtin University's School of Education in Perth, Western Australia.

Prior to her current role, she served as an Associate Professor at the Centre for Language Research, University of Aizu, Japan, where she received the Young Scientist award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

[2] Dovchin's research explores how language users employ translingualism playfully, while negotiating precarious situations such as breaking social norms and subverting sociolinguistic boundaries.

She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics and has secured multiple research grants as both lead and co-investigator.

Dovchin's Australian Research Council DECRA project focuses on empowering vulnerable youth in Australia by combating linguistic racism, exploring how culturally diverse young Australians face discrimination due to their speech.