Dissertation topic: Examining the role of cross-linguistic influence in L2 Spanish mid vowel perception and production

Advisor: Dr. Alan V. Brown

 

Academic and Professional Service

Assistant Director, 77th & 78th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 2023-25

Graduate Assistant (Hispanic Studies), Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 2022-23

Vice-president, Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Association (HIGSA), 2022-23

Vice-president, Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Association (HIGSA), 2021-22

Website Manager, Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico (algr.createuky.edu)

 

Education

MA in Spanish Language and Linguistics, Middlebury College 

- Thesis: Los desafíos en la enseñanza de los nexos concesivos

BA cum laude in Spanish, International Studies, University of Richmond

 

Courses Taught

SPA101 Elementary Spanish I

SPA102 Elementary Spanish II

SPA201 Intermediate Spanish I

SPA202 Intermediate Spanish II

SPA210 Spanish Grammar and Syntax

 

Conference Presentations

Accepted - forthcoming. "Using mouse tracking to gain new insights into L2 Spanish vowel identification." Central Kentucky Linguistics Conference (CKLiC). Lexington, Kentucky, February 27th-28th, 2025.

“¿Es la lengua un factor importante para la victoria en Eurovisión?: Un análisis de las prácticas lingüísticas en el siglo XXI.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 21-23, 2023. 

“Latinx YouTubers Explore Language Ideologies as they Opt-in to Spanish.” Nuevos horizontes en los estudios hispanos. Sonoma State University, California (Virtual), July 7, 2022.

“Leísmo en el aula: Incorporating Sociolinguistic Variation in the Advanced L2 Classroom.” Ohio State University Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHILL), March 25-26, 2022.