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

"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.