2018 - Present | Assistant Professor, San Jose State University ‐ World Languages and Literatures | |
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2017 - 2018 | Director of Lower Level Spanish Program, Texas Tech University ‐ Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures | |
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2017 - 2018 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University ‐ Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures | |
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2016 - 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Guam ‐ Division of English and Applied Linguistics | |
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2010 - 2015 | Associate Instructor, Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Department of Spanish & Portuguese | |
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2008 - 2010 | Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University ‐ Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 | 2018 Scholarship Catalyst Program |
Offices of the President, Provost and Vice President for Research, Texas Tech University | |
$2,000 | |
2015 | College of Arts and Sciences 2015-2016 Dissertation Completion Fellowship |
Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$25,000 | |
2015 | Graduate Student Advisory Council Conference Travel Grant |
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$100 | |
2014 | Associate Instructor Teaching Award |
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$250 | |
2014 | College of Arts and Humanities Institute Dissertation Research Travel Award |
Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$1,000 | |
2013 | Department of Spanish and Portuguese Conference Travel Grant |
Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$350 | |
2013 | Tinker Field Research Grant |
Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$1,571.42 | |
2011 | Summer Graduate Fellowship |
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington | |
$3,500 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2013 - Present | Member, American Association for Applied Linguistics | 2012 - Present | Founding Member, AILA Research Network on Interlocutor & Instructor Individual Differences in Cognition and SLA | 2012 - Present | Member, American Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese | 2018 | Abstract Reviewer, Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology | 2018 | Manuscript Reviewer, Hispanic Studies Review | 2017 | Co-Organizer, Hispanic Linguistics Symposium | 2017 | Abstract Reviewer, Second Language Research Forum | 2017 | Member, University Assessment Committee, University of Guam | 2016 - 2017 | Member, College of Arts and Sciences Annual Research Conference Committee, University of Guam | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Linguistics Committee, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam, Mangilao | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Majors Enrichment Committee, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Master of Arts Committee, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam, Mangilao | 2016 - 2017 | Editorial Board Member, Storyboard: A Journal of Pacific Imagery | 2017 | Chapter Sponsor, Sigma Tau Delta (Alpha Zeta Xi Chapter), University of Guam | 2016 | Book Chapter Reviewer, Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution (John Benjamins) | 2016 | Member, Language Arts Conference Committee, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam | 2016 | Manuscript Reviewer, Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics | 2015 | Member, Associate Instructor and Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Awards Committee, Spanish and Portuguese, IU | 2014 - 2015 | Coordinator, Café hispano (Spanish language table), Indiana University | Faculty Advisor, Spanish Club, Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures, Texas Tech University |
Honors and Awards
- Senior Soiree Award, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam, Mangilao (May 2017)
- Senior Soiree Award, Division of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Guam, Mangilao (December 2016)
- Outstanding Associate Instructor (Recognition with Distinction), Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington (March 2015)
- Nominated for Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award, Indiana University, Bloomington (October 2014)
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (March 2010)
- The Graduate School and the University Graduate Student Association Certificate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (March 2010)
Courses
- SPAN 110 Spanish Morphology and Syntax
- SPAN 001A/B Elementary Spanish
- Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
- Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition
- Oral Expression in Context
- A Second Course in Spanish II
- A Beginning Course in Spanish I
June 2016 | Ph.D., Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Hispanic Linguistics | |
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May 2012 | M.A., Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Hispanic Linguistics | |
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May 2010 | M.A., North Carolina State University ‐ Spanish Languages and Literatures | |
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May 2006 | B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ‐ English, Romance Languages | |
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