I am an applied linguist specializing in the broad area of bilingualism and multilingualism. The focus of my work is on speakers of heritage/minority/community languages with an emphasis on the US Latinx community. In the broadest sense, I am interested in how humans use language to co-construct and navigate social structures, how language connects with other areas of human experience (e.g., affect, cognition, culture), and in the applications of these lines of work to the development of pedagogical interventions. My current work is sharply centered on translanguaging as a theoretical domain, and its possibilities to lay out the groundwork for socially, linguistically, and educationally just pedagogies.
I am Assistant Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics in the World Languages & Cultures Department in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in applied language and linguistics, including language teaching methods, writing for heritage/native speakers, bilingualism and multilingualism, and heritage language education. Beyond my home department but still on campus, I am the founder and chair of IUPUI's Applied Linguistics Network, an interest/research group of applied linguists working in different areas who engage in collaborative work, discussion, and dissemination of findings produced at Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis. Moreover, I am an editorial board member for two international journals: "Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts" (John Benjamins) and "MODULEMA: a Scientific Journal on Cultural Diversity" (University of Granada Press).
I received a PhD in Hispanic linguistics (bilingualism and second language acquisition) from Texas Tech University (USA) in Spring 2018. While completing my PhD studies, I was an instructor in the Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures Department. During those years I assisted in the creation and development of the Spanish Program for Heritage Speakers, which I coordinated under the directorship of Diego Pascual y Cabo (now at the University of Florida). Also at Texas Tech, from Spring 2016 to Spring 2018, I was coordinator of the Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition Lab. Before Texas Tech, I completed a MA in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London (UK), and before that, a BA+MA degrees in English language and linguistics at the University of Granada (Spain).
When I'm not on campus, I teach workshops and give academic talks nationally, internationally and online. If you are interested in contacting me feel free to do so over email. You can find updates on my upcoming talks, workshops and presentations on my Twitter account (link under the "contact" tab).
I am Assistant Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics in the World Languages & Cultures Department in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in applied language and linguistics, including language teaching methods, writing for heritage/native speakers, bilingualism and multilingualism, and heritage language education. Beyond my home department but still on campus, I am the founder and chair of IUPUI's Applied Linguistics Network, an interest/research group of applied linguists working in different areas who engage in collaborative work, discussion, and dissemination of findings produced at Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis. Moreover, I am an editorial board member for two international journals: "Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts" (John Benjamins) and "MODULEMA: a Scientific Journal on Cultural Diversity" (University of Granada Press).
I received a PhD in Hispanic linguistics (bilingualism and second language acquisition) from Texas Tech University (USA) in Spring 2018. While completing my PhD studies, I was an instructor in the Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures Department. During those years I assisted in the creation and development of the Spanish Program for Heritage Speakers, which I coordinated under the directorship of Diego Pascual y Cabo (now at the University of Florida). Also at Texas Tech, from Spring 2016 to Spring 2018, I was coordinator of the Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition Lab. Before Texas Tech, I completed a MA in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London (UK), and before that, a BA+MA degrees in English language and linguistics at the University of Granada (Spain).
When I'm not on campus, I teach workshops and give academic talks nationally, internationally and online. If you are interested in contacting me feel free to do so over email. You can find updates on my upcoming talks, workshops and presentations on my Twitter account (link under the "contact" tab).
