I am an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Seattle University. My major research interests center around sociolinguistics and translation studies. In the field of sociolinguistics, my primary areas of interest include language contact, bilingualism, language variation and change (particularly in contexts of second language [L2] acquisition), and language ideologies and attitudes. Within the field of translation studies, I am particularly interested in transfer competence and the development of translation pedagogy for both L2 and heritage speakers.
In the non-academic aspect, some of my passions are: traveling, learning new languages, music, and dancing. |
Education
- Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics (minor in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching), 2023 [University of Arizona]
- M.A. (Erasmus Mundus) in Learning and Teaching of Spanish in Multilingual and International Contexts, 2016 [University of Deusto - Other universities: University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, University of Campinas, Stockholm University]
- B.A. in Translation and Interpreting (English, French, Catalan, Spanish), 2014 [Pompeu Fabra University]