Professional Development
Funded by the University of Illinois’s Initiative for Multiracial Democracy, I have organized a professional development workshop for K-12 teachers in Champaign and Urbana. Titled “Our ideas of speaking: Language variation and identity,” the workshop is divided into three sections: 1) a talk and interactive activities delivered by me and two invited colleagues (Drs. Aris Clemons and Victor Fernández-Mallat), 2) a showing and discussion of the Emmy Award Winning documentary “Talking Black in America,” and 3) a collaborative exercise in which teachers personal action plans for incorporating information learned into their teaching practices.
The goal of the workshop is to discuss the “how” and “why” of language variation, how speakers make specific choices about which language variety or language to use with certain people, and what is deemed “appropriate” when it comes to language use.
articles about my research
Is your Spanish - Spanish? Study finds Miami prefers accent from Spain over Cuba, Colombia - WLRN, Latin America Report
¿Está mal visto el acento cubano? Así perciben a la gente en Miami según cómo habla español - Univsion Noticias
¿Qué pasa con el cubano de Miami que su español se percibe como el peor? Sorprenden resultados de estudio, dice autor - El Nuevo Herald
Speak Spanish like a Cuban? You may be surprised by what fellow Miamians think of you - Miami Herald
¡Como te oyen te tratan! El acento de tu español en Miami determina cómo te perciben - El Nuevo Herald EFE
Interviews
Unconscious Bias Project - episode to appear in 2023
Entre Dos Podcast - What kind of Spanish do you speak? Language and social perceptions
The Gradlings Podcast - Episode 3.6 Community is Key
Interview with Verónica Zaragovia for Public Radio International’s The World in Words
'You were born in a Taco Bell': Trump's rhetoric fuels school bullies across US - by Rory Carroll, The Guardian
Can #MeToo fix Spain's language problem? - by María Ramírez, The Atlantic
Film/Television
Crossing Over: Stories of Immigration and Identity - Transcriber/translator for creating subtitles