Linguistics Practice Talks Coordinator (SIPSGO)
47 Burrowes, Cubicle 1
Office Hours: M 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Office), TH 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Office)
Education:
BA, Spanish and linguistics minor, The College of New Jersey
Research Interests:
Spanish as a heritage language in the US, sociolinguistic acquisition and variation, bilingualism.
Biography:
I am a second-year graduate student in the MA/PhD Hispanic Linguistics program and NSF-NRT Graduate Research Traineeship fellow. I am also an activist, scholar and advocate for immigrants rights and access to education in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey. My current research interests include Spanish as a heritage language in the US, specifically morphosyntactic variation across generations and the different dialects of Spanish. In my free time, I enjoy learning about plants, cooking and working out.
Pronouns:
- ella // she-her // ela