Dr. Michael Gradoville is a Lecturer of Spanish at Arizona State University. His research focuses on Usage-Based Linguistic Theory (phonology), Sociophonetics, Corpus Linguistics, Quantitative Research Methodologies in Linguistics and Language Variation and Change. His research activity includes varieties of Spanish and Portuguese spanning the Western Hemisphere.

Presentation Title: "The role of multi-word sequences in phonetic variation: A usage-based account"

Dr. Naomi Shin is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. Her research centers on the study of Child Language Acquisition, Bilingualism and Language Contact. Dr. Shin is interested in how input and functionality influence the trajectory of language change and development.

Presentation Title: "The Ontogeny of Grammatical Variation" see full abstract

Dr. Julio Torres, is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and the director of the Spanish Language Program at the University of California, Irvine. His research specializations include Heritage /Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Cognition, Task-Based Language Learning and Curriculum Instruction.

Presentation Title: "Linking motivation and heritage learners' language development and performance"