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I am recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities (2020) Faculty Award and currently conduct research on bilingualism, ideologies and learner identities of Latinx in Puerto Rico and the United States and am currently working on a monograph under contract by Multilingualism Matters.

I have taught English sociolinguistics in US, Europe and Puerto Rico, and have most recently held faculty positions at Sarah Lawrence College and Teachers College, Columbia University, where I've taught on matters of language and identity (with specific focus on race and multilingualism), language learning (from a sociocultural perspective), and language use and its accomplished social meaning. A lot of the work that I do takes from sociocultural perspective of language acquisition and language learning, identity studies, and notions of ideologies of language studied both in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. I am interested in addressing questions of language use as they relate to their social and cultural context, and as a window to understanding human relationships and society.

Recently, I have been interested in observing the mediation of technology in identity building and establishing social relations through an observance of language practice across technological platforms.

This is my personal professional site where I publish updates on my research and teaching journey. 

Research areas / Areas de investigación

Sociolinguistics, bilingualism and identity, language beliefs, language use, World Englishes.

Sociolingüística, bilingüismo e identidad, ideologías lingüísticas, uso del lenguaje, Inglés alrededor del mundo.