I'm working with my advisor, Dr. Cynthia Gordon, on organizing Georgetown's annual linguistics conference, the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT)! The theme of GURT 2025 is Language and Food.
I'm working on a number of research projects on the following topics:
analyzing narratives of patients diagnosed with a rare kidney disease called IgA nephropathy.
examining the linguistic and multimodal features of "brain rot" content on TikTok.
analyzing how plant-based food ads construct consumer identities for non-vegans.
2025. Guarino, M. (February 28). Stancetaking and Positioning in the Construction of Non-Vegan Consumer Identities in Plant-Based Food Ads. 2025 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC.
2023. Guarino, M. (November 17-19; proposal accepted, unable to attend). Attitudes Toward Translanguaging in University L2 Spanish Classrooms. 2023 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
2023. Guarino, M. (March 18-21). Studying abroad while queer: Language development and identity navigation amidst resettlement during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 2023 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Portland, Oregon.
2023. Guarino, M. (March 14). Studying abroad while queer: Language development and identity navigation amidst resettlement during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Invited presentation and discussion for students preparing interview projects for LING 422: Communication, Culture, and Study Abroad at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
2022. Guarino, M. (April 21). Comparing the linguistic landscapes of two commercial plazas in Northern Virginia. 2022 Georgetown University Colloquium on Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (CRSSH), Washington, DC.
2022. Guarino, M. (February 18). Una comparación del paisaje lingüístico de dos plazas comerciales del Norte de Virginia (Comparing the linguistic landscapes of two commercial plazas in Northern Virginia). 2022 Georgetown University Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY), Washington, DC.
2022. Guarino, M., Krok, E., & Coderre, J. (February 18). La diptongación de las vocales medias /e/ y /o/ en la cesación vocálica de bilingües español-inglés (The diphthongization of the Spanish mid vowels /e/ and /o/ in the vowel termination of Spanish-English bilinguals). 2022 Georgetown University Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY), Washington, DC.