Hi, I am Piero Visconte, PhD Candidate from The University of Texas at Austin.
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
The University of Texas at Austin
Benedict Hall #2.116
150 W. 21st Street, Stop B3700
Austin, TX 78712
CURRENT POSITIONS
(Since 2024) Assistant Instructor of Italian. Department of French and Italian, The University of Texas at Austin.
(Since 2024) Spanish & Hispanic Sociolinguistics Instructor. Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas.
(Since 2024) Essay rater/grader for the ‘UT Spanish Exam-Writing Exercise’. Testing and Evaluation Services, The University of Texas at Austin.
(Since 2023) Associate Editor. Intersecciones Hispánicas Journal, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
(Since 2022) Associate Researcher. Afro-Hispanic Language Atlas, Humboldt Foundation (PI: Dr. S. Sessarego).
(Since 2022) Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Instructor. The School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin
(Since 2019) Ph.D. Candidate in Iberian & Latin American Linguistics. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin.
(Since 2019) Assistant Instructor of Spanish and Portuguese. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin.
LANGUAGES
Italian: native
Salentino: native
Spanish: near native, C2 (Common European Framework of Reference)
English: near native, C2 (Common European Framework of Reference)
Portuguese: near native, C2 (Common European Framework of Reference)
Catalan, French, Modern Greek: beginner, A2 (Common European Framework of Reference)
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATES
(2019) TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
(2019) GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
(2008) C2 D.E.L.E. (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera). Instituto Cervantes, Nicosia (Cyprus)
(2008) Beginner Modern Greek Diploma. The University of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY
Microsoft Office package
Google Drive – Cloud-based storage service
Canvas – Web-based LMS (learning management system)
R – Statistical Analysis
GoldVarbX – Statistical Analysis
Rbrul – Statistical Analysis
SPSS – Statistical Analysis
Python – Statistical Analysis
Praat – Acoustic Phonetic Analysis
AntConc – Discourse Analysis
Visual DTA – Discourse Analysis
Qualtrics – Survey Design and Data Analysis
ELAN – Audio/Video Annotation
Zoom – Communication platform
Google Meets – Communication platform
Microsoft Teams – Communication platform
The University of Texas at Austin, Spanish and Portuguese Department (Benedict Hall)