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)

Get in touch at  visconte.piero@utexas.edu