Sophia Minnillo
Hello / Hola / Bonjour
I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics at University of California, Davis. I am on the Multilingualism and SLA track with a designated emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition. I focus on L2 and heritage language learning, writing, teaching, and assessment. I also study multilingual identities and experiences during international education and study abroad. Many of my projects are situated within the field of learner corpus research, and I am a member of the Corpus of Written Spanish- L2 and Heritage team (COWS-L2H).
News:
March 2024: Published a blog about language teaching using AI: https://ucdlc.ucdavis.edu/blog/bot-or-not-materials-considerations-using-ai-language-instruction
Feb. 2024: Selected as a recipient of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Graduate Student Award
Jan. 2024: Article "Predictors of accuracy in L2 Spanish preterit-imperfect production" accepted for publication at International Journal of Learner Corpus Research.
Sept. 2023: Published a guide for teachers on how to support student writing using AI: https://cee.ucdavis.edu/ai-student-writing
April 2023: Published an article on heritage and L2 Spanish writing complexity: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23247797.2023.2201989
I hope this website can serve as a resource for other students and scholars. Please click on the other pages to read about my projects and the resources I recommend.