Lab Members

Contact information: actremblay@utep.edu    

Dr. Tremblay's Website 

Dr. Tremblay received her M.A. in Spanish from the University of Ottawa (Canada) in 2002 and her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawai'i in 2007. She worked as an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Illinois (2007-2012), as an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor, and a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kansas (2012-2022), and as Professor of Linguistics and (since 2023) departmental chair at UTEP (2022–present). She specializes in adult bilingual speech perception and spoken word recognition, and has some interests in adult bilingual morphological processing and speech production. She is originally from Québec, Canada, and speaks French, English, and Spanish. 

Contact information: vbarraza2@utep.edu 

Ms. Delmar received her B.A. in Psychology and French from UTEP and her M.A. in English-Spanish Translation and Interpretation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in California. She is an American Translators Association (ATA)-certified translator from English to Spanish and Spanish to English and a nationally-certified healthcare interpreter holding the Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI) credential. Since 2016, she has been a conference interpreter, translation business owner, and has worked as an Adjunct Professor of Interpreting at UTEP. As of 2024, she is the Senior Coordinator of the Translation and Interpretation (T&I) Program/Office focused on preparing the next generation of certified and professional translators and interpreters. She is originally from El Paso, Texas and speaks French, English, and Spanish.

Contact information: nmazzaro@utep.edu 

Dr. Mazzaro's Website

Dr. Mazzaro received her M.A. in Linguistics in 2003 at York University (Canada) and her Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics in 2011 at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on speech perception and production in Spanish-English bilinguals, sound change in Mexican Spanish, and the Linguistic Landscape of the U.S.-Mexico border. She is originally from Argentina and speaks English and Spanish.  

Contact information: dsascone@miners.utep.edu  

Mr. Ascone earned his Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, with a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2023. He is now in his junior semester as a graduate student in the Bilingualism and Applied Linguistics M.A. Program. 

Contact information: fsterrazas@miners.utep.edu 

Ms. Terrazas earned her Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, with a minor in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2022. She is now in her last semester as a graduate student in the Bilingualism and Applied Linguistics M.A. program.