LLC PhD Students

Spanish: Hispanic Literature

Dissertation research: I am interested in research about Hispanic and Caribbean authors that portray the ideology of contemporary society

Spanish: Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies

Dissertation research: Collective Memories: Panamanian literature, music, and film concerning the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama

Spanish: Spanish cultural studies and literature minor

Dissertation research: Bilingual Life Writing in Latinx Memoirs

Currently working full time as a Labor Services Representative Spanish Language.

Dissertation research: To be determined

Spanish: Linguistics 

Dissertation research: To be determined

Spanish: Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Grammaticalization, Verb-Semantic change over time, Morphosyntax, Immigration and Media Studies 

Dissertation research: Novel morphosyntactic structures in Central American Varieties of Spanish (tentative title)

Spanish: Spanish Sociolinguistics

Dissertation research: Variación y actitud en el español de Chile: una comparación entre Santiago y Los Lagos

Dissertation research: To be determined

Spanish: Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Heritage Language Acquisition, Language Variation, Languages for Specific Purposes

Dissertation research: Lexical complexity in the speech of second language and heritage speakers of Spanish

Currently an Instructional Consultant at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Learning, and Online Education at the University at Albany.

Spanish: Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language Contact

Dissertation research: Ethnolinguistic Vitality of the Romanian Language in Spain: A Study in the Community of Valencia

Publications:

• “Lengua y poder en Guinea Ecuatorial: Una perspectiva glotopolítica.” Review of Lengua, cultura y glotopolítica en Guinea Ecuatorial: Una mirada histórica by Susana Castillo-Rodríguez. Revista de Antropología Social. (2026)

Presentations (2026): 

• “Vitalidad etnolingüística del rumano en España: Un estudio en la Comunidad de Valencia”, LLC Seminar Series Spring 2026, University at Albany, SUNY
• “Language Contact in Valencia, Spain” UAlbany Showcase, Albany, New York.
• “Vitalidad etnolingüística del rumano en España: Un estudio en la Comunidad de Valencia”, RoSal: 80 años de Rumanística at Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.

Spanish: Variationist sociolinguistics

Dissertation research: Grammaticalization and morphosyntactic variation in conditional constructions in Peninsular Spanish

Spanish: Second Language Acquisition, and Learner Ideology of Dialectal features in Spanish

Dissertation research: To be determined

Spanish: Linguistics 

Dissertation research: To be determined

Dissertation research: To be determined

Spanish: Linguistics, Language Contact between Portuguese and Spanish

Dissertation research: Spanish in Rio de Janeiro: Issues in Bilingualism and Language Contact

Spanish: Literature

Dissertation research: How fantastical elements and technology manifest as violence in women’s bodies in Caribbean literature