LLC PhD Students

Visit our Alumni page to see a selection of our grads and what they've been doing.

Current LLC PhD Students

	Irlanda Álvarez Spanish: Hispanic Literature Dissertation research: I am interested in research about Hispanic and Caribbean authors that portray the ideology of contemporary society
	Jenny Barranco Spanish: Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies Dissertation research: Collective Memories: Panamanian literature, music, and film concerning the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama
	Amber Bradley 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
	Elsa Cembrero Bonet Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined
	Victoria Chizuk Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined
	Claudia Cubiles Almaguer Spanish: Linguistics Dissertation research: To be determined
	Alejandra Escudero Spanish Linguistics: Sociophonetic variation in Venezuelan Spanish and morphological and syntactic variation in the Spanish of Cochabamba, Bolivia Dissertation research: Sociophonetic Analysis of the Degree of Laryngeal tension as a feature of voice quality in the Spanish of Caracas, Venezuela, Currently ABD
	Ricardo Estremera Spanish: Sociolinguistics with dialect contact and concentration in second language acquisition Dissertation research: A Sociolinguistic Study of Dominican Spanish Spoken in Urban Puerto Rico: Dialect Convergence of Second Generation Dominicans
	Caitlin Fanning 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)
	Catalina Garcia Faundez Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined
	Karol Ibarra Alvarado Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined
	Nyssa Knarvik 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
	Victor Lucio Spanish: Dissertation research:
	Madalina Man Spanish: Linguistics Dissertation research: To be determined
	Benjamin Mielenz Spanish: Variationist sociolinguistics Dissertation research: Grammaticalization and morphosyntactic variation in conditional constructions in Peninsular Spanish
	Christopher Miller Spanish: Second Language Acquisition, and Learner Ideology of Dialectal features in Spanish Dissertation research: To be determined
	Kurtis Miner Spanish: Linguistics Dissertation research: To be determined
	Michelle Monaco Spanish: Latin American Literature Dissertation research: How the Greek monster is reimagined in Latin American literature and film to challenge power, oppression, and societal norms through mythological rewriting. PhD candidate and TA, with a published book review in Ámbitos Feministas and a forthcoming linguistics article co-authored with colleagues.”
	Danny Pintado Sacaquirin Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined
	Maria Alice Seixas Spanish: Linguistics, Language Contact between Portuguese and Spanish Dissertation research: Spanish in Rio de Janeiro: Issues in Bilingualism and Language Contact
	Bianca Zazzarini-Leon Spanish: Literature Dissertation research: How fantastical elements and technology manifest as violence in women’s bodies in Caribbean literature
	Edgardo Zea Spanish: Dissertation research: To be determined