Forthcoming article in Spanish in Context
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A collaborative research article on patterns of adjective placement in Venezuelan Spanish was just accepted for publication in Spanish in Context, to appear in the August 2026 issue.
Updates
2026
Invited talk for Spanish teachers and students in the Central Valley
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On April 16 I had the joy of delivering an invited talk for members of the Central Valley World Language Association and MCLL Teachers’ Academy. We discussed the development of the Spanish language over time, with a focus on the many lexical items that find their origin in Arabic. Thank you to the organizers and attendees for making the event a success.
Presented at AAAL 2026 (Chicago, IL)
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I presented a paper at the 2026 American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, held in Chicago, IL. It was great visiting Chicago again, learning about exciting new research, but most of all reconnecting with colleagues.
Forthcoming article in International Journal of Bilingualism
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A collaborative research article on subject pronoun expression among bilingual children in North Carolina was just accepted for publication in International Journal of Bilingualism, coming soon this year.
2025
Forthcoming article in Spanish as a Heritage Language
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A collaborative scoping review on the acquisition of variation among heritage speakers abroad was just accepted for publication in Spanish as a Heritage Language, coming soon in 2026! Happy to collaborate with Matt Kanwit and Andrea Hurtado on this piece.
Presented at PAMLA 2025 (San Francisco, CA)
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I presented a paper at the 2025 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, held in San Francisco, CA. Congratulations to Danny, my student and project lead, on his first conference presentation!
Presented at HLS 2025 (University of Arizona)
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I was happy to join my colleagues to present on three projects at the 2025 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, held at the University of Arizona. The conference was a blast.
Published a chapter on edited volume on the intersection of SLA and Sociolinguistics
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I published a chapter in Research at the Intersection of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin. Thanks to Stephen Fafulas and Jingyi Guo for their collaboration.
Guest on Fresno State’s Artful Discourse podcast
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I joined the Artful Discourse podcast to talk about my department’s academic offerings. You can catch the episode on Spotify, YouTube, or your preferred platform.
2024
Presented at NWAV 52 (Miami, FL)
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I presented a paper at the 52nd annual New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) meeting, held in Miami, FL. Thanks to Stephen Fafulas and Jingyi Guo for their collaboration! The chapter is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Kim Geeslin.
Published an article in Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
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I published an article in Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. Thanks to Matt Kanwit for his collaboration on this project!
2023
Published an article in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
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I published an article in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Thanks to Angela Swain and Melinda Fricke for their collaboration.
Chaired a panel and presented at PAMLA 2023 (Portland, OR)
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I chaired a panel and presented a paper at the 2023 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, held in Portland, OR.