Hispanic Linguistics Professor Kim Potowski will be the keynote speaker at Elgin’s school district 46’s first ever dual language academy for parents. Dr. Potowski specializes in issues related to bilingualism among heritage learners.…
Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro, professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Director of the Multilingual Phonology Laboratory, will be presenting with Jason Rothman on Overcoming L1 vs. L2 Influence in L3 Development at Northwestern’s Norwegian-American Workshop on Bilingualism.…
Hispanic Studies Professor Margarita Saona was interviewed on her book Memory Matters in Transitional Peru for the online arts journal Infoartes. The interview offers a view into her work on visual discourses and the potential of…
Congratulations to Hispanic Studies PhD student, Cynthia Pelayo, on her upcoming poetry collection, Poems of my Night, a response to a series of poems by Jorge Luis Borges. It is being published by Raw…
Kim Potowski on receiving the Master Teaching Scholar (MTS) award from the TLC (Center for the Advancement of Teaching-Learning Communities). The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs names 12 faculty members…
Lisa James, ABD in Hispanic Studies, has been invited to become a Graduate Resident Fellow at UIC’s Institute for the Humanities. James is among a very small group chosen for this prestigious fellowship.…
Recent Hispanic Linguistics PhD graduate Maryann Parada accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Spanish Linguistics at California State – Bakersfield. Dr. Parada will lead the department’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers program. Dr. Parada…
Zoie Sheets, a Biological Sciences major with minors in Spanish and Chemistry, is one this year’s prestigious Truman Scholar recipients. The highly competitive Truman Scholarship was awarded to just 54 students nationwide, and…
Rafael Núñez-Cedeño, Professor of Hispanic and Italian Studies, has published a new edited book with Mouton de Gruyter, Germany: The Syllable and Stress: Studies in Honor of James W. Harris (Studies in Generative Grammar) available now…
