Cristina Manteca Gacho
MA Student
Teaching Assistant & Research Assistant
Hispanic and Italian Studies
Pronouns: she/her
Contact
Building & Room:
1700 UH
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About
Cristina Manteca Gacho is a second-year graduate student in Hispanic Linguistics. She is currently collaborating with the Disability and Human Development department on a project called “Hispanic Outreach for People with Disabilities” at the Great Lakes ADA Center. She is also a teaching assistant in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies. Her broad research interests are bilingualism, early years simultaneous bilinguals and typical and atypical language development.
Service to Community
Notable Honors
2021, Benjamin Franklin Scholarship Recipient, Benjamin Franklin Scholarship
2020, Nominated to Valedictorian, Alcalá de Henares University (Madrid)
Education
2022 Master of Arts in Spanish | Auburn University. Auburn, AL.
Thesis: “Developing teaching materials for heritage speakers with hearing loss”
2020 Bachelor of Arts Bilingual Teaching Education | Alcalá de Henares University, Spain.
Concentration in Special Education
Senior Individualized Project: “Second language acquisition in deaf and hard of hearing”
Licensures and Certifications
2023 Certificate in the Foundations of College Instruction