Una discusión interesante con la doctora Erika Ederly de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México en Chicago.
I am a Professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I am also a faculty affiliate in the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and in the Social Justice Initiative.
Since 2009 I've served as Editor of the journal Spanish in Context.
Most broadly, I am interested in the promotion of minority languages and multilingualism (see my TEDx talk), particularly via elementary schooling. My work focuses on Spanish in the United States, including factors that influence intergenerational language transmission, connections between language and identity, and heritage language education. Some of my recent research topics include:
* Language development in dual immersion schools
* Mexican and Puerto Rican Spanish in Chicago, and the language and identity of mixed “Mexi-Rican” individuals
* Teaching heritage languages, particularly Spanish in the U.S.
* Spanish use in Chicago quinceañera celebrations
* The use of “Spanglish” in commercially published greeting cards
Here is a list of my invited (non-conference) presentations and some of my current research projects.
La inmersión dual y su importancia para la justicia social
The AATSP invited me to share on the topic of how dual immersion schools in the U.S. contribute to social justice.
¿Por qué es importante respetar la variación gramatical?
Presentación de Kim Potowski y Naomi Shin en La Cosecha 2019, Albuquerque, Nuevo México
El futuro de la lengua española en Estados Unidos
Esta ponencia se engloba dentro del II Curso de Verano del Instituto Cervantes en Madrid: «El futuro de la lengua española en el mundo».