I am a Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures at Rice University
BACKGROUND:
I graduated from Cornell University in 1997 with a PhD in Applied Linguistics and a minor in Cognitive Studies. I have held positions at University of Minnesota, Penn State University, and University of Texas-Austin.
RESEARCH:
A list of my publications ranked by relevant citations is available at Google SCHOLAR. The following are selected publications in some specific areas of my research:
- Conceptualization of temporality in SLA
Five books with John Benjamins (2000, 2002, 2005), Bloomsbury Press (2008), de Gruyter (2013), and journal articles and refereed book chapters - Political perspectives on multilingual education
Two books on Language Allegiances (2009, Multilingual Matters) and Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing (2023), and articles/chapters on 3rd language acquisition, translanguaging, social justice in language education, etc. - Interactional Competence
Two books on Teaching and Testing Interactional Competence (2019, with Silvia Kunitz) and Assessing Speaking in Context (2021, with Rue Burch) - L2 teaching and learning
Two books on: the science and the art of teaching Spanish as an L2, refereed articles/chapters, and an online module on teaching methodology (UT Austin Foreign Language Teaching Methods) - New media and technologies for SLA
Several articles in journals such as CALICO, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Learning & Technology and The Modern Language Journal.
TEACHING:
Some courses I recently taught are: Dialects in Contact, Language and Thought, Language Ideologies and Language Identities, and Cognitive Approaches to L2 acquisition.
I am currently developing two seminars:
- Language and Power: The case of gender
- Bilingual education in the US: Success or failure?
SERVICE:
I serve on the Editorial Boards of the following peer-reviewed journals:
- Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices,
- Asia CALL Online Journal , and
- Journal of Spanish Language Teaching.
I also serve on the Advisory Boards of:
- Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Españolas (ILCE) at the Universidad de Navarra in Navarra, Spain,
- Title VI Center CEDAR (Curricular Enhancement, Development, Access, and Research) at University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH.