I view language as embodied and identities as performed. That is, language is not divorced from those who produce it and should not be analyzed as devoid of social meaning. Using this framework, I appreciate and value variation as inherent to understanding any language variety. As a linguist, I have incorporated this conceptualization into my teaching practice.

LECTURER

SPAN 400: Special Topics in Hispanic Linguistics (Sonoma State) Spring 2022

SSC 280: Intro to Linguistics and Language (Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin Prison) Fall 2021

CALS 426: Chicanx and Latinx Sociolinguistics (Sonoma State) Spring 2020

SPAN 304: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (Sonoma State) Fall 2019

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR (principal teacher)

C26: Intro to Romance Linguistics (UC Berkeley) Fall 2022

SPAN 179: Intro to Raciolinguistics: Theory into Practice (UC Berkeley) Summer 2022

Inclusive and decolonial perspectives underpin my pedagogical practice. I aim to celebrate language variation, dynamic multilingualism, knowledges of experience, and multimodality to include all student in a language study that suits their needs.

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR/TEACHING ASSOCIATE (principal teacher)

Spanish 4 (UC Berkeley)

Fall 2020, 2021

Spanish 3 (UC Berkeley)

Spring 2020

Spanish 2 (UC Berkeley)

Fall 2018, 2019

Spanish 101/102 (Sonoma State) 2012-13

A vital and rewarding component of the Ph.D. experience is to mentor. At UC Berkeley, I am a research mentor to undergraduates in the Spanish and Portuguese department. In spring of 2022, we are learning about language attitudes and bias and how to empirically assess them.

I have also served as a mentor for GIGS (Getting into Graduate School), where I guided undergraduates who are thinking about or applying to graduate school.

After receiving a Certificate in Remote Instruction in the Graduate Remote Instruction Fellowship Program, I became a mentor for Graduate Student Instructors in the Winter 2020-21 program. In our workshops, we explored best practices for online instruction while developing final projects that included planning course sites, creating low-stakes assessments online, and developing a new syllabus. Go to Resources for a slideshow on how to use digital tools for the (a)synchronous [language] classroom.

Additionally, in 2021 and 2022, I am the designated trainer for Graduate Student Instructors who are about to being teaching language courses for the first time.