I’m a foreign language educator and speech scientist interested in all kinds of things, but primarily in how humans share information about themselves and the world using sound.

My work:

Spanish Language Teaching

• Levels I-VI
• Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
• Advanced Grammar and Composition I & II
• Professional Oral Communication
• Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
• Evolving Society in Hispanic Countries
• Medical Spanish
• Society and Sustainability in Latin America *NEW*

research Interests

• Experimental Phonetics
• Speech Production and Perception
• Sociophonetics
• Content-Based Instruction
• Cognitive Science
• Second Language Acquisition