Contact Information
4024 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
PhD Student in Spanish Linguistics
Teaching Assistant
Biography
I am an international and first-generation student coming from Colombia.
Research Interests
- Speech Perception and Production
- Sociolinguistics --> Codeswitching and 2SG Address Forms
Education
- Ph.D. Student in Spanish Linguistics - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (In course)
- M.A. in Spanish Linguistics and Literature - San Diego State University (2023)
- B.Ed. in Foreign Languages English & French - Santiago de Cali University (2020)
Courses Taught
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2024-present):
- Spanish 101 - Beginner Spanish
- Spanish 122 - Intensive Beginner Spanish
- Spanish 303 - Sounds of Spanish
- Spanish 303 - Sounds of Spanish (Virtual Course Design)
San Diego State University (2021-2023):
- Spanish 101 - Beginner Spanish
- Spanish 102 - Beginner Spanish
- Spanish 201 - Intermediate Spanish
Additional Campus Affiliations
- The Social Dynamics of Language Variation and Change Reading Group
Recent Publications
Muñoz, Edwin S. R. (2024). Parodias postmodernistas, fantásticas y carnavalescas: la figura de la máscara en Noticias del Imperio. Interpretextos revista semestral de creación y divulgación de las humanidades. Colima, 1(1), 159–176. https://doi.org/10.53897/RevInterp.2024.01.09
Schmidt, L. B., Rodriguez, E., Vargas, C., & Cassio, A. (2025). Perception of Spanish diphthong/ei/by second language and heritage speakers of Spanish: findings from two perception tasks. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 18(2), 459-492. https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2025-2015