Contact Information
Office Hours
Research Interests
Second Language Acquisition
Assessment
Phonology
Education
B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science, Additional Major of Spanish = Michigan State University
Master's of International Development Administration - Western Michigan University
Master's of Spanish - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Spanish Linguistics - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
2009 Social Science Distinguished Scholar Award for academic excellence and extracurricular participation Michigan State University, College of Arts and Letters.
2010 Ella Cowles Spanish Award for excellent performance in Spanish language and literature, Michigan State University, Spanish Department.
2012 Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award, Western Michigan University, Political Science Department.
2017 Whitten Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2018 Spanish & Portuguese Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2018 Spanish & Portuguese Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2019 Spanish & Portuguese Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2019 Spanish & Portuguese Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Courses Taught
SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 122 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
SPAN 130 - Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 141 - Introduction to Spanish Grammar
SPAN 142 - Spanish in the Professions
SPAN 200 - Readings in Hispanic Texts
SPAN 204 - Advanced Spanish Grammar in Context
SPAN 208 - Oral Spanish
SPAN 252 - Intro to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 228 - Spanish Composition
SPAN 303 -The Sounds of Spanish
SPAN 308 - Spanish in the US
Russia and Central Asian Politics, Western Michigan University
Women in Developing Countries, Western Michigan University
Comparative Politics, Western Michigan University
European Politics, Western Michigan University
Highlighted Publications
Journal Articles
Arbitter, Benjamin, Hannah Bach, Michael Berkowitz, Teresa Brown, and Kara Krebs Connecting the Dots: The Tale of an Undergraduate Research Experience Investigating International Affairs Knowledge Journal of Political Science Teaching 7 3 2011, p. 348-356.
Book Chapter
Yarrington, K. 2020. “Realizations of /b/ in the Spanish of Lima, Peru” In Language Variation and Evolution: Phonological, Morphological and Sociolinguistic Phenomena across the Spanish-Speaking World by Sessarego, S. & J. Colomina-Almiñana (eds.) Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.