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Contact Information

4090B Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Bldg.
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Hours

Wednesdays 10a-11:50a, or by appointment
Director of Introductory Spanish
Teaching Assistant Professor

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

2026   Equity Champion Instructor, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2024    SLCL Summer Fellowships for Specialized Faculty 

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 228 - Spanish Composition

SPAN 252 - Intro to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 303 -The Sounds of Spanish
SPAN 308 - Spanish in the US