Kenny Cortum

Kenny Cortum

Office Hours

Fall 2026
- Tuesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in LCLB 4024 or ZOOM
- Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm in LCLB 4118 (Tutoring Room)

Research Interests

  • Indexicality, Positionality, Semiosis
  • Global Spanish
  • Lyrical Code-Switching
  • L2 and L3/Ln Acquisition
  • Bi/Multilingualism
  • Language Attrition and Maintenance
  • Instructed Second Language Acquisition

Education

  • M.A. Hispanic Linguistics - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (In progress)
  • M.A. Language Teaching (Concentration in Spanish) - University of Nebraska Omaha
  • M.S. Computer Science Education - University of Nebraska Omaha
  • M.A.T. Elementary Education - Northeastern University
  • B.A. Russian Language and Literature and Mathematics - Bowdoin College

Awards and Honors

AY 2026-2027: Illinois Global Institute Language Fellowship in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

Fall 2025 and Spring 2026: Facilitating Learning Excellence Award (FLEX) for SPAN 122

Courses Taught

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II (Fall 2026)
SPAN 205: Spanish in the Professions (Fall 2026)

SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I (Summer 2026)
SPAN 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish (Fall 2025/Spring 2026)