Kenny Cortum

Office Hours

Summer 2026 -- MW 5:00 pm-5:50 pm via ZOOM or by appointment

Research Interests

  • 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

Courses Taught

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