Dialect and Language Contact

I examine dialect contact among different varieties of Spanish throughout the Spanish-speaking world. I have published on dialect contact between Mexican and Central American varieties of Spanish in Los Angeles, California. I am currently the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Uruguay, where I am investigating 1) immigrant identity formation through the use of language among speakers of different dialects of Spanish in Uruguay; and 2) code-switchin...

Spanish as Heritage Language at CSUN

My research examines the use of Spanish in Latinx communities in the U.S. I investigate situations of contact between Spanish and English in the U.S., and I study how Spanish is developed, used, and maintained by heritage speakers of Spanish in the U.S. I have conducted research on language variation of linguistic registers in speakers of Spanish as a heritage and as a second language. I have also explored the characteristics of heritage learners of Spanish...