Ph.D. program in Education, Teaching and Learning emphasis, specializing in Language, Literacy, and Composition Studies.

Research Interests:  Second language acquisition with a focus on English Language Learners, Literacy & English language development, Teacher Education, Education Policy.

My current research explores and analyzes learning, interaction, and discourse in a 9^th grade SDAIE Earth Science Class.  I am eager to learn and explore diverse ways of using Applied Linguistics to enhance my own pedagogy and understanding of language acquisition and English language development, so that I can better serve ELL students and help them succeed in and out of the classroom. 

Ph.D. program in Linguistics

Research Interests: Japanese and Korean linguistics, American Sign Language, morphology,
discourse, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism,
translation, cognitive linguistics, structural priming.

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Research and Teaching Interests: Sociocultural linguistics, language attitudes, language and identity, second language acquisition.

Research Interests: SLA, FL teaching methodology, Latin American theater, corpus linguistics

Teaching Interests: Spanish language, literature and linguistics.

I have really enjoyed the Applied Linguistics emphasis because it is really aligned with my own research interests.  Adding the emphasis has helped improve and advance my own classroom teaching methods as well.

Research Interests: Ventureño Chumash; Chumashan (languages); Native American languages; Mongolian; nominalization, reference, definiteness, lexicography, lexicographical semantics, morphological aspect, obstruent VOT, writing systems.

Teaching interests: Semantics, historical linguistics, morphology, morphosyntax, phonetics, SLA.

The applied linguistics emphasis at UCSB has been absolutely necessary for the research I became involved in. Without it, my work on teaching a native language of California as a second language would have been impossible. The emphasis has both practical and scholarly applications in that it may nicely compliment one's research interests in unexpected as well as expected ways.

Research Interests: Language revitalization, descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, Southeast Asian and North American languages, English dialects (esp. Southeastern U.S. and Northern England)

Brief Testimonial: I have been hired by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians as their tribe’s first Language Program Coordinator as a direct result of the training in the Applied Linguistics emphasis at UCSB. Though my training as a theoretical linguist enabled me to understand the structure of Southern Pomo, the heritage language of the Dry Creek Band, it was only through my applied linguistics training that I learned to explain my knowledge to non-specialists. The first round of classes which will be held at the Dry Creek tribal offices will make use of four chapters of a beginning grammar which I wrote as part of the Applied Linguistics emphasis. 

Ph.D. program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures

Research Interests: As my major PhD focus I am interested in contemporary Mexican literature and culture, "crónica", hybrid texts, Latin American urban literature and film.

For the Applied Linguistics Emphasis, I am interested in exploring/developing strategies for teaching academic writing/standard Spanish to heritage speakers.

Assistant Professor of Spanish

University of Northern Iowa

Teaching and Research Interests: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spanish Literature; Cultural Studies; Second Language Pedagogy

I believe that the doctoral emphasis in Applied Linguistics was an essential component to my success as a graduate student and on the academic job market. At the same time that I was doing my dissertation research I was taking classes in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Pedagogy that allowed me to become a better teacher, no matter the subject. I learned to reflect on my teaching, pay attention to student outcomes, and read research that influences how I teach my classes. I was then prepared on the job market to talk about my pedagogical approach and how it has been shaped. I was asked about the emphasis in almost every interview that I had and I am certain that it made me stand out in a highly competitive job market. Now, although I teach mostly literature courses, I still rely on what I learned in doing the emphasis in Applied Linguistics in designing and preparing my courses. I would recommend the emphasis to anyone who wants to become a better teacher in either languages or literatures.