People
Rosalva Alamillo
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: raalamilloolivas@uh.edu
Research interests: Spanish as a heritage language, second language acquisition, applied linguistics, bilingualism
Richard H. Armstrong
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
The Honors College and Modern and Classical Languages
Email: richarda@central.uh.edu
Research interests: translation studies, cultural reception of ancient languages/cultures, historical linguistics
Cameron Buckner
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Email: cjbuckner@uh.edu
Research interests: computational linguistics, corpus analysis, cognitive science
Ferenc Bunta
Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email: fbunta@uh.edu
Research interests: phonetics and phonology
Anny Castilla-Earls
Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email: annycastilla@uh.edu
Research interests: bilingual language acquistion
Natasha César Suárez
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: ncesar@uh.edu
Research interests: Second language teaching/acquisition, sociolinguistics
Yesenia Chávez
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: ychavez2003@yahoo.com
Research interests: Spanish as a Heritage Language (HL), Spanish as a Second Language (L2), Spanish Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics
Chatwara S. Duran
Assistant Professor
English
Email: cduran4@uh.edu
Research interests: multilingualism, biliteracy, migration and refugee studies
Marta Fairclough
Associate Professor
Hispanic Studies
Email: mfairclough@uh.edu
Research interests: sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, US Spanish, heritage languages
Tatiana Ferrer
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: tiferrer@uh.edu
Research interests: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Spanish as a Heritage Language, Sociolinguistics
Laura Gasca Jiménez
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: lgascajimenez@uh.edu
Research interests: Spanish linguistics, Spanish sociolinguistics, Spanish second language acquisition, Spanish heritage language acquisition, and translation pedagogy.
James Garson
Full Professor
Philosophy
Email: jgarson@uh.edu
Research interests: formal semantics for natural language, philosophy of language, natural language processing, computational linguistics
Merrilee Gietz
Instructional Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders - American Sign Language Interpreting Program
Email: mrgietz@uh.edu
Research interests: American Sign Language and other signed language, second language learning
Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda
Associate Professor
Hispanic Studies
Email: cegoodin-mayeda@uh.edu
Research interests: phonetics, phonology, laboratory approaches to phonology, heritage languages, bilingualism, language acquisition
Manuel Gutiérrez
Professor
Hispanic Studies
Email: mjgutierrez@uh.edu
Research interests: sociolinguistics, linguistic contact, historical linguistics
Arturo E. Hernandez
Professor
Psychology
Email: aehernandez@uh.edu
Research interests: bilingualism, brain
Soyeon Lee
Ph.D. Student
English
Email: soyeonlee2127@gmail.com
Research interests: multilingualism, translingualism, second language writing, sociolinguistics
Carolann Madden
Ph.D. Student in Literature and Creative Writing
English
Email: maddencv@gmail.com
Research interests: I am interested in poetry in translation, translation theory, and the act of translation itself, as well as pedagogical approaches to working with L2 (L3, L4 etc!) English learners with regard to writing. I am also interested in the study of endangered and/or minority languages, and have a background in Irish language studies.
K. Kelly Meine
Undergraduate Student
Psychology
Email: kellymeine@gmail.com
Research interests: psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
Victoria Moreno
M.A. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: vmoreno5@uh.edu
Research interests: sociolinguistics, Heritage language, phonetics, phonology, bilingualism, language acquisition
Kevin Munuera
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: kevinmunuerapulido@yahoo.es
Research interests: Diachronic linguistics
Carlos R. Naranjo
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: crnaranjo@uh.edu
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Historical linguistics, language contact and change
Jodi Nelms
Associate Director, Language and Culture Center
English
Email: jlnelms2@uh.edu
Research interests: cross-culture communication, ITAs, pragmatics & language learning, oral discourse analysis, humor
Nidhi Rajkumar
Ph.D. Student
English
Email: nidhirajkumar@gmail.com
Research interests: Applied Linguistics in the context of Leadership and Power
Diana Reyes Ferrufino
M.A. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: dereyes23@gmail.com
Research interests: pragmatics, cognitive response
Carlos Romero
Spanish Lecturer
Hispanic Studies
Email: romero.carlos07@gmail.com
Research interests: sociolinguistics, linguistics, language acquisition
Rey Romero
Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Arts and Humanities (UHD)
Email: reyromero8@gmail.com
Research interests: heritage languages, bilingualism, language change and variation, languages for special purposes
Kavita Singh
Assistant Professor
English
Email: kasingh@uh.edu
Research interests: Creole language and literature/multilingual writing
Thoudam Doren Singh
Ph.D. Student
Computer Science
Email: thoudam.doren@gmail.com
Research interests: Natural Language Processing
Thamar Solorio
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Email: thamar.solorio@gmail.com
Research interests: Computational linguistics: mixed-language, authorship attribution and information extraction
Yuliya Summers
Lecturer
Curriculum and Instruction
Email: yssummers@uh.edu
Research interests: Bilingual/ESL teacher preparation, ESL/Bilingual teacher professional development
Ming-Chew Teo
Assistant Professor
Modern and Classical Languages
Email: mteo@uh.edu
Research interests: Contact linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism
Izabela Uscinski
Visiting Assistant Professor/Writing Fellow
English
Email: iauscinski@uh.edu
Research interests: L2 writing (written corrective feedback, ESL students in mainstream compositions classrooms, collaboration across departments and language centers)
Xiaohong (Sharon) Wen
Full Professor
Modern and Classical Languages
Email: xwen@uh.edu
Research interests: L2 acquisition, L2 learning motivation, teacher training, research based instruction
Allison Yakel
Ph.D. Student
Hispanic Studies
Email: anyakel@uh.edu
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, phonology, heritage language
Hanako Yoshida
Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: yoshida@uh.edu
Research interests: Early language development
Lauren Zentz
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
English
Email: lrzentz@central.uh.edu
Research interests: Language policy, identity, language socialization, state formation
Eve Zehavi
Ph.D. Student
College of Education
Email: ezehavi@uh.edu
Research interests: lexical and syntactic analysis