Department Affiliations
Specialties
- second language acquisition
- Spanish phonology
- bilingual and immersion education
Educational Background
- M.A.: Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
- B.S.: Elementary Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 2001.
- B.S.: Spanish Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 2001.
Publications
- Acquisition of the Spanish voiced spirants by L2 learners: Menke, Mandy R, Face, Timothy L., Cascadilla Press, Selected Proceedings of the 11th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, accepted.
- Perception of irony by L2 learners of Spanish: Menke, Mandy R, Shively, Rachel and Manzon, Sandra, Issues in Applied Linguistics, accepted.
Professional Activities
- Co-chair: Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Linguistics Association , September 2007 - present
- Officer: Spanish and Portuguese Association , September 2005 - present
- Organizing Committee: Conference on the Second Language Acquisition of Spanish & Portuguese Phonology February 2008
- Organizing Committee: CARLA and CAL Immersion Conference, Immersion Education: Pathways to Bilingualism and Beyond , October 2007 - October 2008
- Graduate Representative: Undergraduate Studies Committee , September 2007 - May 2008
- Graduate Representative: Faculty Meetings , September 2005 - May 2006
Awards
- Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Award, May 2007 - August 2007
- Graduate School Research Grant
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, 2008-2009
Courses Taught
- SPAN 1001: Beginning Spanish
- SPAN 1002: Beginning Spanish
- SPAN 1022: Alternate Second-Semester Spanish
- SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish
- SPAN 3015: Spanish Composition and Communication
- SPAN 3107: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics
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