The Social Dynamics of Language Variation and Change Reading Group/IPRH Seminar started in the 2000s as a platform to discuss recently published work in sociolinguistics. At the beginning of each semester, members meet and select the articles or book chapters that they would like to discuss. Participants are encouraged to present their research and practice their papers or posters before going to a conference. Workshops on the use of technology for linguistic research are offered on a regular basis by members or guest speakers.
The reading group is organized by Profs. Salvatore Callesano (Spanish & Portuguese), Anna María Escobar (Spanish & Portuguese), and Zsuzsanna Fagyal (French & Italian).
Dr. Salvatore Callesano (scalle@illinois.edu) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. (Read more)
Dr. Anna Maria Escobar (aescobar@illinois.edu) is Professor Emerita in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
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Dr. Zsuzsanna Fagyal (zsfagyal@illinois.edu) is an Associate Professor and Department Head of French and Italian.(Read more)
2021 – 2022 participants include:
- Lorena Alarcón – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Etienne Andre – MA Student (French & Italian)
- Williams Asamoah F. – Doctoral Student (French & Italian)
- Caio Albernaz Siqueira – Doctoral Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Sara Castro Cantú – Doctoral Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Fabiola Fernandez-Doig – A.B.D., PhD Candidate (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Salomé González Quiroga – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Nerea Miguel Huidobro – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Danny Meléndez – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Britni Moore – Doctoral Student (Linguistics)
- Charlotte Prieu – A.B.D., PhD Candidate (French & Italian)
- Jonathan Pye – Doctoral Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Scarlet Peterson – MA Student (French & Italian)
- Mario Portillo-Swails – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Erin Trybulec – MA Student (Spanish & Portuguese)
- Robin Turner – A.B.D., PhD Candidate (French & Italian)
In the past, in addition to Professors Callesano, Escobar and Fagyal, the reading group was co-organized by Dr. Joseph Roy (previously SLCL) who pursued his career as a Data Scientist and Director of Institutional Research and Analytics at the American Society for Engineering Education, and Dr. Gyula Zsombok (previously French and Italian) who works as an Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Middlebury College. Other faculty who visit our reading group are Dr. Eda Derhemi, Michel Koven, Jodi Schneider, and Rodrigo Delgado.
Over the years, many members have “graduated” from the reading group. (In reverse chronological order)
- Gyula Zsombok, Assistant Professor (Middlebury College)
- Cristina Mostacero Pinilla, Assistant Professor (Dominican University, Chicago)
- Alicia Brown, PhD Student (University of Arizona)
- Jessica Nicholas, Department Head of Foreign Languages (Bloomington High School)
- Oliver Whitmore, PhD Student (University of California, Berkeley)
- Leslie Del Carpio, PhD Student (Arizona State University)
- Paola Enriquez Duque, PhD Student (Ohio State University)
- Keren Garcia, Kernel Developer (Wolfram Research)
- Kate Lyons, Data Scientist (Federal Investors)
- Eric Becker, World Languages Teacher (Lausanne Collegiate School)
- Sean Rufo-Curran, World Languages Teacher (Ashland High School)
- Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordoñez, Assistant Professor (California State University, Long Beach)
- Ji Young Kim, Assistant Professor (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Justin Davidson, Assistant Professor (University of California, Berkeley)
- Johnny Lafôret, Lecturer (Princeton University)
- Claudia Crespo, Assistant Professor (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
- Matthew Maddox, Lecturer (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
- Jeriel Melgares
- Cristina Mostacero, Assistant Professor (Dominican University)
- Krista Evensen, Associate (Ropes & Gray LLP)
- Gastón Phillips (Loyola Press)
- Chase Krebs, Spanish Teacher (Citronelle High School)
- Richard Beyogle, Visiting Assistant Professor (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb)
- Abdelaadim Bidaoui, Assistant Professor (Ball State University)
- Alessia Zulato, World Language Teacher (Marist High School)
- Lauren Hetrovicz, Adjunct Lecturer (Northwestern University)
- Talia Bugel, Full Professor (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne)
- Isabel Velásquez, Associate Professor (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)
- María Puy Ciriza, Assistant Professor (Texas Christian University)
- Marco Shappeck, Associate Professor (University of Texas, at Denton)
- Mónica Millán, Associate Professor (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti)
- Claudia Holguín-Mendoza, Assistant Professor (University of California at Riverside)
- Amy Firestone, Vice-President of Apprenticeships (South Carolina Technical College System)
- Munia Cabal, Associate Professor (Western Illinois University, Macomb)
- Miquel Simonet, Associate Professor (University of Arizona, Tucson)