Joseph V. Casillas (Rutgers University) Dr. Casillas is an Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Spanish and Portuguese Department and Associate Faculty in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Their main interests are in phonetics, laboratory phonology, and second language acquisition. A principle aim of their research is to better understand the relationship between language use and sound representation in the multilingual mind, as well as the structure of sound systems in human languages. Most of their research is conducted on bilinguals of varying proficiency and linguistic experience. Some of their recent projects have centered on native phonetic experience and its influence on L2 speech production, perception and lexical processing. Dr. Casillas also focuses their attention on coding, statistical analysis, data visualization, and reproducible research, as well as training researchers to implement open research practices in the speech sciences, particularly in Bilingualism/Second Language Acquisition research. |
Susan Larson (Texas Tech University) Dr. Larson is the Charles B. Qualia Endowed Chair in Romance Languages at Texas Tech University and Executive Editor of the Romance Quarterly. She completed her PhD at the University of Arizona in 1999 under the direction of Malcolm Compitello and since then has published and taught courses in the areas of Urban Studies, Cultural Geography and Spatial Theory, the Historical Avant-Garde and Spanish Film and Literature since 1898. |