Education
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. Ph.D in Hispanic Linguistics.
Dissertation title: From deference to face: The evolution of usted in Costa Rican Spanish.
Advisor: Dr. Anna Maria Escobar.
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Jose Ignacio Hualde, Dr. Andrea Golato, Dr.. Marina Terkourafi,
Dr. Rajeswahri Pandharipande.
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA. Master in General Linguistics.
Thesis: ‘El español del primer cuarto del siglo XIX en Costa Rica: Análisis fonético- fonológico.’ (“The Spanish language from the first quarter of the XIX century in Costa Rica: A phonetical-phonological analysis”).
Advisor:Dr. Víctor Ml. Sánchez-Corrales.
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA B.A. in Spanish Philology.(Filología Española).
STUDY ABROAD (GERMANY)
Ludwig-Maxilimian Universität.Munich, Germany. Studies in Romance Linguistics. Romanische, Italienische und Slavische Philologie. Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften.
Ruprecht-Karls Universität.Heidelberg, Germany. Studies in Romance Linguistics. Romanisches Seminar.Institute der Neuphilologische Fakultät. Ruprecht.
Georg-August-Universitӓt Göttingen. Lektorat Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang ausländische Studienbewerber.
Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany. Certificate of German. Mittelstufe. Intermediate level. Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany. 1999. Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany.
FURTHER EDUCATION
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY/APPLIED LNGUISTICS
Relevant course work in Foreign Language Pedagogy and Applied Linguistics. Ph.D. Program in Hispanic Linguistics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Proseminar in Foreign Language Teaching, College Teaching Foreign Languages, Seminar in Second Language Learning/Conversation Analysis, Second Language Acquisition in Childhood).
Dissertation title: From deference to face: The evolution of usted in Costa Rican Spanish.
Advisor: Dr. Anna Maria Escobar.
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Jose Ignacio Hualde, Dr. Andrea Golato, Dr.. Marina Terkourafi,
Dr. Rajeswahri Pandharipande.
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA. Master in General Linguistics.
Thesis: ‘El español del primer cuarto del siglo XIX en Costa Rica: Análisis fonético- fonológico.’ (“The Spanish language from the first quarter of the XIX century in Costa Rica: A phonetical-phonological analysis”).
Advisor:Dr. Víctor Ml. Sánchez-Corrales.
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA B.A. in Spanish Philology.(Filología Española).
STUDY ABROAD (GERMANY)
Ludwig-Maxilimian Universität.Munich, Germany. Studies in Romance Linguistics. Romanische, Italienische und Slavische Philologie. Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften.
Ruprecht-Karls Universität.Heidelberg, Germany. Studies in Romance Linguistics. Romanisches Seminar.Institute der Neuphilologische Fakultät. Ruprecht.
Georg-August-Universitӓt Göttingen. Lektorat Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang ausländische Studienbewerber.
Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany. Certificate of German. Mittelstufe. Intermediate level. Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany. 1999. Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Goethe Institut. Göttingen, Germany.
FURTHER EDUCATION
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY/APPLIED LNGUISTICS
Relevant course work in Foreign Language Pedagogy and Applied Linguistics. Ph.D. Program in Hispanic Linguistics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Proseminar in Foreign Language Teaching, College Teaching Foreign Languages, Seminar in Second Language Learning/Conversation Analysis, Second Language Acquisition in Childhood).