David Florez-Murillo

David Florez-Murillo
Lecturer of Spanish
243-2907
Office Hours: 
Tues & Wed 8:00am via Zoom

 

David Flórez-Murillo is originally from Colombia. David earned his B.A. in English Language at Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, where he got training in the teaching of English as a foreign language and methods of qualitative research. For his B.A. research project, David conducted a study in the implementation of cultural contents for the EFL curriculum in college. After 7 years of lecturing at different universities in Colombia, David moved to the USA where he pursued his M.A. in Formal Linguistics at West Virginia University. As part of his graduate work, David conducted some research in various aspects of Hispanic Linguistics such as the contrast of intonational patterns in affiliated varieties of Spanish in Colombia, social perceptions triggered by prosodic cues, and the neutralization of the segment /n/ to [m] in Colombia, which is a rare and not very documented phenomenon in the Hispanic world.  David also taught Spanish at West Virginia University for 2 years, prior to becoming part of the faculty body at UVA. Lately, David has chaired the organizing committee for the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Film Festival which takes place during the Spring term, and he also serves as the Course Coordinator for the Spanish Advanced Intermediate level (SPAN 2020)

Education

M.A. in Linguistics. West Virginia University, USA (2017)

B.A. in English Language. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia (2012)

Research Interests

  • Hispanic Linguistics
  • Phonology
  • Dialectology
  • Prosody
  • First Language Acquisition
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Culture in the Foreign Language Curriculum
  • Contemplative pedagogy in higher education

Teaching

  • University of Virginia (USA)
    • SPAN-1060 (Accelerated Elementary  Spanish)
    • SPAN-2010 (Intermediate Spanish)
    • SPAN-2020 (Advanced Intermediate Spanish)
  • West Virginia University (USA)
    • SPAN-101 (Elementary Spanish I)
    • SPAN-204 (Intermediate Spanish II)
  • SENA – Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (Colombia)
    • English for Specific Purposes in these programs:
      • Nursing
      • Accounting
      • Business
      • Children Pedagogy
  • Universidad Eafit (Colombia)
    • English as a Foreign Language: Basic through Advanced Courses
    • Academic Writing
  • Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (Colombia)
    • English as a Foreign Language: Basic through Advanced Courses
  • Universidad Libre (Colombia)
    • English for Specific Purposes in these programs:
      • Nursing
      • Accounting
      • Economics
      • Microbiology
      • Civil Engineering  

Selected Presentations

“Incorporating Contemplative Practices in College Language Courses: A Common Approach with Different Pathways” presented at the Contemplative Practices in Higher Education 2020 Conference. Roanoke, VA. March 2020

“Social Perception Variation in two accent variables in Colombia: Paisa Accent in Medellin and Pereira” presented at The Ohio State University Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. Columbus, OH. March 2017

“Social Perception Variation in two accent variables in Colombia: Paisa Accent in Medellin and Pereira” presented at the Romance Languages and Literatures 6th Annual Conference, Intersections: Collage of Urban Networks, University at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. April 2017

Last Name: 
Florez-Murillo
Office Address: 
New Cabell Hall 464
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