Lorena Albert Ferrando’s research lies in the intersection of philology, linguistics, and historiography in Spain and in the Americas. She is particularly interested in language ideologies and in the history of Spanish language teaching in the United States and in Latin America.
Omar Velázquez-Mendoza is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics. He specializes in the history of Iberian Romance and the acquisition of advanced literacy in first and second languages. Professor Velázquez-Mendoza is assistant researcher for Madrid's Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, as well as for the bi-national (US-Mexico) project entitled Corpus del Lenguaje Académico en Español (CLAE).
