Education

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Spanish (Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition)

M.A., University of Wisconsin, Spanish (Literature and Linguistics)

B.A., University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, Spanish and Secondary Education

Experience

University of Virginia, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

      Full Professor of Spanish, General Faculty, Fall 2025-present

University of Lynchburg (formerly Lynchburg College), Dept. of Classical and Modern Languages 

Department Chair, Fall 2018-Spring 2019, Fall 2023-Spring 2024

Professor of Spanish, Fall 2015-Spring 2025
      Associate Professor, Fall 2006-Spring 2015

University of Virginia, Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

Visiting Instructor of Spanish, Fall 2004-Spring 2006

Juniata College, Dept. of World Languages and Cultures

Assistant Professor, Fall 2000-Spring 2004

Instructor, Fall 1999-Spring 2000

Instructor, ESL Teacher Certificate Program in Ecuador, Summers 2004, 2006, 2007

Publications

Hertel, T. J. & Dings, A. (2025). Pedagogical Approaches in Virtual Exchanges. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Eds. L. McCallum & D. Tafazoli). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51447-0_22-1

Hertel, T. J. & Barnes, H. (2020). Language Use and Attitudes toward Kaqchikel and Spanish in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 266: 95-120. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2020-2113

Hertel, T . J. & Dings, A. (2017). Faculty, Student and Alumni Perceptions of the Undergraduate Spanish Major Curriculum. Foreign Language Annals, 50: 697-716. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12294   

Hertel, T .J. & Harrington, S. (2016). El Cine Documental: Spanish Language and Culture through Documentary Film. Boston: Focus/Hackett Publishing.

Hertel, T. J. & Harrington, S. (2015). Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competence with Documentary Film in Spanish. Hispania, 98: 549-569.  https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2015.0094

Hertel, T. J. & Dings, A. (2014). The Undergraduate Spanish Major Curriculum: Realities and Faculty Perceptions. Foreign Language Annals, 47: 546-568.    https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12099 

Harrington, S., & Hertel, T. J. (2013). Relaciónate: Comunicación Avanzada. Boston: Heinle Cengage.

Hertel, T. J. (2012). Review of L2 Interactional Competence and Development. Published in The Modern Language Journal, 96: 468-69.

Hertel, T. J. , & G. Sunderman. (2009). Student Attitudes toward Native and Non-Native Language Instructors. Foreign Language Annals, 42: 469-483. 

Hertel, T. J. (2009). Software review of Tesoros: Curso multimedia de español en DVD-ROM. Published in CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) Journal, 26 (2) 439-447. (https://www.calico.org/p-415-Tesoros%20On-line:%20A%20Multimedia-based%20Spanish%20Course%20(012009).html). 

Hertel, T. J. (2008). In the Classroom: Using Intercultural Exchanges to Promote Culture and Language Learning. The Language Educator, 3 (2): 54-57. 

Hertel, T. J. (2007). Review of Professional Development for Language Teachers: Strategies for Teacher Learning. Published in The Modern Language Journal, 91: 134-35. 

Hertel, T. J. (2003). Lexical and Discourse Factors in the L2 Acquisition of Spanish Word Order. Second Language Research, 19: 273-304.

Hertel, T. J. (2003). Using an E-mail Exchange to Promote Cultural Learning. Foreign Language Annals, 36: 386-96.

Hertel, T. J.  (2002). An Intercultural E-mail Exchange: Student Attitudes and Perceptions. Juniata Voices. Huntingdon, PA: Juniata College Press. 

Harrington, S., & T. J. Hertel (2000). Foreign Language Methods Students' Beliefs about Language Learning and Teaching, Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education. Fall 2000.

Hertel, T. J., J. Zachman, & A. Wolff. (2000). Spanish for Life Worktext. Boston: Heinle and Heinle.

Pérez-Leroux, A. T., A. M. Scott, T. J. Hertel, V. Kellar, & W. R. Glass. (1999). Sources of Knowledge in Second Language Acquisition: Spanish Subject Pronouns in Ellipsis Contexts, Spanish Applied Linguistics, 3: 33-63. 

Hertel, T. J., & A. T. Pérez-Leroux. (1999). The Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Word Order for Unaccusative Verbs. Proceedings of the 23rd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston: Cascadilla Press.

Recent Presentations

Study abroad as a safe place for heritage speakers to practice speaking. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Philadelphia. November 2024. (with A. Dings)

The study abroad experiences of heritage Spanish speakers. Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 2024: Education Abroad– Language, Learners and Communities. Washington D.C. March 2024.  (with A. Dings)

Language variation and standard language ideologies in Spanish classrooms. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Chicago. November 2023.  (with A. Dings)

Heritage Spanish speakers’ reflections on their study abroad experiences. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Boston. November 2022.  (with A. Dings)

Heritage Spanish speakers’ reflections on their unique study abroad experiences. 9th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL). Florida State. February 2022. (with A. Dings)

The unique experiences of heritage Spanish speakers studying abroad. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. San Diego (virtual). November 2021.  (with A. Dings)

Social media and technology: intercultural development during study abroad. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. San Antonio (virtual). November 2020.

Global and intercultural fluency. Invited talk for virtual NACE Conference at the University of Lynchburg, November 2020. 

Promoción de la competencia cultural y lingüística a través del cine documental en español. Invited talk sponsored by the University of Virginia’s Center for the Liberal Arts and given at the University of Lynchburg, April 2019.

Fostering intercultural competence during short-term study abroad. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. New Orleans. November 2018. (with L. Pierce)

Teaching language and culture with El cine documental. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. New Orleans. November 2018. (with S. Harrington)

Kaqchikel en San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala: ¿Un caso de mantenimiento o desplazamiento lingüístico? Invited lecture given at la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca. Oaxaca, México. June 2017.

The status of Kaqchikel in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas. October 2017. (with H. Barnes)

Kaqchikel in San Marcos La Laguna: Language Maintenance or Language Shift? The second international conference on Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (BHL). Tallahassee, Florida. January 2017. (with H. Barnes)

Connecting communities: a unique model for service-oriented study abroad. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Boston. November 2016. (with M. Calbet Montcusí, K. Lowry and L. Pierce)

Teaching about immigration inside and beyond the classroom. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Boston. November 2016. (with A. Dings and S. Harrington)

The Linguistic Landscapes of Texas. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. September 2015. (with A. Dings)

Recent Awards

Nominated for Thomas C. Allen and Heidi Koring Excellence in Academic Advising Award, University of Lynchburg, 2016, 2024.

Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) Mednick Fellowship Award, 2020-21.

Scholar Leave Award, University of Lynchburg, Fall 2020, for study abroad research in Oaxaca, Mexico.

James A. Huston Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Lynchburg College, 2017.