Angélica Amezcua (Ella/she/her)

Assistant Professor, Spanish; Director of the Heritage Language Program
Dra. Angélica Amezcua

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C-205
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By appointment in person or via zoom

Biography

Ph.D, Spanish, Arizona State University, 2021
Computer Assisted Language Learning Certificate, Arizona State University, 2020
M.A., Spanish, Arizona State University, 2018
M.A., Chicana/o Studies, California State University, Northridge, 2015
B.A., (double major), Chicana/o Studies and Spanish, California State University, Northridge, 2011
Curriculum Vitae (217.95 KB)

Angélica Amezcua is an Assistant Professor, Spanish and Director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program at the University of Washington. Angélica is also a researcher, an educator of Spanish Heritage Language, and a linguistics activist who works in and outside the classroom towards reclaiming and promoting the use of Spanish in a society with low ethnolinguistics vitality. In her current research, she examines how university Spanish heritage language courses can play an important role in promoting the use of Spanish in the United States, counteracting the devaluation of minority languages, and contributing to narrow the Latinx student achievement gap.

Angélica Amezcua es profesora asistente de español y la directora del Programa de Español de Herencia en la Universidad de Washington. Angélica es también  investigadora, educadora y activista que trabaja para reclamar y promover el uso del español en una sociedad con una vitalidad etnolingüística baja. En su investigación actual, examina como los cursos de español como lengua de herencia pueden desempeñar un papel importante en la promoción del uso del español en los Estados Unidos, así como ayudar a contrarrestar la devaluación de las lenguas minoritarias y contribuir a reducir la brecha académica dentro los estudiantes Latinx.

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