Maria Yakushkina

Maria Yakushkina, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Humanistic Studies. Her areas of expertise include sociolinguistics, transnationalism, heritage- and second language acquisition and teaching, language and gender, and sociopragmatics. Her current research focuses on the interconnection between transnationalism, language use, and identity among 1.5- and second generation of migrants, heritage speakers of Spanish in the US.

Education:

Ph.D. and M.A. Purdue University, B.A./M.A. Voronezh State University (Russia).
 

Courses taught:

• Second Language Acquisition and Assessment
• Language and Identity
• Introduction to Linguistics
• Spanish Phonetics
• Spanish for Heritage Speakers
• Spanish and English for the Professions
• Spanish Language general courses
• Intensive Spanish (Study Abroad)