I have been lucky enough to teach at the University of Arizona (Tucson, USA), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany) and now at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). I have teaching experience in areas such as Spanish as a foreign language, Spanish linguistics, English linguistics, English grammar, phonetics and phonology, first and second language acquisition and experimental methods in linguistic research. I have also been involved in the supervision of three doctoral dissertations at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and have supervised three Master's Theses at UPF. Below is a list of the courses that I have taught at each institution and the projects that I have and am supervising.

 

Courses

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  • Description and Analysis 2 (English)
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Language Acquisition
  • Experimental and Observational Techniques (part of MA in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics)

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

  • Controlled and Automatic Processes in Language Learning and Use
  • Early First Language Acquisition
  • English Linguistics I
  • Phonetics and Phonology in Second Language Acquisition
  • Understanding Native and Non-Native Speech

 
The University of Arizona

  • 2nd semester Spanish: Regular class
  • 2nd semester Spanish: Hybrid class (In-person and Online)
  • 3rd semester Spanish (Spanish 201)
  • Spanish Phonetics

 

PhD Theses

  • Sara Fernández Santos (FAU). Frequency, syntactic transparency and perceptual salience in the processing and acquisition of complex constructions. First supervisor. Successfully defended on 03.02.2026

  • Leonarda Prela (FAU). The relationship between the first and second language in bilingual speakers. To be defended in March 2026

  • Panagiotis Kenanidis (FAU). Individual differences in the earliest stages of second language morphosyntactic learning. Second supervisor. Successfully defended on 14.02.2025

 

MA Theses

  • Anna Giulia Chamberlin: Open realisation of word-final -er among Greek & Mandarin heritage speakers in Australia and attitudinal sociolinguistic correlates. July 2025

  • Pau Ridameya Jan: Cognate status and dialectal variation in bilingual spoken word recognition: The role of language dominance in Catalan–Spanish listeners. July 2025

  • Stephen Gregory Buttner (UPF): Is vowel similarity a double-edged sword? The effects of a Central Catalan vowel contrast on the production of front vowels in English. July 2024.