Diana Velázquez López, Ph.D.
Department of Spanish
Education
Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Florida, 2023
M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Florida, 2018
B.A. in English Studies, Universidad de Cádiz, 2015
Practice Areas
- Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
- Second Language Acquisition
Publications and Media Placements
Selected Conference Presentations
"Exploring L2 & HL learners' attitudes towards Spanish pronunciation and the use of technologies for practice." 105th AATSP Annual Conference, Salamanca, Spain, June 2023.
"Creating community through Flip: students' perceptions in an in-person L2 class." CALICO Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, June 2023.
"Understanding Experiences with Name-based Microaggressions within Spanish Heritage Speakers." 10th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, Harvard University, April 2023.
"On the affordances of technology for L2 phonology acquisition: the case of unstressed Spanish vowels." Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Arizona State University (online), Nov. 2022.
"Technology to the Rescue! Computer-mediated Feedback for L2 Phonology Acquisition." CALICO Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2022.
"Computer-mediated instruction to facilitate L2 pronunciation: The case of the Spanish occlusives." Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP), University of Wisconsin-Madison (online), Feb. 2022.
"Automatic Speech Recognition for the acquisition of the Spanish spirants." Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (online), Oct. 2021.
"The benefits of iSpraak on the acquisition of the Spanish voiceless stops". CALICO Annual Conference (online), June 2021.
Honors and Awards
Graduate School Preeminence Award (Fellowship), University of Florida.
Outstanding Ph.D. Student in Spanish Linguistics 2021-22, University of Florida.
Cooperative Leadership in Teaching Spanish Award, University of Florida.
The Duolingo Research Grant in Language Learning with Technology, Duolingo.