Cristina Mostacero Pinilla
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences
Cristina Mostacero Pinilla was born in Zaragoza, Spain. Her research interests focus on Spanish-English bilingualism combining perspectives from sociolinguistics and heritage/second language acquisition, with special attention to pragmatics. Before moving to the United States, Cristina worked as a sports journalist and a high school teacher. Cristina holds the position of Chair of the Department (Spanish Language and Transcultural Studies).
Education
PhD, Hispanic Linguistics and SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Education), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MaED, Education & Teaching, Universidad de Zaragoza
MA, Hispanic Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA, Journalism, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
BA, Hispanic Philology, Universidad de Zaragoza
Research Interests
Spanish-English bilingualism combining perspectives from sociolinguistics and heritage/second language acquisition, with special attention to pragmatics
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