Ana Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D.
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies where I teach Language Acquisition and Language Development in Chicana/o and ESL Speakers. I am also a faculty member of the Linguistics Program at CSUN.
Research
I have a Ph.D. in Linguistics (Hispanic Linguistics) from the University of Southern California. My research interests include language variation and change, bilingualism, language acquisition, and situations of language contact. In particular, I am interested in situations of contact between Spanish and English in the U.S. and in studying how Spanish is developed, used, and maintained by heritage speakers of Spanish in the U.S.
I have conducted research on language variation of linguistic registers in speakers of Spanish as a heritage and as a second language. Currently, I am exploring the characteristics of heritage learners of Spanish and investigating pedagogical approaches for the promotion and creation of language programs specifically designed for the needs of heritage learners.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Linguistics (Hispanic Linguistics), 2007
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Dissertation: “Register and Style Variation in Speakers of Spanish as a Heritage and as a Second Language”
Chair: Professor Carmen Silva-Corvalán
M.A. in Linguistics (Hispanic Linguistics), 2003
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Thesis: “Progressive Forms in Contact: A Study of Spanish Progressive Constructions in Los Angeles”
B.A. English Philology, 2000
University of Salamanca, Spain
(English Linguistics and Literature with minors in French and Italian)
COURSES
Fall 2008
CH S 155: Freshman Composition
Thursday 4:20-6:50 Class#19263 Location: JR 130
CH S 433: Language Acquisition in the Chicano/a and ESL Speaker
Tuesday 4:20-6:50 Class#13305 Location: JR132
CH S 497: Senior Seminar in Chicana/o Studies
Wednesday 4:20-6:50 Class# 13317 Location: JR 115
Spring 2008
CH S 433: Language Acquisition in the Chicano/a and ESL Speaker
Tuesday 4:20-6:50 Class#14175 Location: JR120
Thursday 4:20-6:50 Class#14176 Location: JR118
Fall 2007
CH S 433: Language Acquisition in the Chicano/a and ESL Speaker
CH S 155: Freshman Composition