Lorena Albert Ferrando

Lorena Albert Ferrando is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese within the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Florida. She specializes in the intersection of philology, linguistics, and historiography in Spain and the Americas, with a focus on language ideologies related to power, knowledge, race, racism, and privilege.

• Ph.D. in Spanish: Linguistics, Literature, and Communication, University of Valladolid (2023)
• M.A. in Teacher Training, University of Zaragoza (2017)
• M.A. in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, International University Menéndez Pelayo-Cervantes Institute (2012)
• M.Phil. in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2005)

With over 20 years of teaching experience at institutions like the University of Florida, Princeton University, New York University, and the University of St Andrews, she has also taught Spanish to immigrants and refugees in Spain. Her current manuscript explores Aurelio M. Espinosa, Sr.'s studies of 'traditional Spanish' in shaping New Mexican identity in the early 20th century.