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Eunice Cortez serves as a Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Lehigh University and contributes to the Latin America and Latino Studies Program. Her research centers on sociolinguistic dynamics in Peruvian society, particularly the racialization of language and systemic stigmatization of Andean Spanish by urban speakers of standard Spanish.
Education:
- PhD, Temple University
Her work critically examines how language diversity functions as a social differentiator in Peru's multicultural context, where indigenous (Quechua), African, and Hispanic heritage intersect. She investigates how Andean Spanish—emerging from Spanish-Quechua contact—becomes racialized through daily interactions, revealing broader processes of identity negotiation in transnational Andean communities. Her research bridges sociolinguistics with critical race theory and cultural anthropology.
Publications from 2007-2020 consistently analyze language-identity intersections in Peru, with recurring themes including media representation of indigenous women (e.g., Magaly Solier case studies), toponymic systems in Andean geography, and literary interpretations of José María Arguedas' work. This body of work demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach spanning linguistic anthropology, postcolonial studies, and Latin American cultural analysis.
