Gabriela G. Alfaraz

Gabriela G. Alfaraz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters. Her research focuses on linguistic phenomena within Spanish-speaking communities.

• Primary Research Interests:
  • Language variation and change
  • Dialect contact dynamics
  • Sociolinguistic attitudes
  • Caribbean Spanish dialect studies
  • Code-switching mechanisms
  • Perceptual dialectology