Joseph Casillas

Joseph Casillas is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and is affiliated with the Department of Latin American, Iberian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures (LAILAB). His research focuses on bilingualism, second language acquisition (SLA), and phonetics, with particular attention to prosody, lexical access, and quantitative methodologies. Casillas is dedicated to advancing open science practices and reproducible research in linguistics.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in a field related to linguistics, though the specific discipline is not explicitly stated. His work integrates experimental methods, statistical modeling, and computational tools to investigate bilingual speech patterns, language processing, and the impact of sociolinguistic factors on linguistic structure.

Key research themes include bilingual speech communities, the role of empathy in L2 prosody perception, and the interplay between proficiency, exposure, and linguistic representation. His recent publications emphasize reproducibility and transparency in linguistic research, advocating for collaborative frameworks to enhance methodological rigor.

Casillas advises Ph.D. students and teaching assistants, contributing to the academic development of the next generation of linguists. His lab or research team’s activities are detailed on his personal website (https://www.jvcasillas.com/), though specific grant details are not provided in the text.