Judy de Oliveira

Judy de Oliveira is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Rhode Island (URI). She also serves as an instructor of Spanish and Portuguese at Salve Regina University, an instructor of Linguistics at Rhode Island College, and teaches Medical Portuguese for graduate medical students at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• M.A. in Spanish, University of Rhode Island
• B.A. in Portuguese and Spanish, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, dialectology, and language contact, particularly examining linguistic variations in Portuguese and Spanish spoken in New England. She works with native and heritage speakers to document these phenomena, contributing to second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

de Oliveira’s roles span multiple institutions, reflecting her expertise in language instruction. She coordinates programs at URI and extends her teaching to linguistics and medical Portuguese contexts elsewhere. Her work bridges academic rigor with practical applications in language education.