Katherine Honea

Katherine Honea is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Austin Peay State University, located in the Department of Languages and Literature. She coordinates the Lower Division Spanish program and the World Language licensure program, overseeing classroom and non-classroom training for candidates.

• Education:
• Ph.D., Spanish, University of Florida, 2012
• M.A., Spanish, California State University, Sacramento, 2007
• B.S., Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento, 2001

Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, language variation/change, applied linguistics, historical Spanish language studies, and dialectology across Spanish-speaking regions. Recent work examines obligation markers in Mexican Spanish and task-based language teaching methodologies.

Publications appear in Hispanic Studies Review and Southern Journal of Linguistics, reflecting her expertise in structural and pedagogical aspects of Spanish.