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Leslie Del Carpio is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington’s College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on Sociolinguistics, particularly Heritage Language Studies, Pedagogy, and Language Variation in Spanish-speaking communities.
- Education: Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics (Arizona State University), M.A. and B.A. in Spanish Linguistics (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and A.S. in Sciences (Parkland College).
Leslie investigates the role of Critical Language Awareness in improving educational experiences for Spanish Heritage Language Learners in Indiana and the morphosyntactic legitimacy of Spanish varieties in the United States. She also studies Spanish-Quechua/Kichwa contact in Peru and Ecuador, extending to linguistic attitudes and ideologies. Her recent publications address phonological variation, Spanglish in media, and equity in heritage language education.
As co-principal investigator for the Peruzonians project, she contributes to creating a Living Archive of Peruvian migrant experiences in Arizona, emphasizing interculturality and identity. Her teaching includes undergraduate courses on Spanish for Heritage Speakers, US Spanish, and bilingualism, as well as graduate-level heritage language pedagogy and research methods.
