Evelyn Gamez

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Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish Linguistics
PhD Candidate
In progress: The California State University, Student Success Analytics Certificate Program

615 Sproul Hall
Bio

Dissertation title: Performing Latinidad: Enacting and resisting raciolinguistic ideologies

Advisor: Agustina Carando

Education and Degree(s)
  • Ph.D. Spanish Linguistics, University of California, Davis - expected December 2024
  • M.A. Spanish Linguistics, University of California, Davis, 2019
  • B.A. Linguistics and Spanish, University of California, Riverside-2017
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Language ideologies, bilingualism, raciolinguistics, language pedagogy, language and identity, basic needs discourse
Publications
  • 2023. Higby, E., Gámez, E., & Holguín Mendoza, C., (2023). “Challenging deficit frameworks in research on heritage language bilingualism”. In Kutlu E. & Hayes-Harb, R. (Eds.) Towards a Just and Equitable Applied Psycholinguistics.
  • 2022. Gámez, E. & Reyna, M. (2022). “Dismantling Raciolinguistic Ideologies: Más allá del aula de herencia”. In Bayona, P. & Garcia-Martin, E. (Eds.) Global Approaches to Mixed Language Classrooms. Routledge Research in Language Education Series.