Position Title
PhD Candidate, Spanish
Associate Instructor
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese
lunes, 15h-16h & viernes, 10h-11h (mándeme un email para el enlace de Zoom, por favor)
Mondays 3pm-4pm & Fridays 10am-11am (please send me an email for the Zoom link)
EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)
- BA - Spanish - University of Washington
- MA - Spanish - Saint Louis University
RESEARCH INTEREST(S)
- Hispanic linguistics, second language acquisition, mobile-assisted language learning, text messaging and L2 teaching and learning, computer-assisted language learning, educational technologies, instructional design, computer-mediated communication, pedagogical applications of messaging apps and social media, L2 pedagogy, and online and hybrid teaching.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Dean’s 2023 Summer Graduate Fellowship Summer Fellowship • University of California, Davis • College of Letters & Science
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Outstanding Graduate Student Award 2023 • CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) (Professional Organization)
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GSA Research Grant • from the Graduate Student Association and Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Davis.
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Ursula Williams Grant. International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT). New Orleans, LA, June 14-17, 2023.
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Graduate Student Association's Spring 2023 Travel Award, University of California, Davis.
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Mango Languages Dissertation Award Recipient 2022
- Teaching Assistant Consultant Fellowship, Center for Educational Effectiveness, UC Davis, 2022-2023
- Research Exchange Fellow, University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain) <> University of California Davis • Spring 2022
- Conference Travel Stipend, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Annual Conference 2021, Atlanta, Georgia
- Travel Support Grant, National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (NFMLTA), 2021
- Student Ambassador of the Year (2019-2020), Linguistic Society of America
- Provost's Fellow (2019-2020)
- Teaching Assistant Teaching Award (Spring 2018)
- Nomination, FLAM (Foreign Language Association of Missouri) 2019 Outstanding Future Foreign Language Teacher
- Nomination, Graduate Student Association Teaching Award (Spring 2018)
- Lanham Foundation Scholarship (2004-2008)
COURSES TAUGHT
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SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
University of California, Davis• SPA 116 - Spanish Applied Linguistics (in-person)
• SPA 21 - Intermediate Spanish I (in person)
• SPA 21V - Intermediate Spanish I (online)
• SPA 3 - Elementary Spanish III (online and in-person)
• SPA 2V - Elementary Spanish II (online)
• SPA 2Y - Elementary Spanish (hybrid)
• SPA 1 - Elementary Spanish I (in person)
• SPA 1Y - Elementary Spanish: Spanish for Travelers (hybrid)Saint Louis University
• SPAN 1010 Communicating in Spanish I (in person)
• Speaking Lab Coordinator • Spanish 1010: Communicating in Spanish I (in person)Saint Louis University - Madrid
• SPAN 1010 Communicating in Spanish I (in person)SPANISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES:
University of California, Davis
• Introductory Spanish for Veterinary Professionals - School of Veterinary Sciences (in person)ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES:
University of California, Davis, Continuing and Professional Education | International (online)
• Interdisciplinary Global Awareness and Intercultural Communication Seminar - Intercultural Communication Skills
• Remote Global Seminar for Ibaraki High School - Sustainable Development Goals
• Interdisciplinary STEM Seminar - Listening & Pronunciation
PUBLICATIONS
Articles & Chapters
Blake, R., Jones, L., & Osborn, C. (2024). Enseñanza híbrida y en línea: entornos de aprendizaje y
aula invertida. In J. Muñoz-Basols, M.F. Gutiérrez & L. Cerezo (Eds.), La enseñanza del español
mediada por tecnología de la justicia social a la Inteligencia Artificial (IA). Routledge: Taylor &
Francis Group, (pp. tbd). https://bit.ly/3XGz62G
Bradley, T., Morris, K. & Jones, L. (2022). Incomplete resyllabification and ambisyllabic gestural
coupling in Spanish. Loquens, 9(1-2), e094, https://doi.org/10.3989/loquens.2022.e094.
Jones, L. (2021). El impacto del SMS en la literacidad y otras implicaciones. Spanish and Portuguese
Review, 6, 41-66.
https://spanportreview.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/6-jones-lillian.-sms-y-literacidad.pdf
García, C., Nickolai, D., & Jones, L. (2020). Traditional Versus ASR-Based Pronunciation Instruction:
An Empirical Study. CALICO Journal, 37(3), 213-232.
Other
Jones, L. (2023). Book Review of Nicole Ziegler and Marta González-Lloret (Eds.). The Routledge
Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology. New York: Routledge, 2022.
Jones, L. (2021, October 26). Trends from SITT (Summer Institute on Teaching with Technology)
2021: A Five-Part Blog Series. The Wheel, UC Davis. 1) Going Forward: Online Teaching Strategies
Applied to In-Person Classes, 2) Student Autonomy, 3) The Student Voice, 4) Flexibility,
Accessibility & Support, and 5) Collaboration, Teamwork & Team Building.
Jones, L. (2020, April 9). Digital Storytelling. The Wheel, UC Davis.
https://wheel.ucdavis.edu/2020/04/09/5265/
Jones, L. (2019). Three Innovative Approaches to Integrating Emoji Into Your Language Lessons.
FLTMAG.com. Retrieved from https://fltmag.com/integrating-emoji-into-your-language-lessons/
Jones, L. (2019). Book Review of Marta González-Lloret & Margarita Vinagre, Comunicación
mediada por tecnologías: Aprendizaje y enseñanza de la lengua extranjera. Sheffield, UK: Equinox
Publishing, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44695
Jones, L. (2020, August 28). Trends from SITT (Summer Institute on Teaching with Technology)
2020: A Five-Part Blog Series. The Wheel, UC Davis. 1) Equity & Accessibility, 2) Community &
Connection, 3) Video, 4) Multimodal, multitasking, 5) Breakout Rooms.
Jones, L. (2020). Linguistic Society of America, student ambassador blog:
- Voices: who we are and what we say: https://bit.ly/LSAVoices
- Teaching, Learning & Coping during Covid-19. 3-part series:
https://bit.ly/LSATLC1, https://bit.ly/LSATLC2, https://bit.ly/LSATLC3
Jones, L. Author - PodcastProject.org. “En la cámara”, “Cambridge Analytica”.
MEDIA
- Podcast guest. Hartman, A. (2023, February 1). The Next Generation, a Conversation with Three Ph.D. Candidates in Spanish. [Audio podcast episode]. In AATSP Podcast.
- Radio guest. @KDVS903fm • UC Davis Community Freeform Radio (recording available here). Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour • Oct. 16, 2019. Discussion: Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition & Technology
VOLUNTEERING & SERVICE
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Leaders for the Future Fellow, Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship • University of California, Davis • 2023-2024
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Chair, CALICO Graduate Student Special Interest Group, 2023-2024
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Advisory Committee Summer Institute on Teaching & Technology 2023
“Small Acts, Big Impacts” • Sept. 14th & 15th • University of California, Davis -
Teaching Assistant Consultant Fellowship, Center for Educational Effectiveness, University of California, Davis • 2022-2023
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Advisory Committee • Summer Institute on Teaching & Technology 2022
“Unmuting Our Students” • Sept. 8 & 9th, 2022 • University of California, Davis - Managing Editor for Communications, Spanish & Portuguese Review (the graduate student journal of AATSP), 2021-present
- Committee Member, CALICO Graduate Student Special Interest Group, 2021-2022
- Advisory Committee Member • Summer Institute on Teaching & Technology • University of California, Davis • 2020 & 2021
- Associate Editor for Social Media, Spanish & Portuguese Review (the graduate student journal of AATSP), 2020-2021
- Co-graduate student advisor, UC Davis Spanish Club, 2020-2021
- Co-chair, Cluster on Language Research at UC Davis, 2020-2021
- Student Ambassador for the Linguistic Society of America at UC Davis, 2019-2021