Lillian Jones

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

• 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

• SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
  
  University of California, Davis 
  • SPA 116 - Spanish Applied Linguistics (in person)
  • SPA 1 - Elementary Spanish I (in person)
  • SPA 1Y - Elementary Spanish: Spanish for Travelers (online and in person)
  • SPA 002V - Elementary Spanish II (online)
  • SPA 3 - Elementary Spanish III (online and in person)

  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

• Jones, L. (2021, October 26). Trends from SITT 2021: A Five-Part Blog Series. The Wheel, UC Davis. 
  Part 0 of 5: Intro to blog series, 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. (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. DOI: 10.1558/cj.40379
   
• Jones, L. (2020, August 28). Trends from SITT 2020: A Five-Part Blog Series. The Wheel, UC Davis. 
  Introduction, Part 1: Equity & Accessibility, Part 2: Community & Connection, Part 3: Video, Part 4: Multimodal/multitasking, Part 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/LSATLC, https://bit.ly/LSATLC2, https://bit.ly/LSATLC3
     
• 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). Review of Comunicación mediada por tecnologías: Aprendizaje y enseñanza de la lengua extranjera. Language Learning & Technology, 23(3), 47-51. 
  https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-44695/
   
• Jones, L. (2019). Lesson Author - PodcastProject.org. 
  http://podcastproject.org/index.php/leccion-5-parte-a-las-raras-en-la-camara/
  https://podcastproject.org/index.php/leccion-24-parte-a-cosas-de-internet-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

• 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-present
   
• 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