Valeria Ochoa

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Valeria Ochoa

Assistant Professor, Spanish Linguistics and Heritage Education
School of Language, Culture and Society

Kidder Hall 216
2000 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States

Valeria Ochoa (she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Heritage Education in the School of Language, Culture, and Society. Her research focuses on Spanish as a heritage language (SHL) in the United States. Within this field, Valeria investigates issues relevant to local bi/multilingual communities through the incorporation of critical and decolonial perspectives. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Pragmatics and Languages.

Valeria coordinates and teaches the courses in the Spanish for Heritage Language Learners (SHLLs) program. She brings her academic and personal expertise to this role as a Mexican American SHLL from Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Education

Ph.D., Spanish Linguistics (Spanish as a Heritage Language Track), Arizona State University

M.A., Linguistics (Language Teaching Studies), University of Oregon

B.A., Romance Languages (French and Spanish), University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Courses Taught
  • Spanish 314: Third-year Spanish for Native Speakers
  • Spanish 315: Third-year Spanish for Native Speakers
  • Spanish 316: Third-year Spanish for Native Speakers
  • Spanish 499: Teaching and Learning Latinx Spanish