Associate Professor of Language, Culture & Society
adam.schwartz@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3942

Kidder Hall

Kidder Hall 240

2000 SW Campus Way

2000 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Credentials: 
Associate Professor of Language, Culture & Society
Associate Professor in World Languages and Cultures (Spanish)
Education: 

Ph.D., Language, Reading and Culture, University of Arizona (2009)
M.A., Education (Social Sciences in Education), Stanford University (2004)
B.A., Spanish/Sociology, University of California, Davis (2003)

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Biography

Adam (he/his/him/él), originally from Los Angeles, California, joined the faculty in the School of Language, Culture & Society in 2013. He is an applied linguist that specializes in the study of Spanish language education in the U.S. as a cultural practice, one in which larger social dynamics such as racialization and white supremacy make a persistent impact.

Adam has taught Spanish at the middle school, high school and university levels. He has also worked with pre-service teachers and undergraduates from various disciplines as an instructor of educational foundations courses. 

Prior to his arrival at OSU, Adam was an assistant professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of South Florida (2010-2013). In addition, Adam held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Texas-Pan American (2009-2010), serving as an assistant director and educational consultant for the Medical Spanish for Heritage Learners program.

 

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Sch Lang, Culture & Soc
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

Recent course offerings:

  • LING 201: Introduction to Language, Linguistics and Power
  • WLC 301: Introduction to World Language and Culture Studies
  • SPAN 351: Hispanic Linguistics
  • SPAN 456: Spanish in the US
  • ANTH 350: Language, Culture & Society
  • ANTH/ES/WLC 159: Language, Race & Racism in the US: An Introduction
  • ANTH/ES/WLC 459/559: Language, Race & Racism in the US: Advanced Study
Research/Career Interests: 

Adam’s primary specialties include Spanish language education and Spanish-English multilingualisms in the U.S. His investigation of these topics is inspired by work in applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and ethnic/cultural studies. As such, he enjoys the chance to teach across programs within the School of Language, Culture & Society.

Now available:

Schwartz, A. (2023). Spanish So White: Conversations on the Inconvenient Racism of a “Foreign” Language Education. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Additional publications (selected):

Wheeler, E. M., Schwartz, A. & Ramos Pellicia, M. (2022). "Language, identity, and racialization: A trio-ethnography of Spanish linguists," International Review of Qualitative Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447221097632

Schwartz, A. (2019). “Language, mockery and racism: The case of Mock Spanish.” AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) Briefs, accessible at https://www.aaal.org/news/language-mockery-and-racism-the-case-of-mock-spanish##

Schwartz, A. (2018). “Language and borders revisited: Colonizing language and deporting voice in Spanish class,” Critical Education, 9(6):1-22.

Schwartz, A. & Boovy, B. (2017). “Mapping monolingualism within a language/race cartography: Reflections and lessons learned from ‘WLC Day’,” L2 Journal, 9(1):1-20.

Schwartz, A. (2014). “Third Border talk: Intersubjectivity, power negotiation and the making of race in Spanish language classrooms,” International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 227:157-173.

Beyond OSU
Personal Interests: