bouchra

My name is Bouchra and I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics minoring in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, and a Graduate Associate in Teaching for the department of Spanish and Portuguese. At the UofA, I am a Graduate Assistant at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and a member of the Arizona Applied Phonetics Psycholinguistics Lab. Furthermore, I have worked as a Spanish Basic Language Program coordinator, and Co-coordinator & member of the Committee of the Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature Language and Culture, as well as the Hispanic & Lusophone Linguistics Working Group (HLLWG). Finally, I have volunteered as Editorial Assistant for the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Editorial, and assisted our Study Abroad Program in Liberia, Costa Rica during the second session of Summer 2023. 

 

 

I graduated from the University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain) in 2018 with a BA in Translation and Interpretation. My working languages are English, French, Catalan and Arabic, and my thesis was focused on the Interpretation of Spanish Sign Language in songs. During my undergraduate studies I completed an academic exchange at Queen's University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Upon graduation, I was lucky to be awarded with a scholarship to perform as a Spanish Cultural and Language Assistant in Illinois College, US. During this academic year I found my passion for education; offering language practice and exposure to the culture and perspectives of Spanish speakers and serving as a bridge between the institution and the Spanish-speaking population in the local community. During my senior year I worked as an interpreter in conferences and completed an internship interpreting for the Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. At the same time, I worked as a translator for the International Project Management Office in Alicante. Nevertheless, my real passion is learning new languages, reading and writing for fun!