Daniel Rojas Arroyo holds an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics and serves as an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Arizona. Daniel is also Member of the Sociolinguistics Research Lab (SoReLa) directed by Prof. Ana M. Carvalho, and has coordinated the Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Working Group (HLLWG) and the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS 2025) held at the UofA in November 2025.
Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Daniel earned his Licenciatura (B.A.) in Modern Languages from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Before joining The University of Arizona, Daniel held the position of Spanish Learning Associate in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Prior to his time at Bates College, he worked as a Spanish Teaching Assistant in the South of France at the Académie de Montpellier.
In Colombia, Daniel taught English and French at the high school level. He was also the Coordinator of the Research Incubator Lenguajes, Discursos y Prácticas Educativas at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, where he mentored other student researchers and facilitated a partnership with the Colombian Institute of Welfare (ICBF) to develop English curriculum materials for young people in the Criminal Responsibility System.
Daniel's research interests include Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change and Heritage Language Pedagogy.
Courses Taught:
- SPAN 101 (First-semester Spanish) in person, hybrid and online
- SPAN 102 (Second-semester Spanish) full semester and 7-week sessions
- SPAN 205 (Intensive Spanish, 101+102)
- SPAN 206 (Intensive Spanish, 201 + 202)
- SPAN 253 (Intermediate Spanish heritage learners)
- SPAN 333 (Advanced Spanish for heritage learners) online and 7-week session