jromeroreyna

I am a Ph.D. student in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Arizona. My research interests include Spanish as a heritage language, language ideologies, Spanish in the United States, phonetics, and sociolinguistics. I am particularly interested in the use of Spanish in U.S. media and popular culture, including television and music, and in how Spanish and its speakers are represented and evaluated in U.S. society. My current research explores the relationship between language, identity, and racialization, focusing on how media representations reinforce or challenge dominant ideologies about Spanish, bilingualism, and Latinx identities.