Biography
Florencia is a PhD candidate in Spanish Linguistics, with a minor in English Language and Linguistics, at UW-Madison. Before starting this program, she earned a BA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in her hometown of Mendoza, Argentina, in 2001. She also obtained an MA in Linguistics, with a minor in Spanish, at West Virginia University in 2016.
Her main areas of research interest include sociolinguistics, language contact, lexical change, and bilingual speakers’ expression of identity.
Departmental Service
Graduate Student Representative
Language Coordination Committee (October 2021 – August 2022)
Graduate Studies Committee (October 2023 – September 2024)
Honors and Awards
May 2024. Spring Semester Departmental Teaching Award. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison
May 2024. Summer Dissertation Write-Up Award. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison
May 2022. Summer Dissertation Write-Up Award. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison
April 2017. Honored Instructor Award. University Housing, UW-Madison