Gabriela Vokic

Dr. Gabriela Vokic is an Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of World Languages and Literatures. She earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), specializing in phonetics, laboratory phonology, and second language acquisition.

Her most recent research focuses on topics in language contact and bilingualism, such as the acquisition of phonological systems by bilingual speakers and pedagogical approaches in heritage language instruction. She has presented her work at numerous academic conferences and has published in esteemed scholarly journals both in the U.S. and internationally.

Dr. Vokic’s contributions to teaching and education at 糖心vlog视频 have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor Award (2016), the Phi Beta Kappa Golden Apple Professor Award (2014), the Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award (2010), and the HOPE Award (2007).

 

 

Associate Professor of Linguistics

World Languages and Literatures

Email

vokic@smu.edu
Office Location

Clements 420
Phone

214-768-3107

Education

Ph.D., Purdue University

 

Research Interests

  • Phonetics

  • Laboratory Phonology

  • Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy

  • Spanish as a Heritage Language in the US (Acquisition and Pedagogy)

  • Language Contact

  • Bilingualism

Courses Taught

WL 3308: How Language Works - Introduction to Language and Linguistics

SPAN 4343: Spanish as a Second Language: Principles of Second-Language Acquisition and Teaching

SPAN 4342: Variation in the Spanish-speaking World

SPAN 4341: Vocal Voyages: Exploring the World Through Speech Sounds

SPAN 4301: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

SPAN 3359: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers

SPAN 3357: (Corrective) Spanish Phonetics

SPAN 3358: Advanced Spanish for Non-Native Speakers

Gabriela Vokic