Assistant
Professor of English
Office: HSS 506 PP
Phone: 724-357-4936
Email:
csanchez@iup.edu
Education
- PhD in English Studies with a concentration in applied linguistics and composition studies, Illinois State University, 2018
- MA in English Teaching, Universidad de Salamanca, 2012
- MA in Translation and Intercultural Mediation, Universidad de Salamanca, 2011; BA in English Studies, Universidad de Salamanca, 2010
- BA. in Hispanic Philology, Universidad de Salamanca, 2009
Academic Interests
Language difference in writing, translingual and transnational literacies, teacher education and mentoring, qualitative research methods.
Profile
Cristina completed her PhD in 2018 with a dissertation titled “Teaching Writing through Transformation: Linguistically Diverse Writing Teachers’ Enactments of Transnational Writing and Linguistic Diversity” at Illinois State University. Her work revolves
around investigating how humans understand and navigate composing and linguistic practices in transnational contexts. Her teaching and research interests also include teacher education, particularly from a transdisciplinary perspective, and feminist
mentoring of multilingual students. She is currently serving co-editor of the Non-Native English Teacher (NNEST) TESOL newsletter. She has published in the Journal of Second Language
Writing, Computers and Composition, Poroi, and several edited collections.
Course Specialties
ENGL 101 Composition I
ENGL 101 Composition I MLW
ENGL 202 Composition II MLW
ENGL 202 Composition II Online
ENGL 426/526 ESL Methods and Materials
ENGL 649 Introduction to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
ENGL 825 Second Language Literacies
ENGL 881 Writing in Transnational Contexts