CMLL Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities

Overview:  Most CMLL faculty research focuses on the literature and/or cultures of language countries or areas; additional areas include Second Language Acquisition; Applied Linguistics; pedagogy; testing; assessment; and the use of technology in language learning. CMLL faculty are prolific and publish in the best venues. Our research stature is reflected by CMLL having three Horn Professors, multiple book series edited, memberships on editorial boards, and several journals edited. In addition, a number of CMLL faculty (some award-winning) write poetry, short stories, novels, or plays.

Please explore further—an amplified Overview appears below, plus you may review current departmental faculty research portfolios:

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Amplified Overview:

Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics: Major research initiatives focus on Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, pedagogy, testing, assessment, and the use of technology in language learning. Resources include an eye-tracker Psycholinguistics Lab, the largest language lab of its kind in the world, distance-ed seminar room, and smart classrooms.  CMLL is a world-leader in curriculum redesign using technology for more effective language acquisition. Redesign of lower-level Spanish into hybrid courses where grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing are taught on-line via interactive tutorials and in-class time is devoted to oral skills development was done as one of four Spanish programs selected nationally to participate in the National Center for Academic Transformation’s FIPSE funded “Roadmap to Redesign” program. Subsequent redesign efforts, including teaching pronunciation via mimicry using voice recognition software, have been funded by two grants from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Faculty have participated in three NSF grants.

Literature and Culture:  As mentioned above, most CMLL faculty research focuses on the literature and/or cultures of language countries or areas. Faculty are quite prolific, publishing in the best venues. Our research stature is reflected by the fact CMLL has three Horn Professors (the most in the College for a single department), multiple book series edited and memberships on editorial boards, and journals edited: The American Journal of Philology, and Hispania are at the top of the most important journals world-wide in Classics and Spanish & Portuguese. Other journals edited out of CMLL are the influential Intertexts and Monographic Review, and the graduate student journal Céfiro. There are frequent culture events and conferences including annual Céfiro.

Creative Writing:  A number of CMLL faculty (some award-winning) write poetry, short stories, novels, or plays. Each Fall there is an authors reading their own literary works series.

Interdisciplinary: Faculty work in the following areas: Comparative Literature, Ethnic Studies, Latin America and Iberian Studies, Linguistics, Russian Language & Area Studies, and Women's Studies.

Prizes and Honors:  CMLL faculty and as an academic department have received numerous awards, spanning excellence in research, excellence in teaching, and service to university students.

Journals and Book Series Edited and Editorial Boards:  Please see the CMLL Journals Hosted page regarding the several high-profile journals hosted by the department. In addition, there have been several book series authored by CMLL faculy, and a number of faculty have served or are serving on editorial boards.

External Funding:  External funding opportunities are less available in the Humanities and Arts than in the Sciences, Engineering, or Medicine. The following summariezes funding records of those who have obtained external funding:

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Internal Funding:  CMLL faculty have experienced the good fortune of successful funding proposals from university internal funding competitions. Summaries include:

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