Dr. Paola Guerrero Rodríguez

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2021

Paola.guerrero@ttu.edu

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Biographical Information

Paola Guerrero Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Director of the Spanish heritage language program in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University. Dr. Guerrero Rodríguez' research and publications focus on understanding the dynamics of the heritage language classroom and the mixed-classroom in order to implement better pedagogical practices that satisfy the needs of heritage speakers in both learning contexts. In addition, Dr. Guerrero Rodríguez is also interested in the power dynamics that impact language, in how these dynamics use language as a vehicle to perpetuate discrimination, and, most importantly, how the language classroom is a setting that can help stop perpetuating discriminatory discourses. 

Areas of Research

• Spanish as a heritage language
• Heritage language pedagogies
• Mixed-classroom dynamics
• Language and educational technology 
• Language and discrimination

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P. (accepted). Discussing language and discrimination: Toward Anti-discriminatory Instructional Strategies in the Spanish Language Classroom. Hispania. 

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P., & Long, A. (accepted). Exploring Instructor Feedback Provision in Heritage Language and Mixed Heritage-Second Language Classrooms. Spanish Heritage Language Journal.

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P., Lomicka, L., & Lord. G. (under review). SIFTing through the development of intercultural competence at home and abroad. Foreign Language Annals.

Prada, J., Guerrero-Rodriguez, P., & Pascual y Cabo, D. (2020). Heritage language anxiety in two Spanish language classroom environments: A comparative mixed methods study. Heritage Language Journal, 17(1), 92-113.

Book Chapters

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P., Ojeda, A. & Pascual y Cabo, D. (forthcoming). Issues and Practices in Community-based Experiential Learning for Heritage Speakers in the United States. In S. Montrul & Polinsky, M. The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics. London: Cambridge. 

Elola, I., Padial, A., & Guerrero-Rodriguez, P. (forthcoming) Herramientas sociales en la clase de español como lengua de herencia. In D. Pascual y Cabo, & Torres, J. (Eds.) El español como lengua de herencia. London: Routledge. 

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P. & Long, A. (under review) Corrective feedback and positive assessments in the mixed classroom: What are students' perceptions? In P. Bayona & García-Martín, M. (Eds.) Mixed classroom pedagogies.

Book Reviews

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P. Review of Translanguaging in higher education. Beyond monolingual ideologies (2017), by Mazak, Catherine M. & Carroll, Kevin S. (Eds.) E-JournALL, EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages 5(2) (December 2018): 114-118.  

Guerrero-Rodriguez, P.& Pascual y Cabo, D. Review of The Acquisition of Heritage Languages (2016), by Silvina Montrul, Heritage Language Journal 14 (April 2017): 94-99.

Awards and Honors

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Florida, 2021. 

Graduate Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Course Development Grant, Center for European Studies, University of Florida. 2020.

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Course Development Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Florida. 2020. 

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Florida. 2019-2020.

Award for Cooperative Leadership in Teaching Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Florida. 2019.

Helen DeVitt Jones Fellowship. Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University. 2017-2018. 

Award Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio (summa cum laude), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. 2010.