Academic Biography:

Levi Barnett is a current master’s student in Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Texas Tech University. Originally from Abilene, TX, he graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish teaching, where he obtained a Utah secondary education license in bilingual education. During his undergraduate studies, he extensively taught Spanish to students in the 7th and 8th grade levels, both in traditional and dual language immersion settings. He completed two Spanish language study abroad programs; one in Spain and one in Colombia.  

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

Bilingualism, Bilingual education, SLA, Pedagogy, sociolinguistics 

Academic Background (previous studies):

BA in Spanish Teaching with emphasis in Dual Language Immersion, Magna Cum Laude Utah State University, Logan, UT 

Email: levibarn@ttu.edu