Bárbara Ávila-Shah
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Office: 921 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0867
Email: bia@buffalo.edu
Website: Personal site
Degrees
- B.A. from University of Puerto Rico
- M.A. from Cornell University
- Ph.D. from Cornell University
Areas of Specialization
Publications
- Ávila-Shah, Bárbara. 2001. "Discourse Connectedness in Caribbean Spanish". Spanish in the U.S. Selected Proceedings of the 17th Conference of Spanish in the United States. Boston: Cascadilla Press.
Current Research Projects
- Discourse analysis of personal pronouns in Caribbean and US Spanish
- Use of direct and indirect object pronouns amoung US Spanish speakers
Frequently Taught Courses:
- SPA 450/534: Sociolinguistics
- SPA 506: Spanish Language in America
- SPA 601: Spanish in the United States
- SPA 421/501: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- SPA 549: Spanish Sociolinguistics II: Praxis
Professional Activities
- ACTFL - Member Language Supervisors Interest Group
- LASSO - Linguistic Society of the Southwest