Learning about Hispanic Sociolinguistics in the PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. I am interested in language, gender, power, and technology. Current projects: linguisticafeminista.com instagram.com/_silvira/
2022 Certificate in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, The Graduate Center (CUNY)
2018 Master’s in Linguistics, University of Costa Rica
2013 Bach. Spanish Philology, University of Costa RicaFeminist linguistics. Language, gender, and sexuality. Spanish-language
Sociolinguistics. Glotopolitics (Language and politics).
Refereed publications
2021 “Gender Neutral Language as an Epistemological Opportunity in Academic Writing.” with Ernesto Cuba. Academic Writing with Gender Perspective. Proposals from Scientific Communication. Coord. César Jiménez- Yañez & Rosalba Mancinas-Chávez. Autonomous University of Baja California & University of Sevilla [peer reviewed]
2019 “Linguistic Planning at the University of Costa Rica: Gender Fair Use of Language Policy, its Execution and Relationship to Proposals of Spanish Speaking Universities.” Journal of Philology and Linguistics of the University of Costa Rica, 45(2)
2019 “Gender Fair Use of Language Linguistic Policy and the Scientific Journals of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) .” with Eida Martínez Rocha. e-Ciencias de la Información 9(2).
2016 “Learning Spanish from Telenovelas?: a Contribution from the Perspective of the Romanian Audience.” Revista de Lenguas Modernas, 25, 411-423.
Illustration
2022 A glottopolitical approach to the Americas. Journal of Latin American Geography 22(1), cover.
2019 ¿Hola? [Comic book.] San José, Costa Rica: Zapatos en la Cabeza