ExSo Lab updates
- Work presented at the 12th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics Workshop (WSS12).
- Work presented at the 2026 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
WSS12 conference
Current research projects
- Reverse linguistic stereotyping (RLS) methods
- RLS in healthcare
- Immigrantization of names in accent perception (w/G. Reyes & S. Roca-Ramirez)
- Colorism in sociolinguistic perception
- National identity and Spanish-accented English (w/C. Shea)
Related publications
- Ramos, J. E., & Fernández-Mallat, V. (2026). (De)coloring sociolinguistic perception: The stratification of accent attitudes along the color spectrum. Journal of Sociolinguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.70077
- Ramos, J. E., Roca-Ramirez, S., & Reyes, G. (2024). Expected names or named expectations: An examination of names and their associations with standard American and Spanish-accented English. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 47(3), 1443–1458. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2420853
- Ramos, J. E., & Shea, C. (2023). Speaking race or racialized speaking: Evidence from perceptions of lateral variants by Puerto Rican listeners. Hispania, 106(3), 473–494. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27253721 [Winner of the 2024 Hispania Outstanding Article Award]
Internal and External Project Collaborators
Christine Shea, PhD (UIowa)
Sara Roca-Ramirez (Georgetown University)
Gabriella Reyes (Georgetown University)
