Shannon Rodríguez

News Articles:

• Whiten, Stephen. (October 18, 2021). UGA linguistics scholar conducts research on Southern Latinx community. Red & Black. Athens, GA. https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-linguistics-scholar-conducts-research-on-southern-latinx-community/article_27dad1e4- 2dc7-11ec-b5ea-1bd265fcdc0a.html 

• Hamilton, Jill (February 4, 2022) Studying the impact of language on identity. UGA Today. Athens, GA. https://news.uga.edu/studentstudies- impact-of-language-on-identity/

Graduate School Funding Awards:

• June 2017- June 2019, Goizueta Foundation Graduate Scholar: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE)

• August 2020-present, Goizueta Foundation Graduate Scholar: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE)

Research Funding & Awards:

• October 2020, Willson Center Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities Arts. $1,189 for dissertation research project: "Latino English in Georgia"

• Spring 2021, 3 Minute Thesis Competition Finalist for "But...where are you really from? The Southern Latino’s Linguistic Identity"

Travel Funding Awards:

• October 2017, Linguistics Society at UGA Travel Funding Award, $200 for travel to Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS) 2017, Lubbock, TX

• October 2019, University of Georgia Graduate School Travel Funding Award, $1,100 for travel to New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 48), Eugene, OR

• October 2019, Linguistics Society at UGA Travel Funding Award, $200 for travel to New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 48), Eugene, OR

• October 2019, New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 48) Graduate Student Travel Award, $500 for travel to New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 48), Eugene, OR

• Rodríguez, Shannon. (2017, October). Transitive andar: an emergent verb of possession. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Linguistics Conference, Athens, GA. 

• Rodríguez, Shannon. (2017, October). Transitive andar: an emergent verb of possession. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Lubbock, TX.

• Mellom, Paula, Shannon Rodríguez, Jodi Weber, Rebecca K. Hixon, & Diego Boada. (2018, March). Autonomy in collaboration: the role of task cards on the success of collaborative interaction. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL. 

• Rodríguez, Shannon. (2018, October). Perceived Authenticity: A Sociophonetic Case Study on Vowel Stability Across the Lifespan. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Linguistics Conference, Athens, GA. 

• Rodríguez, Shannon. (2019, February). The Baptist Pastor Persona: A Sociophonetic Case Study on Vowel Stability Across a Lifespan. Paper presented for the Annual Graduate Linguistics Colloquium, Athens, GA. 

• Rodríguez, Shannon, Lauryn Waters, Paula Mellom, Rebecca K. Hixon, & Jodi Weber. (2019, March). Autonomy in collaboration: the role of task cards on the success of collaborative interaction. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA. 

• Rodríguez, Shannon. (2019, October). The Baptist Pastor Persona: A Sociophonetic Case Study on Vowel Stability Across a Lifespan. Poster presented at the 48th Annual New Ways of Analyzing Variation, Eugene, OR.

• Rodríguez, Shannon, Paula Mellom, Jean Costa Silva, Rebecca K. Hixon, & Jodi Weber. (2021, March). Impact of Instructional Conversation on WTC in Undergraduate Foreign Language Courses. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Virtual.

Defenses:

• First Qualifying Paper: Transitive andar: an emerging verb of possession. Defended August 2017.

• Second Qualifying Paper: The Baptist Pastor Persona: A Sociophonetic Case Study of Vowel Stability Across a Lifespan. Defended May 2019. 

• Prospectus: "I live in this one body, so there is some resolution" A sociophonetic study of what it means to be Southern and Latino in Georgia. Defended May 2020.

Courses Taught

• Teaching Assistant:

  • Spring 2018: LING 4170/6170

  • Spring 2019: LING 4170/6170

• Instructor of Record

  • Fall 2019: SPAN 1001

  • Spring 2020: SPAN 2001