Ivan Ortega-Santos

Hi! I am Professor in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and the Graduate Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Spanish. I completed my doctoral work in Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and hold an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Arizona. I am associate editor of the Hispanic Linguistics journal Borealis as well as board member of the local non-profit Indigenous Pastoral Relief. When I am not doing research or teaching, I love playing drums.

Teaching: I teach courses in Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation as well as Spanish, with an emphasis on breaking down language barriers in the city of Memphis while providing meaningful learning opportunities for students. My community engagement program, Comunidad901, designed to support local Hispanic-serving organizations, earned me a HARC Angel Award from the Highland Area Renewal Corporation, Inc. (HARC), Memphis.

Research: My areas of research include Theoretical Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Dialectology, Translation and Interpretation, and Gamification for the dissemination of academic research. In particular, I focus on (a) word order and dialectal variation with an emphasis on Spanish, (b) crowdsourcing and data collection standards in linguistic theory, and (c) educational interpretation. You can find more about my research here.

Contact information: 

Iván Ortega-Santos
Professor

Dept. of World Languages & Literatures

Jones Hall 201H
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
rtgsntos{at}memphisdotedu