News & Events
Undergraduate Student Awards 2021-2022
June 30, 2022
Undergraduate students won several awards in the 2021-2022 school year, and we are proud to recognize their achievements.
Miriam Ellis, lecturer emerita (1927—2022)
June 20, 2022
Spanish Studies Alumni Highlight
May 19, 2022
The Spanish Studies program in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz is proud of our alumni and their accomplishments. We are starting this Alumni Spotlight as a way of highlighting those alumni who are doing great things.
Peter Rushton and Jacqueline Ku Endowment Supports Chinese
January 21, 2022
The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is delighted to announce the creation of the Peter Rushton and Jacqueline Ku Endowed Memorial Fund for Chinese Languages, thanks to support from Nicole Tsao and a generous gift from Philip Rushton.
Ana Maria Seara Receives 2020-21 Excellence in Teaching Award
October 8, 2021
Lecturer Edith Leni Receives Grant
October 6, 2021
Lecturer Edith Leni has received a grant to develop a Global Classroom partnership between UCSC and the Universidad Arturo Prat in Iquique, Chile.
Spanish Studies Alumni Highlight
June 16, 2021
The Spanish Studies program in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz is proud of our alumni and their accomplishments. We are starting this Alumni Spotlight as a way of highlighting those alumni who are doing great things.
Scholar Profile - Javier Fernández-Agüera
June 16, 2021
A Spanish lecturer in the Languages and Applied Linguistics department, Javier Fernández-Agüera, brings a life-long passion for language combined with a heart for inclusion to the UC Santa Cruz campus.
Announcing the Spanish Studies Minor
November 13, 2020
The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is excited to announce that the new Spanish Studies Undergraduate Minor has been approved.
2018 Student News
December 18, 2018
UCSC Bilingualism Research Laboratory
October 20, 2018
The UCSC Bilingualism Research Laboratory facilitates research focused on the linguistic, social, and cognitive consequences of knowing more than one language. We are interested in how the bilingual language experience, language learning history, language dominance, proficiency levels, and cognitive factors affect the production, perception, and processing of both languages of the bilingual/multilingual individual.
Lain 2018-2019 CITL Faculty Fellow
October 18, 2018
Stephanie Lain, Lecturer in Spanish, selected as a 2018-2019 CITL Faculty Fellow.
Rohmer Awarded Excellence in Teaching
October 18, 2018
Carine Rohmer, Lecturer in French, was honored with one of only six Excellence in Teaching Awards granted this year.
Zyzik Named to Prestigious Journal
October 18, 2018
Eve Zyzik has been named the Associate Executive Director of Language Learning.
Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism BA
January 17, 2017
Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism is a major grounded in interdisciplinary studies. Students explore a variety of intriguing topics, such as: How do we learn a second language? Are there “better” ways of teaching languages? Who is a bilingual? How is language related to complex social structure and diverse social identities? What is the role of language in intercultural communication in the globalizing world?
Congratulations to Alvaro Romero
June 22, 2016
The Department of LAAL wishes to acknowledge Spanish Lecturer Alvaro Romero on the publication of his book.
Peter Rushton Award Recipient Ysabel King
October 22, 2015
My time in Taipei was extraordinary. I went into it with a bit of anxiousness about living on my own and functioning in a country where I wasn’t confident in my language ability, but by the end I discovered a new confidence.
Italian 100 - Fall 2015
March 13, 2015
Tonia Prencipe received a grant from the Italian Institute of Culture in San Francisco to partially sponsor a new course for Italian at UCSC.
Our newest faculty member, Mark Amengual
September 17, 2014
We are delighted to welcome Assistant Professor Mark Amengual to our department. Mark received a Ph.D in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013.
