Abril Jimenez
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies | Director of Self Instructional Language Program
Education
- Ph.D. Rutgers University, Bilingualism and SLA
- M.A. San Diego State University, Spanish
- B.A. San Diego State University, Linguistics
Background
I specialize in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, with a focus on the acquisition of lexical pragmatics and grammar among multilingual speakers.
At Davidson, I teach a variety of Linguistics courses, including Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics, Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism, Linguistic Anthropology, and Hispanic Bilingual Communities, among others. I also direct the Self-Instructional Language Program, which provides students with the opportunity to study less commonly taught languages not offered through a department.
As part of my service to the field and broader community, I currently serve on the board of Bilingualism Matters, a research and advocacy organization based in Edinburgh, with an international network of scholars committed to promoting bilingualism worldwide.
I am deeply committed to community outreach and to fostering research-informed conversations about language acquisition and multilingualism.