Victor Garre Leon

Phone
920-832-7029
Campus Address
Main Hall
Office 321
Spanish,Latin Amer & Latinx Studies
Assistant Professor of Spanish
About

I am an applied linguist who specializes in the areas of Pragmatics and Second Language Acquisition, particularly in the context of interaction. My research follows two connected lines: how learners of Spanish develop interactional competence in conversation, and how speakers perceive im/politeness in digital settings such as social media. I also have interests in sociopragmatics, intercultural communication, and heritage and second language pedagogy. My work has been published in Applied Pragmatics, Lingua, and the Journal of Politeness Research. At Lawrence, I teach courses in Spanish language and linguistics, from heritage and second language courses to advanced seminars in grammar, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.

Courses taught at Lawrence
  • SPAN 150: Introductory Spanish for Heritage Speakers
  • SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I
  • SPAN 250: Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers
  • SPAN 345/LING 374: Advanced Grammar Studies
  • SPAN 350/LING 377: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
  • SPAN/LING/ETST 407: Spanish in the United States
  • SPAN/LING 445: Linguistics and the Spanish Learner
  • SPAN/LING 525: Spanish Pragmatics
  • SPAN/LING 542: Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world
Education
Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo & Instituto Cervantes, Spain
M.A., Spanish and Latin American Literature, West Virginia University
B.A., Spanish Language and Literature, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
B.A., English Language and Literature, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Years at Lawrence
2024-present