Hola! My name is Eliot Westdorp and I am a PhD student in the Hispanic Linguistics program as well as a Spanish TA here at the University of Georgia. My areas of study include sociolinguistics (language variation and change, dialectology, bilingualism, language contact, language attitudes), L2 pronunciation acquisition, and applied linguistics with my focus on languages of the Iberian Peninsula.
Research
Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Bilingualism, Language Contact, Language Attitudes, Applied Spanish Linguistics
Sigma Delta Pi Graduate Research Grant 2025
Future Faculty Fellows - 2024 cohort
Dolores Artau Scholarship 2023
Wilson Center Research Grant 2022
Summer Dissertation Research Grant 2022
Frequently Taught Courses
Selected Publications
González-Ferrer, M; Johnson, J.G.; Westdorp, E. (2022). The historical
evolution of the Spanish discourse marker Pues from the 16th century.
International Virtual Conference on Language and Literature Proceeding, 6-
21. E-ISSN: 2746-8402
Education
B.A. in Spanish and Applied Linguistics, Grand Valley State University (2016)
M.A. in Applied Spanish Linguistics, Michigan State University (2020)
