Kevin Andia

Kevin Andia
Graduate Student of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Education:

Ph.D., Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science, Penn State University
M.A, Hispanic Linguistics, Penn State University
M.A., Languages and Cultures, Texas Tech University
B.Ed., Foreign Language Education, The Catholic University of Temuco

Biography:

Kevin is a Ph.D. Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science at Penn State. He collaborates with Mapuche bilingual communities in Chile, exploring how diverse linguistic experiences inform language processing strategies. His work contributes to a more accurate and empirically grounded understanding of Indigenous bilingualism. 

Research Interests

Psycholinguistics, bilingualism, second language acquisition, language processing