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Laura Walls

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Dr. Laura C. Walls

  • Foreign Languages and Literature, Assistant Professor

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lwalls@unomaha.edu
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ASH  301 H
department phone:
402.554.4841

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Biography

Laura Walls is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She teaches courses in composition, bilingualism, sociolinguistics, and heritage language pedagogy. She also developed the Spanish heritage language series at her university. Dr. Walls’ scholarship bridges the fields of sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and heritage language pedagogy.

Teaching Interests

Grammar and composition, language and interaction, bilingualism, sociolinguistics, Spanish for heritage speakers

Research Interests

Heritage language instruction, first and second language pedagogy, writing, language and gender, and discourse analysis

Awards and Honors

Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, Teaching - 2019

Education

Ph D, University of California, Los Angeles, California, Applied Linguistics, Heritage Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, 2013

MA, Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, California, Spanish, 2000

BA, University of California, Davis, California, Spanish / International Relations, 1997

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