An Argentina native, I joined the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Doctoral Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021, and later became a joint-degree graduate student in SLA and Spanish Linguistics. Prior to coming to UW-Madison, I completed my undergraduate degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in my home country, where I graduated with honors, and I earned a M.A. in Spanish as a Second or Bilingual Language from Michigan State University. I am an English and Spanish language educator as well as a former Fulbright scholar (Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program 2018-2019).
My research lies at the intersection of education, applied linguistics, and psychology. I am particularly interested in the role that affect (e.g., grit, anxiety, enjoyment) and socio-institutional contexts can have on language educators’ professional experiences and language students’ learning trajectories as well as how those socio-emotional elements may impact individuals’ cognition (e.g., perceptions, beliefs), behaviors, and well-being within instructed settings. In my dissertation, through a mixed-methods approach, I explore the socio-emotional professional experiences (of well-being) of an often overlooked population: Language teachers in the Global South.
Preferred pronouns: He/him/él
How to pronounce my name: [mar-tee-nee-AH-noh]
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