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Dr. Jiyoung Yoon

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Spanish

(940) 565-2404

Email: jiyoung.yoon@unt.edu

Education

  • MA, University of Guadalajara,
    Major: Teaching Language and Literature
    Specialization: Teaching of Spanish Language / Literature / Linguistics
  • BA, Seoul National University,
    Major: Spanish
  • PhD, Indiana University, 2002
    Major: Spanish
    Specialization: Hispanic Linguistics

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Professor of Spanish/Spanish Linguistics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2024 - Present).
  • Associate Professor of Spanish/Spanish Linguistics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2008 - 2024).
  • Assistant Professor of Spanish/Spanish Linguistics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2002 - 2008).
  • Full-time Lecturer of Spanish, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2001 - 2002).
  • Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2000 - 2000).
  • Full-time Visiting Lecturer of Spanish, Indiana University. Indiana University. (1999 - 2000).
  • Associate Instructor of Spanish, Indiana University. Indiana University. (1994 - 1999).
  • Professional

  • Associate Chair, Department of Spanish, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2024 - Present).
  • Spanish Graduate Advisor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2023 - Present).
  • Faculty leader/Co-director of the Study Abroad Program in San José, Costa Rica, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011 - 2020).
  • Faculty leader/Co-director of the Study Abroad Program in Guadalajara, Mexico (2007-2010), University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2007 - 2010).
  • Director of the Faculty-led Study Abroad Program in Guadalajara, Mexico, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2008 - 2009).
  • Coordinator of first- and second-year Spanish, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2001 - 2006).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Continuing education credit for ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2023 - 2023).
  • Continuing education credit for ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2022 - 2022).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Inquiry Based Mentoring: CLASS Humanities, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Faculty Initiatives, UNT CLASS (College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences). United States of America. (January 9, 2025).
  • Other (Training/Q & A session for the UniCAS application system), Q & A Sessions - New Graduate Admissions Application, UNT (Toulouse Graduate School). Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 22, 2024).
  • Workshop, Career Evolution: CLASS Humanities, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Faculty Initiatives, UNT CLASS (College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences). United States of America. (November 15, 2024).
  • Other (Training/Q & A session for the UniCAS application system), Q & A Sessions - New Graduate Admissions Application, UNT (Toulouse Graduate School). Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 1, 2024).
  • Workshop, Harness AI to enhance the Teaching and Learning Experience with Microsoft Copilot, UNT CLEAR. United States of America. (October 29, 2024).
  • Workshop, GraduateCAS Application Review/Decision (Live training), UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 10, 2024).
  • Workshop, GraduateCAS Application Review/Decision (Live training), UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 4, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, Cybersecurity Awareness Training (FY2025), UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 2, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, UNT Annual Ethics Training: Professional Standards in the Workplace, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 7, 2024).
  • Workshop, UNT in-person training: Leading a Difficult Conversation, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 24, 2024).
  • Conference Attendance, 11th International Conference on Meaning and Knowledge Representation (MKR 2024), Almería University. Spain. (July 3, 2024 - July 5, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Becoming a Good Data Science Customer, UNT BridgeApp. United States of America. (June 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Generative AI Tools for Productivity and Research, UNT BridgeApp. United States of America. (June 12, 2024).
  • Workshop, UNT Bridge Author Training, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 12, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Microsoft 365 Copilot: The Art of Prompt Writing, UNT BridgeApp. United States of America. (June 11, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Outlook: Time Management with Calendar and Tasks, UNT BridgeApp. United States of America. (June 10, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar (live)), The 5 Languages of Workplace Appreciation, UNT BridgeApp. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 5, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Create Higher Quality Course Video with Video Now (Self-Serve Studio), UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (April 10, 2024).
  • Other (Research Forum), ALSP (Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology) Spring Research Forum, UNT, Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology. United States of America. (February 2, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Building and Stacking: Experimenting with Graduate Certificates, NAGAP (The Leader in Graduate Enrollment Management). United States of America. (December 19, 2023).
  • Other (Webinar), Better Writing and Less Time Grading with Packback Discussions, UNT CLEAR. United States of America. (December 4, 2023).
  • Continuing Education Program, 2023 ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) continuing education credits, ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association). United States of America. (November 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, 2023 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 23, 2023 - March 23, 2023).
  • Other (Faculty Lecture Series (Dept. Spanish)), Designing for Inclusive Learning in Spanish Classes, Dept. of Spanish, UNT. United States of America. (March 22, 2023).
  • Workshop, Designing for Inclusive Learning in Spanish Classes, UNT Spanish Dept. Faculty Lecture Series. United States of America. (March 22, 2023).
  • Other (Self-paced online training), UNT Ethics and Standards of Conduct, UNT. United States of America. (December 2022 - December 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, 2022 ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Convention Virtual Library, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. United States of America. (November 10, 2022 - November 28, 2022).
  • Other (Webinar), Making the Invisible Visible: Meaningful Support of Asian American Students, Faculty, and Staff, UNT Anti-Bias and Cultural Awareness Program. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 25, 2022 - October 25, 2022).
  • Other (Self-paced online training), Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2022-2023, UNT. United States of America. (October 3, 2022 - October 3, 2022).
  • Workshop, Anti-discriminatory Strategies to Implement in the Spanish Heritage Language and Mixed Classroom, Department of Spanish, UNT. United States of America. (September 9, 2022 - September 9, 2022).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Find FREE Images to Supplement Course Content, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 25, 2022 - March 25, 2022).
  • Other (Webinar), Race is…Race Ain’t: Creating racially-engaged campuses and classrooms (By Nolan Cabrera, Univ. of Arizona), UNT Bridge. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 25, 2022 - March 25, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, 2022 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference (virtual), UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 23, 2022 - March 23, 2022).
  • Other (Webinar), Creating Accessible Online Videos with Canvas Studio, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). Denton,TX,United States of America. (February 25, 2022 - February 25, 2022).
  • Other (Self-paced online training), Ethics and Standards of Conduct, UNT. United States of America. (January 2022 - January 2022).
  • Other (Attendance of a guest speaker's talk), Anti-racist pedagogy: Transforming the Spanish classroom with TikTok and Dubsmash, UNT, Department of Spanish. United States of America. (October 27, 2021 - October 27, 2021).
  • Other (Webinar), Working With Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness, UNT, Vice Provost for Student Success. United States of America. (October 19, 2021 - October 19, 2021).
  • Other (Information session (virtual)), SCA (Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards) Information Session, UNT, CLASS (College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences). United States of America. (October 11, 2021 - October 11, 2021).
  • Other (Webinar), Canvas Studio: Creating Captions and Comments, Editing Video Details, and Downloading training session, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (September 23, 2021 - September 23, 2021).
  • Workshop, Promotion & Tenure Workshop, UNT (Office of the Provost & Division of Academic Affairs). United States of America. (September 20, 2021 - September 20, 2021).
  • Other (Webinar), From Panopto to Canvas Studio, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research. United States of America. (August 4, 2021 - August 4, 2021).
  • Seminar, NEH Awards and More: Learn about funding for digital projects (webinar), UNT. United States of America. (April 27, 2021 - April 27, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, 2021 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference (virtual), UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 23, 2021 - March 23, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Fall 2020 Remote Delivery Training for Canvas, UNT CLEAR. United States of America. (May 22, 2020 - May 22, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Get the Most out of Zoom, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 15, 2020 - May 15, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Keep it Legal – Copyright and Trademark Compliance, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 15, 2020 - May 15, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Implement Discussions, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 13, 2020 - May 13, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Organize your Course, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 12, 2020 - May 12, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Work with Graded Assignments, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 12, 2020 - May 12, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), How to Work with Quizzes & Exams, UNT CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). United States of America. (May 12, 2020 - May 12, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Coping with the Pandemic: Lessons from Psychological Science, Pearson. United States of America. (April 16, 2020 - April 16, 2020).
  • Self-Study Program, Canvas Boot Camp, UNT CLEAR. United States of America. (March 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Getting Started with Zoom Meetings, Zoom Training Team. United States of America. (March 16, 2020 - March 16, 2020).
  • Other (Online panel webcast), CLEAR’s Teaching Tips, Tricks, & Techniques Series – Teaching Excellence Online, CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, & Research), UNT. United States of America. (November 21, 2019 - November 21, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar), Contextualizing Language Instruction, Wiley. United States of America. (October 29, 2019 - October 29, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar), Differentiated Instruction for All Class Sizes with Mastery Paths, Wiley. United States of America. (October 24, 2019 - October 24, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar), Technology Solutions to Level Up Traditional Instruction in an Online Course, Wiley. United States of America. (October 16, 2019 - October 16, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar), Helping Students Achieve Proficiency Through Meaningful and Authentic Contexts, Pearson. United States of America. (October 15, 2019 - October 15, 2019).
  • Workshop, Managing Difficult Classroom Situations, Office of the Provost / Faculty Success, UNT. United States of America. (November 9, 2018 - November 9, 2018).
  • Other (Webinar), Testing Program Development, Pearson World Languages. United States of America. (November 1, 2018 - November 1, 2018).
  • Other (Webinar), Flipping the Classroom and the Foreign Language Advantage, Pearson World Languages. United States of America. (October 31, 2018 - October 31, 2018).
  • Other (Webinar), The Role of Play and Practice: Optimizing Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning, Pearson World Languages. United States of America. (October 30, 2018 - October 30, 2018).
  • Other (Webinar), Teaching Materials for the 21st Century Language Class, Pearson World Languages. United States of America. (October 29, 2018 - October 29, 2018).
  • Seminar, Faculty Preparation & Emergency Response Seminar, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, Equity/Inclusion, and Business Service Center. United States of America. (April 4, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, UNT Equity and Diversity Conference, UNT. United States of America. (February 22, 2018).
  • Workshop, Canvas Bootcamp Workshop, CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, & Research), UNT. United States of America. (December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017).
  • Seminar, Faculty Preparation & Emergency Response Seminar, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, Equity/Inclusion, and Business Service Center. United States of America. (April 20, 2017).
  • Other (Webinar), REEF Polling Webinar, CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, & Research), UNT. United States of America. (November 23, 2016 - November 23, 2016).
  • Workshop, Curriculog Training, UNT. United States of America. (October 21, 2016).
  • Workshop, Teaching Portfolio Workshop, UNT Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. United States of America. (August 8, 2016 - August 11, 2016).
  • Conference Attendance, 2016 Symposium on the Teaching and Testing of L2 Interactional Competence, Center for Language and Intercultural Communication at Rice University. United States of America. (April 29, 2016 - May 1, 2016).
  • Seminar, Faculty Preparation & Emergency Response Seminar, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, & Equity/Inclusion. United States of America. (April 13, 2016 - April 13, 2016).
  • Seminar, Faculty Preparation & Emergency Response Seminar, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, & Equity/Inclusion. United States of America. (May 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015).
  • Other (Webinar), Active Learning: How to Engage Students and Improve Language Learning, McGraw-Hill. United States of America. (March 25, 2015 - March 25, 2015).
  • Other (Webinar), Retention Center, CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, & Research), UNT. United States of America. (February 25, 2015 - February 25, 2015).
  • Other (Webinar), Teaching & Learning Trends: Practical Applications of the Teaching Naked Cycle, Wiley Faculty Network. United States of America. (December 10, 2014).
  • Seminar, Study Abroad Pre-Departure Orientations for Faculty Leaders, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, & Equity/Inclusion. United States of America. (April 24, 2014).
  • Seminar, Study Abroad Faculty Leader Training Sessions, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, & Equity/Inclusion. United States of America. (October 2, 2013).
  • Workshop, Boot camp: "Statistics for linguists with R”, University of California, Santa Barbara. United States of America. (August 6, 2012 - August 12, 2012).
  • Workshop, Multi-layered annotation of spoken corpora, Universidad de Jaen. Spain. (March 22, 2012 - March 24, 2012).
  • Seminar, Software Training Session for Study Abroad, UNT Study Abroad Office, Risk Management, Student Health and Wellness Center, & Equity/Inclusion. United States of America. (November 2011).
  • Workshop, Corpus-Based Approaches to Paraphrasing and Nominalization, Universitat de Barcelona. Spain. (December 1, 2010 - December 2, 2010).
  • Workshop, Introductions to Experimental and Computational Research Methods for Cognitive Linguists and Cognitive Linguistics Research for Experimentalists, University of California, San Diego. United States of America. (September 16, 2010 - September 19, 2010).
  • Workshop, Boot camp “Quantitative corpus linguistics with R”, University of North Texas. United States of America. (August 9, 2010 - August 15, 2010).
  • Workshop, Funding for International Research and Scholarly Work, UNT International. United States of America. (April 2009).
  • Workshop, Understanding NSF Broader impacts: Communicating STEM to public audiences, UNT Office of Research and Economic Development. United States of America. (April 2009).
  • Workshop, Quia: How to use an online workbook, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UNT. United States of America. (February 2006).
  • Workshop, Grants for research and scholarship: How to get the money and make sure you get to spend it, UNT. United States of America. (November 19, 2003).
  • Workshop, Gradekeeper: How to use a computer program for grading, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UNT. United States of America. (October 2000).
  • Workshop, Atajo: How to use a computer program for Spanish composition, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UNT. United States of America. (September 2000).
  • Workshop, Practice-of-Teaching Workshop, Indiana University. United States of America. (March 2000).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish, 33 courses.
  • SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish, 19 courses.
  • SPAN 2040 - Intermediate Spanish, 1 course.
  • SPAN 3001 - Advanced Conversation for Non Native Speakers, 1 course.
  • SPAN 3002 - Advanced Conversation for Native/Heritage Speakers, 1 course.
  • SPAN 3003 - Advanced Grammar, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 3060 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 21 courses.
  • SPAN 3080 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for Bilinguals, 4 courses.
  • SPAN 4120 - Advanced Spanish Grammar, 2 courses.
  • SPAN 4210 - Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation, 32 courses.
  • SPAN 4250 - Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language, 10 courses.
  • SPAN 4260 - Linguistic Structures of Spanish, 11 courses.
  • SPAN 4900 - Special Problems, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 5150 - Seminar in Spanish, 2 courses.
  • SPAN 5200 - Seminar in Spanish, 4 courses.
  • SPAN 5230 - Advanced Spanish Grammar, 6 courses.
  • SPAN 5235 - History of the Spanish Language, 1 course.
  • SPAN 5240 - Spanish Linguistics, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 5270 - Spanish Syntax and Morphology, 2 courses.
  • SPAN 5950 - Master's Thesis, 10 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Other (Presenter of the "Teaching Portfolio" Workshop to the Spanish Dept. faculty), Dept. of Spanish, UNT, 15 participants. (March 30, 2017).

Directed Student Learning

  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Consonant Frequency in Spanish and English and the Effects on Age of Acquisition," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (December 2024).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Spanish. (September 2024).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Spanish. (February 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Amparo Dávila y la vía del abandono," Spanish. (2019 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Estrategias didácticas para la enseñanza del enfoque léxico y las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación (TIC) en la clase de español como lengua extranjera," Spanish. (2017 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "La ley de la memoria histórica en el cine y la novela españoles," Spanish. (November 2016 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The diminishing value of the simple-present tense in Spanish among Spanish-English bilinguals living in the United States," Spanish. (2014 - 2018).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair (Primary Advisor), "Introducing Change of Early Implementation of Learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Texas Education System," Honors College. (November 2016 - April 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The Usage of Clitic Pronouns and the Influence of the Definite Article in Spanish among Spanish-Quechua Bilinguals in Peru," Spanish. (2014 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "La evolución del subalterno en tres novelas mexicanas: La negra angustias, Balún Canán y Neonao," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2012 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2010 - 2011).
  • Other (Chair of the MA Comprehensive Exam Committee), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Chair of the MA Comprehensive Exam Committee), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2007 - 2008).
  • Other (Coordinator of 1st/2nd year Spanish), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2001 - 2006).
  • Other (Chair of the MA Comprehensive Exam Committee), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2004 - 2005).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The role of motivation in second language pronunciation," Linguistics. (2004 - 2005).
  • Other (Chair of the MA Comprehensive Exam Committee), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (2003 - 2004).

Awards and Honors

  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. (December 22, 2020).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. (June 10, 2020).
  • Nominated for Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, CLASS (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences), UNT. (May 2019).
  • Honored Faculty for Honors Day, University of North Texas. (2018).
  • Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Spanish, UNT. (2018).
  • Best Presentation Award, International Conference on Humanities, Human and Social Sciences. (August 2017).
  • Thank a Teacher, Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR)/Provost, UNT. (July 21, 2016).
  • Thank a Teacher, Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR)/Provost, UNT. (2015).
  • Thank a Teacher, Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR)/Provost, UNT. (2014).
  • Thank a Teacher, Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR)/Provost, UNT. (2013).
  • Nominee for the President's Council Teaching Awards, University of North Texas, departmental Chair and the Ad hoc Nominating Committee. (2009).
  • Nominee for the President's Council Teaching Awards, University of North Texas, departmental Personnel Affairs Committee. (2007).
  • Recipient for Outstanding Instructor Awards, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. (1999).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Jiyoung Yoon and Stefan Th. Gries. (2016). Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar. (Construction Approaches to Language series 19) vi, 268 pages. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/cal.19/main
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2007). Small clauses in Spanish: The semantics of transitivity.. 183. Munich, LINCOM Publishers.
  • J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Functional approaches to Spanish syntax: Lexical semantics, discourse and transitivity.. xiv + 305 pages. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Book Chapter

  • Jiyoung Yoon & Stefanie Wulff. (2016). A corpus-based study of infinitival and sentential complement constructions in Spanish. Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar (eds. Jiyoung Yoon & Stefan Th. Gries). p.145-164. Amsterdam & Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Yoon, J., Gries, S.T. (2016). Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar: Introduction. Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar (eds. Jiyoung Yoon & Stefan Th. Gries). 1-7. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2014). The role of constructional meanings in novel verb-noun compounds in Spanish. Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar, ed. by Hans C. Boas and F. Gonzálvez-García. p. 37-78. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2013). Productivity of Spanish verb-noun compounds: patterns of metonymy and metaphor. Metaphor and Metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, ed.by F. Gonzálvez-García, M. S. Peña Cervel and L. P. Hernández [special issue/reproduction of RCL journal 9.1]. p. 85-108. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Introduction (Chapter 1). Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax: Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity, ed. by J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. 1-6. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Juan salió contento: Semantic constraints on small clauses in adjunct position.. Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax: Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity, ed. by J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. 265-277. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2004). Infinitival complement constructions in Spanish: A Construction Grammar approach.. Contemporary approaches to Romance Linguistics (Current issues in Linguistic Theory 258), ed. by Julie Auger, J. Clancy Clements, and Barbara Vance.. 381-397. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Yoon, J. (2019). Using an online forum to enhance the learning of Spanish grammar as a second language. Other. Proceedings of the International Conference e-Learning 2019. 355-357.
  • Yoshio Endo, Yoshihisa Kitagawa, and Jiyoung Yoon. (2000). Smaller clauses. Proceedings of the Second GLOW (Generative Linguistics in the Old World) in Asia. 73-95. Nagoya, Nanzan University.
  • Journal Article

  • Yoon, J. (2024). Learning emotion words in beginner Spanish textbooks. 8 (3) 124-152. European Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.
  • Lam, B., Yoon, J. (2023). Dual-Language Testing of Emotional Verbal Fluency: A Closer Look at “Joy,” “Sadness,” “Fear,” “Anger,” and “Disgust”. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 38 (1) 91-105. Oxford University Press.
  • Lam, B.P., Yoon, J. (2023). The effect of language dominance on classic semantic, action, emotional, and phonemic fluency in unbalanced bilinguals. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 66 (12) 4967-4983. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
  • Yoon, J. (2021). Students' perception of blended asynchronous and synchronous learning in an advanced Spanish conversation class. European Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.. European Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. 5 (6) 32-66.
  • Yoon, J. (2019). Teaching and learning vocabulary as L2: Approaches in Spanish textbooks. Language Teaching and Educational Research (LATER). 2 (2) 114-131.
  • Yoon, J. (2018). Teaching infinitival complements in Spanish as a second language: Spanish textbook explanations. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching. 6 (4) 300-320.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2015). The Grammaticalization of the Spanish Complement-taking Verb without a Complementizer. Journal of Social Sciences. (Special issue: Phraseology, Phraseodidactics and Construction Grammar(s). Ed. By María Isabel González-Rey) p. 338-351.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2011). Productivity of Spanish verb-noun compounds: patterns of metonymy and metaphor. Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 9 (1) 83-106. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2009). Constructional meanings of verb-noun compounds in Spanish: limpiabotas vs. tientaparedes.. Language Sciences. 31 507-530. Amsterdam, Elsevier.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2009). The role of abstraction in syntax: from a functionalist perspective. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 2.1. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 2.1. 221-237. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2004). Las técnicas de INDIVIDUACIÓN e IDENTIFICACIÓN en coreano y español: Análisis contrastivo. Función 21-24. Other. Función 21-24. 279-337. Guadalajara, Universidad de Guadalajara.
  • Review Essay

  • Yoon, J. (2020). Review of Functionalist and Usage-based Approaches to the Study of Language. In honor of Joan L. Bybee (2018), ed. by K. Aaron Smith & Dawn Nordquist, p. 315-326. Constructions and Frames, 12(2). Amsterdam / New York, John Benjamins Publishing Companay.

Presentations Given

  • A corpus-based study of infinitival complement constructions in Spanish (Jiyoung Yoon & Stefanie Wulff), presented at a workshop "Construction Grammar beyond English: observational and experimental approaches" at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Universidad de la Rioja, Spain (September 8-11, 2011), (2011 - 2011).
  • Data in Construction Grammar (Introduction) (Jiyoung Yoon and Stefan Th. Gries), presented at a workshop"Construction Grammar beyond English: observational and experimental approaches" at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Universidad de la Rioja, Spain (September 8-11, 2011), (2011 - 2011).
  • Yoon, J. (Chair), Organization of a workshop "Construction Grammar beyond English: observational and experimental approaches", (2011 - 2011).
  • The role of metonymy and metaphor in Spanish verb-noun compounds. Poster presented at the Conceptual structure, discourse and language conference (CSDL) in San Diego, California, (2010 - 2010).
  • The semantics of metaphorical and metonymical compounds in Spanish. Poster presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium in Bloomington, Indiana, (2010 - 2010).
  • Productivity of Spanish verb-noun compounds: patterns of metonymy and metaphor, Presented at the 1st International Conference Figurative Language Learning and Figurative Language Use: Theory and Applications, (2009 - 2009).
  • The semantics of infinitival complementation in Spanish: A cognitive-constructional account, Presented at LASSO, (2009 - 2009).
  • Comprehending and creating novel verb-noun compounds in Spanish: The role of constructional meanings, Presented at the 5th International Construction Grammar Conference, (2008 - 2008).
  • Creative verb-noun compounds in Spanish: A cognitive perspective, Presented at the MLA (Modern Language Association), (2008 - 2008).
  • A semantic study of Spanish emotion verbs: gustar vs. amar, Presented at the 40th SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Scholars), (2007 - 2007).
  • Constructional meanings of verb noun compounds in Spanish, Presented at the HLS (Hispanic Linguistics Symposium), (2007 - 2007).
  • The interaction of metonymy and metaphor in verb-noun compounds in Spanish, Presented at LASSO XXXVI (the 36th annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest), (2007 - 2007).
  • Deverbal compounds in Spanish: un abrelatas vs. un saltamontes, Presented at LASSO, (2006 - 2006).
  • Expressing emotion, necessity, and possession in Spanish and Korean: A construction grammar approach. Presented at HDLS-7 (High Desert Linguistics Society), (2006 - 2006).
  • Two meanings of deverbal compounds in Spanish: a lexical constructional approach, Presented at SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association), (2006 - 2006).
  • Possible subjects in Spanish and English: A Construction Grammar Approach, Presented at the 8th Annual Ohio State University Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures, (2005 - 2005).
  • Subjects in Spanish: The Semantics of Subjects, Word Order, and Verb Transitivity, Presented at the 34th annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest, (2005 - 2005).
  • Infinitival complements in Spanish: Problems with Spanish textbook explanations, Presented at LASSO XXXIII, (2004 - 2004).
  • Possible subjects in Spanish, Presented at the 37th SCOLAS, (2004 - 2004).
  • A Construction Grammar approach to the infinitival complement in Spanish, Presented at the 33rd LSRL (Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, (2003 - 2003).
  • A semantic approach to the infinitival complement construction in Spanish, Presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest, (2003 - 2003).
  • role of lexical aspect in the acquisition of the preterite and the imperfect in Spanish: A case study of a learner of Spanish as a foreign language." Presented at the 36th SCOLAS, (2003 - 2003).
  • Telicity in secondary predication in Spanish." Presented at the 55th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, (2002 - 2002).
  • ¿Consideras inteligente a Juan?: Transitivity in small clauses in Spanish." Presented at LASSO, (2002 - 2002).
  • Semantic constraints on adjunct predicates in Spanish, Presented at the 4th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, (2000 - 2000).
  • On verbal compounds in Spanish and Korean, Presented at the 52nd Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, (1999 - 1999).
  • Smaller clauses (co-authors: Yoshihisa Kitagawa and Yoshio Endo). Presented at GLOW, (1999 - 1999).
  • Beyond a reasonable doubt: Replicating and revising interlanguage pragmatic judgment tasks, (1998 - 1998).
  • Oral Presentation

  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), LVIII Congreso Internacional de la AEPE (Asociación Europea de Profesores de Español), Aprendizaje de palabras de emociones en libros de texto de español para principiantes, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Spain. (2024 - 2024).
  • Lam, B.P. (Author & Presenter), Yoon, J. (Author), 2023 ASHA Convention (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), Semantic, Action, Emotional, and Phonemic Fluency in Unbalanced Bilinguals: Different Tasks, Different Language Dominance Effects, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston/virtual, United States of America. (2023).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), LVII Congreso Internacional de la AEPE (Asociación Europea de Profesores de Español), La percepción de los estudiantes sobre una clase remota de español como lengua extranjera que combina aprendizajes sincrónicos y asincrónicos, Universidad de Vigo, Spain, Spain. (2023).
  • Lam, B. (Author & Presenter), Yoon, J. (Author), 2022 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Measuring emotional verbal fluency in dual-language speakers: What does dual-language testing tell us?, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Lam, B. (Author & Presenter), Yoon, J. (Author), 2022 ASHA Convention (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), Measuring Emotional Verbal Fluency in Dual-Language Speakers: What Does Dual-Language Testing Tell Us?, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), Corpus and Language Variation in English Research (CLAVIER 2021) conference, Gender-neutral forms in digital discourses in Spanish: Variations and usages, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy, Italy & virtual, Italy. (2021 - 2021).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), The 19th annual conference of AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos/European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes, The emergence of gender-neutral forms in Spanish: A corpus-based analysis, Virtual & Barcelona, Spain, Spain. (2021 - 2021).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), 19th International Conference of AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos/European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes), The emergence of gender-neutral forms in Spanish: A corpus-based analysis, European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes, Barcelona, Spain, Spain. (2020 - 2020).
  • Paper

  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), International Conference e-Learning 2019, Using an online forum to enhance the learning of Spanish grammar as a second language, Porto, Portugal. (2019).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), 7th International Congress on Education and Learning, Active learning of Spanish complementation in a study abroad context, Université Paris Diderot, France. (2018).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), 19th International Conference on Humanities, Human and Social Sciences, Learning Spanish as a second language: using infinitives as verbal complements, Vancouver, Canada, Canada. (2017).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), International Education Conference, Teaching Spanish verb-noun compounds as a second language, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2016).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH 2015), Espero estés bien ‘I hope you are well’: Complementizer Omission in Spanish, Brighton, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. (2015).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), International Education Conference, Teaching Infinitival Complements in Spanish: Spanish textbook explanations, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Yo digo 'I say' and Yo creo 'I think': the grammaticalization of the Spanish complement constructions, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), Wulff, S. (Author & Presenter), Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Infinitival and sentential complement constructions in Spanish: A corpus-based study. To be presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS) in Gainesville, FL (October 25-28, 2012), Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Yoon, J. (Author & Presenter), The 5th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages and Linguistics, What verbal components tell about Spanish verb-noun compounds: frequency effects in compound processing. Presented at the 5th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages, & Linguistics, Athens, Greece (July 9-12, 2012), Athens, Greece, Greece. (2012 - 2012).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "SCA (Scholarly and Creative Activity) Awards," sponsored by UNT, Local, $5000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Small Grant," sponsored by UNT, Local, $1500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Research and Creativity Enhancement (RCE) Awards," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $13354 Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Research and Creativity Enhancement (RCE) Awards," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (2010 - 2010).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2005 - 2005).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2004 - 2004).

Service

University Service

  • Other, Associate Chair of the Department of Spanish. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, GAC (Graduate Affairs Committee). (August 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Graduate Advisor of Spanish. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Lecture Series (Dr. Pacheco). (February 8, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, University Faculty Grievance Committee (Faculty Senate). (August 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2002 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Promotion Committee. (September 2024 - December 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Reception for Dr. Schaake's Retirement. (December 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Convocation, The Investiture Ceremony of President Keller. (November 13, 2024).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, CLASS Awards Ceremony. (November 4, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Spanish Department Guest Lecture Series (Angélica Ocampo). (October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Hispanic Heritage Month: Finale (Folxlórico Dance Perfomance). (October 14, 2024).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Spanish Honor Society (Sigma Delta Pi) inception Ceremony. (September 27, 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, Grad Studies Expo. (September 24, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-off. (September 17, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Chairs Retreat. (September 13, 2024).
  • Attendee, Convocation, Fall CLASS General Faculty Assembly. (September 12, 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, College Day for Spanish Majors. (August 14, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Meet-and-greet Breakfast with President Keller. (August 2, 2024).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of Spanish. (September 2023 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (August 2021 - May 2024).
  • Attendee, Graduation, CLASS Graduate Students' Commencement Ceremony. (May 12, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Faculty Focus Group (CLASS Faculty Initiative). (May 7, 2024).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Award Ceremony. (April 19, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Meet and Greet with a Spanish Lecturer candidate. (April 9, 2024).
  • Workshop Organizer, Spanish Master's Program Virtual Info Session. (April 4, 2024).
  • Attendee, Convocation, Spring CLASS General Faculty Assembly. (March 28, 2024).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Lecture Series (Librada Cruz). (March 26, 2024).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Spanish Honor Society (Sigma Delta Pi) inception Ceremony. (March 1, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, CLASS GCC (Graduate Curriculum Committee) - Re: SCH reduction from 36 to 30 (Spanish MA). (February 27, 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, CLASS Finding Majors/Minors event. (February 22, 2024).
  • Faculty Advisor, New MA Student Orientation. (February 6, 2024).
  • Attendee, Graduation, CLASS Commencement (for undergraduates). (December 2023).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Development Leave Committee (Faculty Senate). (2017 - 2023).
  • Other (TracDat Coordinator, Dept. of Spanish), TracDat Coordinator. (2017 - 2023).
  • Other, Interviewer of an Adjunct Instructor of Korean (Dept. of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures). (December 14, 2023).
  • Other (Reviewer of Spanish), Fulbright U.S. Student Program Scholarship. (November 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Días de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ceremony and presentation organized by the Sigma Delta Pi. (November 1, 2023).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Lecture Series (Dr. Brian). (October 24, 2023).
  • Other (Host of an activity/a session for the event), Hosted and presented a Hispanic Heritage Month activity. (October 3, 2023).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Award Ceremony for 2022-2023 academic year. (April 14, 2023).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Lecture Series (Dr. Manning). (April 13, 2023).
  • Committee Member, SCA Grant Review Committee (CLASS). (December 2022).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Speaker Series (Dr. Moyna's talk). (November 4, 2022).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi Chapter: Ceremony for the Initiation for new members. (October 28, 2022).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Spanish Faculty Retreat (all-day) by the Dept. of Spanish. (September 9, 2022).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee for an Adjunct Instructor of Korean, Dept. of World Languages. (April 2022 - July 2022).
  • Other (Committee Secretary), Personnel Affairs Committee (role: Secretary). (January 2022 - June 2022).
  • Other (Attendee of Award Ceremony & Wrote/read a homage for a retired faculty), Spanish Department Award Ceremony for 2021-2022 academic year (virtual). (April 29, 2022).
  • Other (Co-Presenter and Panelist), Co-Presenter and panelist of the University FDL (Faculty Development Leave) Workshop, organized by the UNT Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs, Faculty Success. (April 6, 2022).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Speaker Series (Dr. Toribio's talk). (March 30, 2022).
  • Attendee, Meeting, 2022 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference (virtual). (March 23, 2022).
  • Attendee, Meeting, APR (Academic Program Review) of the Department of Spanish by External Review. (February 10, 2022).
  • Task Force Member, Spanish Department Guest Speaker Series (Dr. José F. Aranda’s talk). (February 2, 2022).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams (Proficiency Exam Conductor and Evaluator), Korean Proficiency Exam creator and examiner for the foreign language certification. (2009 - 2021).
  • Committee Member, CLASS Inclusive Excellence Committee. (December 2020 - August 2021).
  • Attendee, Meeting, 2021 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference (virtual). (March 23, 2021).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi Chapter: Ceremony for the Initiation of new members. (February 13, 2021).
  • Co-Director, Faculty-led Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica. (2011 - 2020).
  • Committee Chair, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2019 - May 2020).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi Chapter: Ceremony for the Initiation of new members. (February 28, 2020).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi Chapter: Ceremony for the Initiation of new members. (February 2020).
  • Other (Presenter), Hispanic Heritage Month. (October 15, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee. (2018 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2015 - 2018).
  • Attendee, Award Ceremony, Institutional Effectiveness (TracDat) Award. (November 28, 2018).
  • Other (Presenter), Hispanic Heritage Month. (September 27, 2018).
  • Attendee, Meeting, UNT Equity and Diversity Conference. (February 22, 2018).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (2015 - 2017).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Focus Group Session. (November 10, 2017).
  • Other (Presenter), UNT College Day, Dept. of Spanish. (August 24, 2017).
  • Other (Acting Chair), Acting Chair for the Spanish Department. (March 6, 2017 - March 10, 2017).
  • Other (Secretary), Personnel Affairs Committee. (2015 - 2016).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Curriculog Training Workshop. (October 21, 2016).
  • Other (Presenter), UNT College Day, Dept. of Spanish. (August 25, 2016).
  • Attendee, Graduation, Graduation Commencement for the College of Arts and Sciences. (May 14, 2016).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Recruitment. (2015 - 2015).
  • Committee Chair, Ad Hoc Grade Appeal Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Other (Secretary), Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Committee Member, Award Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Member, External Funding / Scholarship Committee. (2012 - 2014).
  • Member, Faculty Mentor Committee (Faculty Senate Committee). (2009 - 2014).
  • Other (Secretary), Personnel Affairs Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, Election Committee. (2010 - 2012).
  • Member, Speakers Committee. (2009 - 2011).
  • Other (Outside member), Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of Linguistics. (2010 - 2010).
  • Member, Search Committee for an Italian Lecturer. (2009 - 2009).
  • Other (Director), Faculty-led Study Abroad Program in Guadalajara, Mexico. (2008 - 2009).
  • Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (2008 - 2009).
  • Other (Outside member), Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of Linguistics. (2008 - 2009).
  • Committee Chair, Ad hoc Committee on Faculty Merit Evaluation. (2008 - 2008).
  • Member, Search Committee for an Assistant or Associate Professor in 18C/19C Peninsular Spanish Literature. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Secretary), Graduate Affairs Committee. (2007 - 2008).
  • Committee Chair, Library Committee. (2006 - 2008).
  • Member, Search Committee for a triple search (three positions in Assistant Professor). (2007 - 2007).
  • Member, Search Committee for an Assistant Professor in 18C/19C Peninsular Spanish Literature or Poetry. (2006 - 2007).
  • Member, Teaching Fellows/Teaching Assistant Committee (Faculty Senate. (2003 - 2007).
  • Member, Search Committee for a Spanish Lecturer. (2006 - 2006).
  • Member, External Funding / Scholarship Committee. (2005 - 2006).
  • Other (Coordinator), Coordinator of 1st/2nd year Spanish. (2001 - 2006).
  • Committee Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2004 - 2005).
  • Member, Search Committee for an Advanced Associate/Full Professor in an open field in Spanish. (2004 - 2005).
  • Member, Search Committee for an Assistant Professor in Contemporary Spanish Literature. (2004 - 2005).
  • Member, Social Committee. (2004 - 2005).
  • Other (Chair / Member), Scholarship Committee. (2003 - 2004).
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. (2003 - 2004).
  • Other (Member / Secretary), Search Committee for an Assistant Professor in Latin American Culture. (2003 - 2004).
  • Member, Graduate Recruitment Committee. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (MLA interviewer), MLA (Modern Language Association) interviewer of the candidates for a Spanish/Latin American Culture position. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Member / Secretary), Search Committee for an Assistant Professor in Spanish Poetry. (2002 - 2003).

Public Service

  • Guest Speaker, UNT visit with TCC (Tarrant County College) students: info session about the Spanish Department. (April 12, 2024).

Professional Service

  • External T&P Letter Writer, Coastal Carolina University. (2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: AILA Review (International Association of Applied Linguistics), John Benjamins Publishing Company. (2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: LSHSS (Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. (2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: a book chapter for an edited volume Sintaxis del español / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Syntax, edited by Victoria Vázquez Rozas, Rena Torres Cacoullos and Guillermo Rojo. (2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: journal Káñina, Revista de Artes y Letras de la Universidad de Costa Rica. (2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company, (2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company, (2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Review of Cognitive Linguistics [International journal]. John Benjamins Publishing Company, (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Second Language Research. (2019 - 2019).
  • Session Chair, Session Chair: the 19th International Conference on Humanities, Human and Social Sciences. Vancouver, (2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Corpora: Corpus-based Language Learning, Language Processing and Linguistics. Edinburgh University Press, (2016).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Reviewer: International Education Conference. (2016).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Reviewer: European Conference on Arts and Humanities (ecah2015). (2015).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee for the Modern Language Association (MLA) (for the Division on Language Theory). (2014 - 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Mouton de Gruyter. (2014).
  • Committee Chair, Executive Committee for the Modern Language Association (MLA) (for the Division on Language Theory). (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Cognitive Linguistics , Mouton de Gruyter. (2013).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Review of Cognitive Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company. (2013).
  • Other (Secretary), Executive Committee for the Modern Language Association (MLA) (for the Division on Language Theory). (2012 - 2013).
  • Workshop Organizer, Organizer of a workshop "Construction Grammar beyond English: observational and experimental approaches" at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea. Universidad de la Rioja, (2011 - 2011).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Reviewer: Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea [International conference]. (2011).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Cognitive Linguistics, Mouton de Gruyter. (2011).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, Mouton de Gruyter. (2011).
  • Member, Executive Committee for the Modern Language Association (MLA) (for the Division on Language Theory). (2010 - 2011).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Language Sciences. (2008).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer: Selected Proceedings of Hispanic Linguistic Symposium 2007. (2008).

Consulting

  • Other (Consultant of Spanish linguistic expertise (2022-2023), for the NIMH Diversity Supplement Grant), Dr. Camilo Ruggero, Dept. of Psychology, UNT, Professor; Deisy Gonzalez Zapata, Dept. of Psychology, UNT, Doctoral student in Clinical Psychology, UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 - March 2023).
  • Other (External grant (Spencer Foundation Grant): worked as Spanish language consultant and worked for data collection and organization, & RA supervision), Spencer Foundation Grant by Dr. Boji P. W. Lam (Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of North Texas), United States of America. (December 2020 - November 2021).
  • Other (NSF (National Science Foundation) Grant collaborator and consultant), NSF Grant project by Dr. Katsura Aoyama/Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, UNT, United States of America. (November 2018 - 2020).