Marisleydi Ramos-Borrego
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5338 USA
- Ph.D., Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, with an emphasis in Sociolinguistics, University of Miami, 2026
- M.A., Spanish, with an emphasis in Applied Linguistics, Florida International University, 2021
- B.A., Hispanic Philology, with an emphasis in Spanish Linguistics, University of Havana, Cuba, 2013
- sociolinguistics
- Spanish in the United States
- language and identity
- Spanish as a heritage language
- sociolinguistics, language variation
- language ideologies and attitudes
- sociolinguistics of performance
Dr. Ramos-Borrego joined the Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University after completing her Ph.D. at the University of Miami. Her doctoral dissertation pioneered the sociolinguistic study of U.S. Spanish-language theater and performance, developing the "Sociolinguistics of Spanish-Language Theater Performance," the first systematic framework of its kind to approach theatrical performance from a sociolinguistic perspective across linguistic and national traditions. This interdisciplinary work makes theoretical and empirical contributions to sociolinguistics, U.S. Spanish studies, and performance studies, while extending into humanities disciplines such as cultural and diaspora studies through its examination of language, migration, identity, and cultural production.
Her scholarship also investigates how intergenerational transmission, and dialect contact affect the maintenance, accommodation, and social revaluation of linguistic features across generations. Her research on bilingualism and heritage Spanish brings morphosyntax, bilingualism, and language pedagogy into dialogue to advance research-informed approaches to Spanish language education. Supported by competitive awards, Ramos-Borrego’s scholarship has resulted in peer-reviewed publications, international conference presentations, invited talks, and scholarly contributions. Beginning early in her scholarly career, she was invited to contribute to major reference works, including "The Oxford Handbook of the Spanish Language" and "The Handbook of Ibero-American Studies." Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Language Teaching Research and has been presented at major international conferences, including Sociolinguistics Symposium 25.