Dr. Claudia Quevedo Webb

Biography

Claudia Quevedo-Webb holds a BA and MA in Spanish Language Literatures, and a PhD in Spanish Linguistics from the Complutense University of Madrid. She began her career as a language instructor and teaching assistant at Harvard University from 2017 to 2020 before becoming an Assistant Instructional Professor of Spanish at the University of Chicago. Her research interests focus on the use of new technologies in the language classroom, particularly the integration of Virtual Reality (VR) to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in language teaching and learning. At the University of Chicago, she served as co-director of the Virtual Reality Spanish Portuguese Project from 2020 to 2023, engaging with VR to address critical cultural engagement in the Spanish language classroom. She is currently a co-director of the DEI-SLT project, an open educational resource website supported by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture and Language Learning (CERCLL) at the University of Arizona, aimed at bridging language teaching with social justice. Claudia is also involved in the Virtual Reality Exchange Project, collaborating with the Syndrome Foundation of Cantabria to organize asynchronous VR exchanges for Northwestern students. Her work encompasses significant contributions to integrating technology in language education effectively.

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