Dr. Sean Mckinnon

Biography

Sean McKinnon is an Assistant Professor specializing in Linguistics at Texas A&M University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Spanish from Ohio State University, followed by a Master of Arts in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He completed his Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics at Indiana University - Bloomington. McKinnon's research focuses on sociolinguistics, with an emphasis on language variation and change, language contact, and language ideologies. His research agenda broadly addresses bilingual speech communities, including heritage language and minority language speakers, particularly within the Spanish-speaking world. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Studies in Language Acquisition, Spanish Context, and Studies in Hispanic Lusophone Linguistics, as well as in edited volumes and handbooks. He also co-edited the book 'Recent Developments in Hispanic Linguistics: Studies in Structure, Variation, Bilingualism' published by John Benjamins. At Texas A&M, Dr. McKinnon teaches advanced graduate courses in Spanish linguistics and core curriculum courses in linguistics taught in English.

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