Dr. Teresa Satterfield

Biography

Teresa Satterfield is a Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, specializing in bilingualism, syntactic theory, and language acquisition. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, and her academic interests include child bilingualism, language contact phenomena, and the intersection of language and culture in the context of U.S. (Afro-)Latinx identity. Satterfield collaborates extensively using fNIRS brain imaging techniques to inform theories of syntactic development and literacy research in bilingual children. She is the founder and director of 'En Nuestra Lengua,' a community-based Spanish academic program that serves Spanish-speaking children in grades Pre-K through 5. Her research has been published in prestigious journals and books, including contributions to works published by MIT Press and Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Satterfield has also taught a variety of undergraduate courses that integrate topics of race, ethnicity, and linguistic structure, emphasizing the linguistic experiences of diverse populations.

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