Jhonni Rochelle Charisse Carr, PhD
Conintuing Lecturer of Spanish Linguistics
Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley
Academic Appointments
Continuing Lecturer of Spanish Linguistics
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
University of California, Berkeley
Lecturer of Spanish Linguistics
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Assistant Professor (Faculty Fellow)
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Assistant
Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Department of Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles
2024-present
2018-2024
2017-2018
2011-2017
Education
2017
2012
2009
Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles
Committee: Norma Mendoza-Denton, Carlos Quicoli, Ji Young Kim, Olga Kagan✝, Claudia Parodi✝
M.A. in Spanish Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. in Spanish Language and Culture
Minor: French Language and Culture
California State University, San Marcos
Publications
Signs of language justice? Solidarity, belonging, and strategies for fostering linguistic equity. In M. Ramos Pellicia, P. MacGregor-Mendoza & M. Niño-Murcia (Eds.), Advocating for sociolinguistic justice in the United States: Empowering Spanish-speaking communities (pp. 24–56). Routledge.
Reframing the question of correlation between the local linguistic population and urban signage: The case of Spanish in the Los Angeles linguistic landscape. In P. Gubitosi and M. Ramos Pellicia (Eds.), Linguistic landscape in the Spanish-speaking world (pp. 239–265). John Benjamins.
Language solidarity: How to create a forcefield with words. With Román Luján. In C. Boullosa and A. Quintero Soriano (Eds.), Let’s talk about your wall: The border crisis from the Mexican perspective (pp. 49–62). New York, NY: The New Press. Companion website here.
Yo quiero Taco Bell: How Hispanic culture affects American taste buds. Voices 1(1): 49–55.
¿Y el español? Language policies and use of Spanish at an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. With Laura Álvarez López (Stockholm University). In preparation for Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal.
Signs of our times: Spanish in the Los Angeles linguistic landscape. Book manuscript.
Come work from Mexico, it’s truly magical: la gentrificación lingüística de Mazunte, Oaxaca. In preparation for Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies.
Salvador da Bahia ten years later: A diachronic study of the Brazilian linguistic landscape. In preparation for Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics.
Technology in the classroom and beyond: Designing and disseminating results of a collaborative research project in the undergraduate Spanish linguistics course. In preparation for Journal of Research on Technology in Education.
Linguistic landscaping 101: Methodological approaches to ethics, safety, and effectiveness while conducting LL fieldwork. In preparation for Language and Linguistics Compass.
BOOK REVIEWS
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
2024b
Presentations
Signs of language justice? Solidarity, belonging, and strategies for fostering linguistic inclusion. Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles. (November 18).
Visualizing voices: The use of Spanish in signage at an aspiring Latinx Thriving Institution. With Laura Álvarez López (Stockholm University) and Sol Yuritzin Arroyo-Jacuinde (undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley). Latinx Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. (April 26).
Language policies and use of Spanish at an aspiring Hispanic Serving Institution. With Laura Álvarez López (Stockholm University). Research Group on Multilingualism Teaching and Learning in a Critical Perspective, Stockholm University, Sweden. (December 19).
Methodological challenges and solutions for linguistic landscape data collection. Institute for Foreign Language Philologies, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany. (June 12).
The linguistic and psychosocial accessibility of three Latinx majority neighborhoods. Institute for Romance Studies, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria. (June 5).
Social justice implications regarding the presence and absence of Spanish in the urban signage. Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles. (November 22).
Korean meets English meets Spanish: The linguistic landscape of Koreatown, Los Angeles. Korean Heritage Language Research Group, University of California, Irvine. (August 10).
Signs of language justice: The case of Spanish in the linguistic landscape. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of California, Los Angeles. (January 24).
Language and the right to the public space. Department of Anthropology, Geography and Ethnic Studies, California State University, Stanislaus. 2021 GIS Day: Geography Meets the Humanities. (November 15).
Language solidarity: How to create a force field with words. Department of Modern Languages, Rhode Island College. (September 27). Virtual lecture.
Language justice and the use of Spanish in public signage. Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, State University of New York at Binghamton. (March 24). In-person lecture changed to virtual lecture due to Coronavirus.
Spanish in Los Angeles urban signage: Language attitudes and linguistic communities. Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. (February 1).
Applications in sociolinguistics: Linguistic Landscape Studies. Modern Languages Department Research Colloquium, California State University, Dominguez Hills. (October 18).
Multilingualism in the linguistic landscape of central Mexico City. Advanced Topics in Linguistics, Translation & Multilingualism, State University of New York at Binghamton. (November 30).
The role of Spanish at an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution: Language policies and the linguistic landscape. With Laura Álvarez López (Stockholm University) and Sol Yuritzin Arroyo-Jacuinde (UC Berkeley). I California Spanish Conference, University of California, Riverside. (November 16-17).
¿Y el español? Language policies and use of Spanish at an aspiring Hispanic Serving Institution. With Laura Álvarez López (Stockholm University). Panel: The multicultural utopia of US Hispanic-serving universities: What are we ‘selling’? The 14th Linguistic Landscapes International Workshop (LL14), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. (September 6-8).
A framework for measuring language representation in the linguistic landscape: The case of Los Angeles Koreatown. With Ji Young Kim (UCLA). The 28th Conference on Spanish in the United States (SIUS)/13th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. (April 6-8).
Come work from Mexico, it’s truly magical: la gentrificación en el paisaje lingüístico de Mazunte. I Congreso Internacional de Paisaje Lingüístico (ICIPL), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. (November 9-11).
Methods for conducting research on Spanish in the urban signage: Preparation, fieldwork, and post-fieldwork procedures. The 10th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS10), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. (April 7-9).
Technology in the classroom and beyond: Designing and disseminating results of a collaborative LL research project. The 12th Linguistic Landscapes International Workshop (LL12), University of Gothenburg, Sweden. (September 1-3).
Analyzing the correlation between oral and written language in the linguistic landscape: An empirical model. The 2021 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Virtual Conference. (March 20-23).
[CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS] Teaching language and linguistics through multilingual urban signage. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 102nd Annual Conference, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (July 9-12).
[CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS] Methods for conducting research on Spanish in the urban signage: Preparation, fieldwork, and post-fieldwork procedures. The 10th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS10), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. (April 15-18).
Linguistic landscaping 101: Methodological approaches to ethics, safety, and effectiveness while conducting LL fieldwork. The 11th Linguistic Landscapes International Workshop (LL11), Bangkok, Thailand. (June 3-7).
Signs of language justice: The case of Spanish in the linguistic landscape. The 27th Conference on Spanish in the United States (SIUS)/12th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages, Cleveland State University. (April 4-6).
Yo no chaqueteo: Overt, covert, and local prestige in the Los Angeles linguistic landscape. The 9th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS9), Queens College-CUNY, New York, New York. (April 5).
Language attitudes and the perceived value of Spanish as the language of advertising in Los Angeles. The 2017 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. (October 28).
Perceptions and realities of Spanish in the urban signage of Los Angeles. The 26th Conference on Spanish in the United States (SIUS)/11th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (April 7).
Linguistic rejection and appreciation in the Los Angeles linguistic landscape. The 2017 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL): Applied Linguistics and Transdisciplinarity, Portland, Oregon. (March 18).
Project-based learning in the Spanish heritage language classroom: A video project proposal. The 10th International Conference on Language Teacher Education: Language Teacher Education for a World on the Move: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Student Populations, University of California, Los Angeles. (February 4).
Through the lens of Linguistic Landscape Studies: A new approach to studying Los Angeles Vernacular Spanish. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2016 Fall Conference, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. (November 12).
Signs of ethnolinguistic vitality: Spanish in the linguistic landscape of Southeast Los Angeles. The 8th Linguistic Landscapes International Workshop (LL8): Regeneration, Revitalisation, Reterritorialisation, Liverpool, United Kingdom. (April 21).
En la Línea Roja: Language attitudes regarding the linguistic landscape of a Hollywood metro cabin. The 8th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS8), Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. (April 16).
Reflection on practice: Questioning comparisons in Linguistic Landscape Studies. The 7th Linguistic Landscape International Workshop (LL7): Questioning Boundaries, Opening Spaces, University of California, Berkeley. (May 8).
Comparing Koreatowns: The linguistic landscape of the K-Towns of Los Angeles & Mexico City. The 7th Linguistic Landscape International Workshop (LL7): Questioning Boundaries, Opening Spaces, University of California, Berkeley. (May 8).
Spanish meets English meets Korean: Language contact in the linguistic landscape of Zona Rosa. Georgetown University Round Table (GURT): Diversity and Super-Diversity: Sociocultural Linguistic Perspectives, Washington, D.C. (March 15).
The vernaculars of Koreatown: Language contact in the linguistic landscape. The 130th Modern Language Association Annual Convention (MLA), Vancouver, Canada. (January 9).
The role of Spanish in the linguistic landscape of Southeast Los Angeles. The XVII Annual Ohio State University Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHiLL), The Ohio State University. (April 12).
The functions of Spanish in Huntington Park: An analysis of the linguistic landscape. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2013 Fall Conference, University of California, Los Angeles. (October 26).
Hablas mejor que yo: actitudes de hablantes nativos hacia el español de hablantes no nativos avanzados. OCUPANDO el español en Los Ángeles: temas varios de una lengua en ebullición, University of California, Los Angeles. (June 13).
The whole enchilada on language attitudes: The lack of phonetic adaptation of words of Spanish language origin in English. The 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States: Language Contact, Language Conflict, and Language Confluence at the Edge of the Nation, University of Texas-Pan American. (March 6).
One margarita, please! Language attitudes regarding pronunciation in the language of origin. Why Spanish Matters II: Bilingualism & Beyond, University of California, Los Angeles. (April 26).
Is phonetic pronunciation in the language of origin stigmatized? A pilot study. The 6th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS6), University of Arizona. (April 13).
Myth and realities about bilingual speakers in the U.S. (With A. Guerrero). Protecting Identity and Diversity: Language and Cultural Rights, University of California, Santa Barbara. (February 23).
Tapatío, tacos, and tequila: Hispanic influence on American taste preferences. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (December 9).
Yo quiero Taco Bell: How Hispanic culture affects American taste buds. Why Spanish Matters I: el español en EE.UU, University of California, Los Angeles. (February 16).
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Mariska, Ann, Claudia Parodi, Chase, Jhonni, and Ian at the 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States (March 2013)
Research Grants & Fellowships
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Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Latinx Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. With undergraduate mentee Sol Yuritzin Arroyo-Jacuinde
UC Online Campus Block Fund, multi-campus grant. PI: Agustina Carando (UC Davis). Co-PI: Jhonni Carr (UC Berkeley), Covadonga Lamar Prieto (UC Riverside), Viola Miglio (UC Santa Barbara), and Aline Alves Ferreira (UC Santa Barbara)
Community Partnership Grant, The American Cultures Center, University of California, Berkeley: grant to deepen faculty research and teaching of community-engaged scholarship and support community engagement. Organized talk by director of Alce su Voz ('Speak Out'), a coalition of Spanish-speaking Latinx families, interpreters, healthcare providers, community leaders, and university faculty and students whose mission is to improve health equity for Spanish speakers and speakers of indigenous languages in the US.
Fellow and grant recipient, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley
Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Latinx Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. With undergraduate mentee Sol Yuritzin Arroyo-Jacuinde
Lecture Grant Award, Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley
Travel Grant, Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley
Research Travel Grant, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Development Grant, University Council – American Federation of Teachers, University of California
Community Partnership Grant, The American Cultures Center, University of California, Berkeley. Organized talk by Spanish Language Access Coordinator Juan Luna Díaz-Durán: Speaking up: Pathways for linguistics students toward language access advocacy
Travel Grant, Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Development Grant, University Council – American Federation of Teachers, University of California
Fellow and grant recipient, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley: “Developing a Linguistic Solidarity Curriculum in the Language Classroom”
Professional Development Grant, University Council – American Federation of Teachers, University of California
Travel Grant, Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Development Grant, University Council – American Federation of Teachers, University of California
Research Travel Grant, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Fellow, Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley: teaching release to develop a course on Spanish in the linguistic landscape
Professional Development Grant, University Council – American Federation of Teachers, University of California
Travel Grant, Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley: received grant to present at the 27th Conference on Spanish in the United States in Cleveland, Ohio
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division
Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA Graduate Division
Year-Long Research Mentorship, UCLA Graduate Division
Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA Graduate Division
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, UCLA Latin American Institute: grant to conduct research in Salvador, Brazil
UC Regents Fellowship, Regents of the University of California
Dean’s Diebold Fellowship, UCLA Humanities Division
Teaching Experience
Spanish Phonetics and Phonology*
Spanish Pronunciation and Accents in Native and Non-Native Speakers*
Spanish in the U.S. and in Contact with Other Languages*
Spanish Dialectology and Sociolinguistic Variation
Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Approaches to Spanish Bilingualism
Spanish in the Linguistic Landscape: Implications for Linguistic and Sociocultural Study*
Spanish Morphology and Syntax*
Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
Dialectology and Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-Speaking World*
Introduction to Spanish & Portuguese Linguistics
Brazilian Culture (Teaching assistant)
Elementary Spanish I, II, III
Intermediate Spanish I, II
Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Advanced Spanish Composition
Intensive Intermediate Spanish I, II
Introduction to Linguistics (Teaching assistant)
Advanced American Culture & Conversation
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE, UC BERKELEY
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE, UCLA
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICE, UCLA
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN GRANADA, SPAIN
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, UCLA
DASHEW CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS & SCHOLARS, UCLA
*course created and instructed for the first time
Service
Delivered annual workshops to educators regarding teaching pronunciation, UCB Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Supervisor of 7 undergraduate research assistants, UCB Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Wrote over 150 letters of recommendation for Cal student applications to professional, graduate, and medical schools, scholarships, and employment opportunities
Research Mentor to 17 undergraduate students, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Supervisor of Intermediate-Level Spanish Instructors (Spanish 4 and 5), UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Founder of program & Peer Mentor for first year graduate students, Peer Mentoring Program, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Supervisor of Elementary-Level Spanish Instructors (Spanish 1, 2, and 3), UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
President, Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Student Association, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Director, Departmental Workshop on Graduate Student Funding Opportunities, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Committee Advisor, IX Annual Spanish and Portuguese Department
Graduate Conference: “Power, Resistencia & Transformação.” University of California, Los Angeles, May 17 and 18, 2012.
Secretary, Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Student Association, UCLA
Founding Member, Centro de Estudios del Español de los Estados Unidos. UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese. Professor Claudia Parodi, director.
Committee Member, VIII Annual Spanish and Portuguese Department
Graduate Conference: “Luso-Hispanic Immigration in the United States: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives.” University of California, Los Angeles, April 21, 2011.
Faculty advisor, Amanecer undergraduate and graduate working group for research on Spanish literature, linguistics, and creative writing, UC Berkeley
Mental Health Faculty Ally, University of California Mental Health Commission, UC Berkeley
Event coordinator, Speaking up: Pathways for linguistics students toward language access advocacy. Organized talk in which Long Beach Spanish Language Access Coordinator Juan Luna Díaz-Durán discussed language equity and racial equity in public space and career and volunteer opportunities for students, University of California Berkeley. Open to the public
Event coordinator, Speaking up: Pathways for linguistics students toward language access advocacy. Organized talk in which Senior Health Equity Educator at Hennepin Healthcare Juan Luna Díaz-Durán discussed language equity and racial equity in public space and career and volunteer opportunities for students, University of California Berkeley. Open to the public
Event coordinator, Linguistic Landscape Lecture Series. Secured grant from the Townsend Center for the Humanities to organize three-part online lecture series regarding the use of Spanish in urban signage with Falcon Restrepo Ramos (Minnesota State University), Marilyn Saraí Ávalos Huesca (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and Austin Vander Wel and Katherin Vargas Henao (Georgetown University), University of California Berkeley. Open to the public
Event coordinator, Speaking up: Pathways for linguistics students toward language access advocacy. Secured Community Partnership Grant to organize talk in which Long Beach Spanish Language Access Event coordinator Juan Luna Díaz-Durán discussed language equity and racial equity in public space and career and volunteer opportunities for students, University of California Berkeley. Open to the public
Founding President, Linguistic Landscape Research Group at UCLA
Rater, Test of Oral Proficiency, UCLA Office of Instructional Development
Event coordinator, Taco Two Time. Organized a bilingual campus-wide event regarding social and linguistic justice, open to the public
California Spanish Working Group, multicampus faculty working group
Reviewer, Journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Reviewer, Journal Language Learning & Technology
Book proposal reviewer, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Academic's series in Linguistics
Panel Organizer, "Pedagogical Approaches and Strategies for the Spanish Heritage Language Classroom." Tenth International Conference on Language Teacher Education: Language Teacher Education for a World on the Move: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Student Populations, University of California, Los Angeles.
Associate Editor, Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Editor, Voices Graduate Journal, UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Senior Editor, Mester Graduate Literary Journal. UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Contributing Editor, Mester Graduate Literary Journal. UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT
2021-present
2020-present
2019-present
2014-2018
2013-2014
2012-2015
2012-2013
2012-2013
Fall 2012
2011-2012
2011-2012
2010- present
2010-2011
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
2020-present
2020-present
Fall 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
2014-2017
2014-2017
Spring 2016
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2021-present
2021-2022
2020
2017
2016
2011-2012
2011-present
2011-2012
2010-2011
Honors and Awards
Fall 2022
2021
Fall 2019
Winter 2018
2015-2016
Winter 2014
2011-2012
Guest of Honor, Professor Night, Delta Sigma, UC Berkeley
Recipient, Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times, of approximately 500 nominees, UC Berkeley
Guest of Honor, Professor Night, Bowles Hall Residential College
Guest of Honor, Professor Night, UCLA Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Most Collegial Instructor of the Year Award, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UCLA (voted by T.A.s in the Department)
Guest of Honor, “Professor Night,” UCLA Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Best First-Year T.A. of the Year Award, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UCLA
Languages
Native Speaker
Near-Native Fluency
Advanced Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Intermediate Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Intermediate Reading and Writing; Beginner Speaking
English
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Italian
Studies
Abroad
Travel Study Program
University of California, Los Angeles
Study Abroad Exchange Program
California State University, San Marcos
Study Abroad Exchange Program
California State University, San Marcos
Associação Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos (Salvador, Brazil)
Summer
2011
Universitat de València (Valencia, Spain)
Spring 2009
Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain)
Summer
2006
Academic & Professional Affiliations
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO)
Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity