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J.L. (Josh) Prada, Dr

Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism
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I am Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at the University of Groningen's Center for Language and Cognition. My main area of activity is heritage/minority language education with particular attention to its interfaces with social, cognitive, psychological and neural factors and processes. I have been particularly invested in the advancement of translanguaging and its applications and implications for the heritage language classroom. I have also worked extensively on teacher preparation and school improvement. More recently, my research has begun to incorporate attention to the neuro-motor aspects of meaning-making through my research on sensescapes, extended cognition, and neuroeducation. My research has been supported by over $4 million in grants and fellowships. I have given keynotes, invited talks and facilitated workshops in Casablanca, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Dhaka, London, and Aveiro, among many others. In May 2018, I received my PhD in linguistics for my work in heritage speaker bilingualism and education. I conducted my doctoral work at Texas Tech University as a Hellen DeVitt Fellow (2014-2018), an MA in applied linguistics from Birkbeck, University of London, and my undergraduate education at the Unviersity of Granada and Queen Mary University of London, where I received a BA+MA in English Philology and TESOL.***I only have bandwith for a small number of graduate students (MA, ResearchMA, and PhD) -- If you're interested in joining my research group, or studying with me in Groningen, please, send me an email with a brief description of your profile, your interests, and why you'd like to work with me in Groningen. If you have secured funding to complete your PhD, please, let me know***

Other positions

Reviews Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Associate Editor, Spanish as a Heritage Language
Co-Principal Investigator (w/ Annela. Teemant and Brandon Sheerman, Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Education, 2022-2027): Project CELEBRATE: Cultivating Equitable Learning Environments, Building Readiness, Advancing Teacher Education - Funding Agency: US Department of Education - Funded Amount: $2,999,077
Co-Principal Investigator/Director, Transnational Spaces for Critical Multilingual Teacher Education (with Lisa Brinkmann and Silvia Melo-Pfeier, Uni. Hamburg) - Funded by University of Hamburg and DAAD ($45,000)
Steering Committee Member, Internationalising Teacher Education (with Uni. Oldenbourg, Nelson Mandela Uni. and NHL Stenden, 2025-2029) - Funded by DAAD ($665,000)
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Contact information

Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
9712 EK Groningen
The Netherlands

Harmony building - first floor

Job title:
Assistant Professor
Room:
1315.0178