Ines Vano Garcia, Ph.D.

2021 - Ph.D., The Graduate Center (CUNY), Spanish Linguistics

2018 - M.A., The Graduate Center, (CUNY), Spanish Linguistics

2006 - B.A., Universidad de Alicante (Spain), Filología Inglesa / English Studies

 

My Spanish sociolinguistics approach adopts a critical perspective that addresses the relationship between language and politics in order to delve into how language representations, linguistic and social practices are inscribed within unequal social hierarchies of power.

My dissertation “Discursos institucionales y manuales de texto de la American Association of Teachers of Spanish (1912-1944): un estudio de la historia política de la enseñanza del español en Estados Unidos” focuses on the political history of the teaching of Spanish in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. My work draws from the history of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish (1917), along with key linguistic instruments created by its members, and examines its role in the creation and shaping of a new academic field.

 

(Forthcoming) Vañó García, I. (2024/25) “La denominación de un campo de estudio: polémicas terminológico-ideológicas en la prensa de opinión a ambos lados del Atlántico a principios del siglo XX.” Circula: Revista de Ideologías lingüísticas, 20.

 

Vaño García, I. (2023). A Call for Critical and Open Pedagogies in Spanish Heritage Language Instruction: Students as Knowledge Producer of Open Educational Resources (OERs). EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages (E-JournALL), 10 (1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.1.10.1.2742.

 

Vañó García, I. (2022). Érase una vez la American Association of Teachers of Spanish (1917-1944): los inicios de la enseñanza del español en Estados Unidos. Revista argentina de historiografía lingüística (RAHL), XIV, 1, 53-72: https://www.rahl.ar/index.php/rahl/article/view/226/282

 

Vañó García, I., Karlin J., & Michael K. Eds. (December, 2022) Introduction to Issue Twenty-One: open Educational Resources. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP), 21: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-issue-21-introduction/section/71df5064-89c0-4259-9bba-c0448080535f

 

My language pedagogy engages with critical pedagogy frameworks where student-centered and student-driven approaches go beyond simply acquiring linguistic skills; metalinguistic issues, significant cultural and socio-political concerns are introduced on the first day of class. Thus, I conceive of language courses as content courses where I motivate students to be creative and active critical thinkers, always encouraging interdisciplinary collaborations. My teaching and learning approaches foster knowledge and inquiry; I envision students as knowledge producers instead of knowledge consumers. My open pedagogy based on transparency and self-reflection moves away from approaches the externalize and stereotype language learning, and builds on a global language classroom focus on students’ understanding, questioning, and compassion.
 

SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II

SPAN 110: Elementary Spanish for Heritage and Bilingual Speakers

SPAN 225: Business Communication in Spanish

SPAN 431: Contemporary Trends in the Hispanic World