Celia Bravo Díaz

Assistant Instructional Professor in Spanish
cbravodiaz@uchicago.edu
Gates-Blake 226
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 9-11 a.m.

Celia Bravo received her MA in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, & Linguistics from the University of Minnesota, where she is currently a PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition). She also holds a BA in Translation and Interpretation from the University of Grenada, Spain, and she is a Sworn Translator appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. Her research in Second Language Acquisition is concerned with understanding how second language learners of Spanish acquire new sound categories and the nature of their development in reference to linguistic, individual and social factors. She has also conducted research on language variation in monolingual and bilingual communities in Spain, where she is from.

She has taught a variety of in-person, blended and online undergraduate courses both in the United States and in Spain. In the field of second language assessment, Celia is an International Baccalaureate Examiner for Spanish Language Acquisition and a DELE (Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language) Examiner. Whether she is teaching Spanish language or linguistics courses, Celia uses a collaborative and inquiry-based learning approach to engage students with the use of Spanish in various social and geographical contexts, and to foster critical thinking skills that they can transfer to other disciplines. For this reason, at the University of Minnesota she has participated in several initiatives to integrate an immersive component into the Spanish curriculum through telecollaboration exchanges, digital storytelling projects and service-learning within the Spanish-speaking community. 

Recent Courses in RLL

  • SPAN 20100 Language, History, and Culture I (Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022)
  • SPAN 20102 Language, History, and Culture for Heritage Speakers I (Spring 2024)
  • SPAN 20200 Language, History, and Culture II (Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024)
  • SPAN 20302 Language, History, and Culture for Heritage Speakers II/III (Winter 2024)
  • SPAN 20400 Composición y conversación avanzada (Autumn 2021, Winter 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023)
  • SPAN 20401 Gramática avanzada y cultura contemporánea para la argumentación I (Autumn 2023, Winter 2024)
  • SPAN 21100 Las regiones del español (Spring 2024)