Kevin Andia
- Office Address: 47 Burrowes, Cubicle 4
Biography:
Kevin discovered his passion for foreign language teaching after the completion of his undergraduate degree in Chile and becoming a high school educator in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His love for education led him to pursue a master’s degree, where he began conducting experimental research.
His previous work aimed at exploring the teaching beliefs of graduate instructors. His research contributed to the development of a language teaching training program that is currently used by a graduate program at a public university in Texas.
Incidental findings from his master’s research ignited a genuine interest in understanding various facets of language processing and cognition. Consequently, Kevin resolved to advance his education by pursuing a dual-title Ph.D. degree in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science at The Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests
Second language acquisition, teacher education, eye-tracking, language processing
Education
Ph.D. (Student), Dual-Title Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science, Penn State
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University
B.Ed., Foreign Language Teaching, The Catholic University of Temuco
Kevin discovered his passion for foreign language teaching after the completion of his undergraduate degree in Chile and becoming a high school educator in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His love for education led him to pursue a master’s degree, where he began conducting experimental research.
His previous work aimed at exploring the teaching beliefs of graduate instructors. His research contributed to the development of a language teaching training program that is currently used by a graduate program at a public university in Texas.
Incidental findings from his master’s research ignited a genuine interest in understanding various facets of language processing and cognition. Consequently, Kevin resolved to advance his education by pursuing a dual-title Ph.D. degree in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science at The Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests
Second language acquisition, teacher education, eye-tracking, language processing
Education
Ph.D. (Student), Dual-Title Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science, Penn State
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University
B.Ed., Foreign Language Teaching, The Catholic University of Temuco
