Media mention: Doctoral student conducts research on Southern Latinx community
Shannon Rodríguez, a linguistics doctoral candidate and a Goizueta Foundation graduate assistant in the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE), was recently featured in the Red & Black for her work on combining the intersections of linguistics and Latinx culture in the South.
While many linguistics studies look at Latinx and southern U.S. communities as separate entities, Rodríguez is studying how the two intertwine. Her research focuses on Latinx people who are raised in the South and how their dialects correlate to different aspects of their identities.
“The South has such a jaded past when it comes to race relations, and the effects of anti-immigrant rhetoric are weighty,” Rodríguez said. “I think that one small way that my research can help here is by breaking down some of these misconceptions.”