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Carranza Brito
María del Rocío

Doctoral Lecturer
Phone number
212-237-8464
Room number
NB 7.65.08
Education

PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures, The Graduate Center, CUNY

MPhil in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures, The Graduate Center, CUNY

M.Sc. in Hispanic Linguistics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

BA in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Bio

Rocío Carranza Brito, Doctoral Lecturer of Spanish, holds a PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures, specializing in Hispanic Critical Sociolinguistics, from the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her main research interests focus on language ideologies, language and immigration, language and labor, critical pedagogies, language and fat studies, and Spanish syntax.

Prof. Carranza Brito has broad experience teaching language at all levels of education and is the author of several textbooks in Spanish. She has taught at nearly every CUNY campus, contributing to her knowledge of the CUNY system and its students. At John Jay College of Criminal Justice, she is the Coordinator of the Language Program and is leading the redesign of the Spanish for Heritage Speakers track, whose courses she also teaches.

Prof. Carranza Brito recently earned the certificate in Language Program Management, from the Teachers College, Columbia University.

JJC Affiliations
Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Courses Taught
  • SPA 111 Introductory Spanish I for Heritage Speakers
  • SPA 112 Introductory Spanish II for Heritage Speakers
  • SPA 211 Intermediate Spanish I for Heritage Speakers
Professional Memberships

Prof. Carranza Brito is a member of the Modern Languages Association and the Critical Sociolinguistics Consortium. 

Languages
Spanish, English