M.A. Graduate Julia graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Spring 2021 with a B.A. in Spanish. She has also received a certification in TESOL and began her work translating poetry from Spanish to English as an undergraduate. Julia was a FLAS Fellow for the 2021-2022 Academic Year and studied Quechua as a third language. Her current research in cross-cultural pragmatics focuses on English-Spanish translation of pragmatic meaning in TV sitcom subtitles. Julia graduated from the M.A. Linguistics program in Spring 2023. Education Education: B.A. in Spanish, Loyola Marymount University (Magna Cum Laude) TESOL Certification obtained through Saint Louis University Madrid Research Areas of Interest: Sociolinguistics and Language Variation Syntax and Morphology Dissertation/Thesis Title: So What Does It Do?: The Multifunctionality of the Discourse Marker So and Its Translation Equivalents in Two Television Sitcoms Awards, Honors and Recognitions Awards and Special Recognitions: Grand Prize, William H. Hannon Undergraduate Library Research Award, 2021
