Faculty Profile for Jose Ramiro Rivera III

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Jose Ramiro Rivera III
Asst Professor of Instruction — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 214
phone: (512) 245-2360

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Jose holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish and a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Spanish from Texas State University. Jose completed a master’s thesis focusing on the evolution of the Spanish language as well as the use of regionalisms in both folk and popular songs from the borderlands of the Rio Grande Valley in Deep South Texas and northern Mexico.

Jose is a member of the National Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi.

Teaching Interests

Spanish language, Adult Education, English as a Second Language (ESL)

Research Interests

Foreign language pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Rivera, J. R. (2020). La lengua española en la música en el Valle del Río Grande.

Selected Service Activities

Conversation Facilitator
Multi-Language Mixer
2024-Present
Presenter
Noche de Cine
2024-Present
Conversation Facilitator
Intercambio Spanish-Language Mixer
August 2019-Present
Freelance Translator
Texas State University Undergraduate Admissions
June 2020-July 2020