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- ABD Spanish Linguistics with a Designated Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition, UC Davis
- MA Spanish Linguistics, UC Davis
- BA Spanish, UC Davis
- AA Science, Santa Rosa Junior College
Work and Consulting Experience
- Adjunct, 2016-present, Santa Rosa Junior College
- Lecturer, 2014-2018; 2020-present, Sonoma State University
- Instructor, 2019-present, Columbia College / Yosemite Community College District
- Instructor, 2016-2019, Mendocino College
- Teaching Assistant/Associate in Spanish, 2006-2012, UC Davis
- Computer Lab Supervisor/Manager, 2003-2006, UC Davis
- Spanish Composition Tutor, 2003-2005, UC Davis
Professional Areas of Interest
- Second Language Acquisition and Development
- Second/Heritage Language Pedagogy
- Technology in language education
- Advanced L2 literacy development, with specialization in academic writing
- Functional and educational linguistics
Presentations and Publications
Book chapters
- Harrington, J. S. (2014). Lingüística de corpus y lingüística sistémico funcional: reflexiones y aplicaciones al CLAE [Corpus Linguistics and Systemic Functional Linguistics: Reflections and Applications]. In N. Ignatieva & M. C. Colombi (Eds.), CLAE: El lenguaje académico en México y los Estados Unidos: Un análisis sistémico funcional.
- Colombi, M. C., & Harrington, J. S. (2012). Advanced biliteracy development in Spanish as a heritage language. In S. Beaudrie & M. Fairclough (Eds.), Spanish as a heritage language in the US. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
Conference and professional presentations
- Gamberg & Harrington (2018/06/01). “First Fridays: Ideas for Student-to-Student Interactions”. Webinar facilitated by Online Network of Educators (CCC).
- duPlessis, Liz. (2017/08/25). “Tour of Spanish 1 online with J. Harrington: An interactionist approach.” Interview for Distance Education at Santa Rosa Junior College.
- Harrington, J. S. (2011). El desarrollo de la literacidad avanzada en el español como segunda lengua: análisis del grupo nominal en la escritura ensayística universitaria [The development of advanced literacy in Spanish as a second language: an analysis of the nominal group in university essay writing]. Presented at the XXIII Congreso del Español en los Estados Unidos y VIII del Español en Contacto con Otras Lenguas, Sacramento, CA.
- Harrington, J. S. (2010). Towards a Spanish Academic Word List: An SFL+corpus examination of verbal processes. Presented at the International Systemic-Functional Conference, 37, Vancouver, Canada.
- Harrington, J. S. (2010). Hacia un listado léxico académico en el español: una aproximación LSF+corpus [see above for translation]. Presented at the Colloquium on Latin American and Peninsular Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Davis, CA.
- Harrington, J. S. (2009). Sondeando las corrientes: hacia una conceptualización de lengua avanzada [Sounding the currents: towards a conception of advanced language]. Presented at the Colloquium on Latin American and Peninsular Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Davis, CA.