Carol A.

Ready
cready@okstate.edu

Education

2016-2020 PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, May 2020

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota
Concentration: Sociolinguistics

2018-2020 Doctor of the University of Granada (in Cotutelle) in Semitic Studies in the program of
Languages, Texts, and Contexts program in the Doctoral School of Humanities, Social
and Legal Sciences Granada, Spain. May 2020
Sobresaliente (With distinction), Cum Laude

2014-2016 Master of Arts in Hispanic Linguistics, October 2016

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota

2010-2014 Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Communication Studies, May 2014

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi Gold Key Award

Books
Ali, F., Ready, C., & Mohamed, S. (eds.) (under contract). Sociolinguistic Approaches to Arabic and
Spanish in Contact. John Benjamins.

Peer-reviewed Publications
Journal Articles

Ready, C. (2021). “Yo me siento andalusí": El marco espaciotemporal en la construcción de identidad de

inmigrantes marroquíes en Granada, España. Lengua Y migración, 13(1), pp. 7-32.

Ali, F. & Ready, C. (2021) Integration or assimilation? A Comparative intertextual analysis of language policy
in Madrid and Catalonia. International Journal of Language and Law, 10, pp. 24-47.

Ready, C. (2020). Mexican heritage Spanish speakers' vowel production in cognate vs. non-cognate words.
Hispanic Studies Review. 4:2, pp. 155-185.

Ready, C. (2018). La representación metafórica de la identidad musulmana en la prensa española. Hispania

101:3, pp. 394-407.

Ready, C. (2018). Maintaining the status quo: Diglossia and the case of Arabic language policy in Ceuta.
Language Problems and Language Planning 42:2, pp. 173-195.

Research in Progress
Ready, C. (forthcoming) Identity in crisis: Power, agency, and subjugation in the small stories
of the Moroccan diaspora in Spain. To be published in Discourse & Society issue 35(2) in March 2024.

Ready, C. Beyond micro- and macro- sociolinguistics: Characterizing fluid language practices of Moroccans in
Spain. To be submitted to International Journal of the Sociology of Language in January 2024
Selected Conference Presentations
Ready, C. (2023, July 9-14). Co-constructing meaning through semi-understanding: Conducting the
sociolinguistic interview in an (un)known language. Paper presented at the 18th International Pragmatics
Conference (IPrA), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Ready, C. (2022, September 22-24). Beyond micro- and macro- sociolinguistics: Characterizing fluid language
practices of Moroccans in Spain. Paper presented at the 51st annual Linguistic Association of the Southwest
Meeting (LASSO), Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Mohamed, S. Ready, C. & Ali, F. (2022, March 8-10). Religion and language maintenance in Arabic-Spanish
bilinguals. Paper presented at the 29th Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos (International
Conference on Literature and Hispanic Studies).

Ali, F. & Ready, C. (2021, August 20-22). Integration or assimilation? A Comparative intertextual analysis of
language policy in Madrid and Catalonia. Paper presented at the virtual 2020 Multidisciplinary Approaches to
Language Planning and Policy conference (LPP2020), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ready, C. (2021, March 20-23). Contested identities: Multilingualism as a tool for identity negotiation among
Moroccans in Spain. Paper presented virtually at the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference
(AAAL2021).

Ready, C. (2020, September 24-26). Identity in crisis: Asserting Moroccannes through stories of struggle. Paper
presented virtually at the Linguistic Association of the Southwest conference (LASSO2020).

Selected Invited Presentations

Ready, C. Identity affirmation and literacy development in the ESL Classroom. Invited talk at the English as a
Second Language Community Day hosted by the Tulsa YWCA and Tulsa Tech in Tulsa, Oklahoma. June 17,
2022

Ready, C. “Language is for everyone!”: Gender inclusive language in Spanish. Invited talk at the Latino
Business Student Association Meeting at Oklahoma State University. March 4, 2022

Ready, C. "I feel andalusí": Using spatiotemporal frameworks in constructing Moroccanness in Spain. Spanish
in Contact with Arabic invited panel in the Hispanic Studies Department at DePauw University. April 22, 2021

Ready, C. Identity, ideology, and insecurity: An Analysis of language and identity in language maintenance
among migrant populations. Invited Keynote Speech at the 6th TESL and Applied Linguistics Spring Forum
2021 at Oklahoma State University. April 17, 2021

Awards and Grants

National

2019-2020 P.E.O. Scholar Award, Merit-based award for women of the United States and Canada who are
pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited university ($15,000)

US Department of Education

2017 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship to study Arabic at the
Advanced level ($2,500)
2016-2017 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Academic-Year Fellowship to study Arabic at the
Intermediate level ($15,000)

2016 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship to study Arabic at the
Beginning level ($2,500)

Oklahoma State University

Fall 2022 Fae Rawdon Norris Endowment for the Humanities Grant – Speaker Dr. Jacqueline Toribio
($1800)

The University of Minnesota

Spring 2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Graduate Research Fellowship ($9,313)

2018-2019 Thesis Research Travel Grant ($5,000)

Summer 2018 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Professional Development Scholarship ($200)

Fall 2017 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500)

Summer 2017 GRPP Summer Research Fellowship ($4,000)

Fall 2016 Coca-Cola Grant: Activity Initiative ($500)

Fall 2016 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500)

Spring 2016 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant ($250)

Fall 2015 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500)

Spring 2015 Council of Graduate Students Intellectual Community Building Grant ($600)

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Spring 2014 Nebraska Wesleyan University Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant for project
entitled "Understanding Spanish College Students' Perceptions of the Andalusian
Dialect" ($4,713)
Other

July 2016 Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) Collaborator for the
Foreign language literacy in the everyday (FLLITE) project (Rewarded a $500 stipend and
roundtrip airfare to attend the FLLITE workshop at the University of Texas-Austin and develop a
FLLITE Lesson) July 15-16, 2016
Teaching

Assistant Professor. Department of Languages and Literatures, Oklahoma State University

Spanish 1713 - Elementary Spanish I (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
Spanish 3463 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
Spanish 1813 - Elementary Spanish II (Spring 2021, Spring 2023)
Spanish 3213 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (Spring 2021)
Spanish 2713 - Intermediate Spanish I (Spring 2022, Fall 2023)
Spanish 3403 – Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (Fall 2023)
 Spanish 4650 – The Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-speaking world (Spring 2023)

Languages and Literatures 3633 - Language and Migration (Spring 2022)

Languages and Literatures 5210 - Arabic Sociolinguistics - Independent Study (Spring 2022)

Relevant Work History

Fall 2020- Present Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures, Oklahoma State
University
Spring 2020 Research Fellow, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of
Minnesota
Summer 2019 Graduate Research Assistant for the Foreign Language Literacies Project at the Center for
Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota
2018-2019 Research Fellow, Escuela de Estudios Árabes (School of Arabic Studies-Superior
Counsel of Scientific Investigation) in Granada, Spain
National and International Service

Fall 2018 Volunteer Spanish language and literacy instructor to immigrants and refugees. Granada Acoge,
Granada, Spain
2013 Volunteer tutor at El Centro de las Américas a non-profit organization serving Spanish-speaking
immigrant and refugee populations in Lincoln, Nebraska
2011 Volunteer translator at the Center for Legal Immigration Assistance in Lincoln, Nebraska
2011 Assistant English Teacher at Southeast Community College English Language and Learning
Classes for immigrants and refugees in Lincoln, Nebraska

Departmental Service

2023 Search Committee Member for the Associate Dean of Research at Oklahoma State University
2021-2023 Chair of Departmental Recruitment Committee at Oklahoma State University
Fall 2020 United Way Campaign Captain at Oklahoma State University

Manuscript Referee for Journals

2023 Lengua y Migración

2021 Hispania
2019 Chapter review for edited volume, Spanish in the United States: Variation, Attitudes, and Policy
(Routledge)
2017 Hispanic Studies Review

Membership in organizations

American Association for Applied Linguistics, AAAL

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, AATSP
Linguistic Association of the Southwest, LASSO

Languages

English: Native proficiency

Spanish: Near native proficiency
Modern Standard Arabic: Intermediate proficiency
Portuguese: Intermediate proficiency
French: Beginner