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Spanish and Portuguese Studies

Jorge Valdés Kroff

Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics

I am currently on professional leave from UF, serving as Program Director for the Build and Broaden Program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at NSF.

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Areas of Interest/Research

  • Psycholinguistics, especially sentence processing in bilingual and second language speakers
  • Spanish-English code-switching
  • Spanish heritage speakers

Background

  • B.A., University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Linguistics, International Studies)
  • M.A., Penn State University (Hispanic Linguistics)
  • Ph.D., Penn State University (Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science)

Contact Information

Email: jvaldeskroff [at] ufl [dot] edu
Phone: (352) 273-3744
Office: 246 Dauer

Office Hours:
2024-2025, by appointment only

Mailing address:
PO Box 117405
170 Dauer Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611