Maria Fionda, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics. Her educational background is: Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics, University of Florida (2014) M.A. in Spanish Linguistics, University of Florida (2008) B.A. in Spanish Literature (Honours) and Italian Literature, Concordia University (2003). Her teaching and research interests are Language Variation and Change, Morphosyntax, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, & Usage- Based Grammar Theory.