Juan José Garrido Pozú

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Furman University

About

I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University (Greenville, SC). My research lies at the intersection of bilingualism, second language acquisition, and linguistics, with a focus on how psycholinguistic, acoustic, and experiential factors shape speech perception, production, and processing in bilinguals and second-language (L2) learners. My work examines the cross-linguistic interaction between first and second-language phonology and its effects on speech processing. At Furman University, I direct the Linguistics Lab (The Ling Lab), where I collaborate closely with undergraduate students on empirical research projects.

Interests

Second language acquisition
Bilingualism
Phonology and Phonetics
Spoken word recognition
Psycholinguistics

Education

Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, 2018 - 2022

Rutgers University
M.A. in Spanish, 2016 - 2018

Auburn University
B.Ed. in English Language Teaching (TESOL), 2011 - 2014

Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Experience

Instructor of Spanish

Summer School of Spanish, Middlebury College

Jun 2024 – Present Middlebury, VT

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Furman University

Aug 2022 – Present Greenville, SC

Spanish Program Assistant Coordinator (100-level courses)

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

Sep 2021 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

Assessment Development Assistant

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

May 2019 – Jun 2019 New Brunswick, NJ

Language Lab Assistant

The Language Center, Rutgers University

Jan 2019 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

Teaching Assistant

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

Sep 2018 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

English Language Teacher

TutorABC

Dec 2016 – Oct 2019 Taiwan

Teaching Assistant

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Auburn University

Aug 2016 – May 2018 Auburn, AL

English Language Teacher

Instituto Euroidiomas

Jul 2012 – May 2013 Lima, Peru

English Language Teacher

Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano

Sep 2010 – Jul 2016 Lima, Peru

Publications

Durand-López, E.M., and Garrido-Pozú, J.J. (2024). Experimental increase in lexical frequency improves morphological computation of Spanish. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1-16.

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Garrido-Pozú, J.J. (2024). Cross-linguistic effects of form overlap in aural recognition of Spanish-English cognates. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-13.

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Garrido-Pozú, J.J. (2024). The interplay of syllable structure and consonant sonority in L2 speech segmentation. Languages, 9(3), 103.

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Casillas, J.V., Garrido-Pozú, J.J., Parrish, K., Fernández Arroyo, L., Rodríguez, N., and et al. (2023). Using intonation to disambiguate meaning: The role of empathy and proficiency in L2 perceptual development. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1-28.

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Garrido-Pozú, J.J. (2023). L2 speech segmentation for word recognition: The role of lexical stress and syllable structure. In: Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 540-544). Guarant International.

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Garrido-Pozú, J.J. (2022). Predictive processing of grammatical gender: Using gender cues to facilitate processing in Spanish. Lingua, 278, 103416.

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Lozano-Argüelles, C., Fernández Arroyo, L., Rodríguez, N., Durand López, E.M., Garrido Pozú, J.J., Markovits Rojas, J., Varela, J., Rocafiguera, N., and Casillas, J. (2021). Conceptually-cued perceptual categorization in adult L2 learners. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43(1), 204-219.

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