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Laura Marqués-Pascual is the Language Program Director in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She has a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). She received her M.A. in TESL from the Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and her Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics with a designated emphasis in Second Language Acquisition from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Marqués-Pascual is the coordinator of all lower division courses in the department, including the first- and second-year Spanish and Portuguese sequences, Advanced Grammar and Composition, and the Heritage Speakers Program. Her research interests focus on curriculum development and instructional improvement, second language learning in study abroad settings, second language acquisition of syntax, and Spanish as heritage language. Apart from directing the language program, she also teaches upper division courses and graduate seminars.