Elise DuBord

Elise DuBord is a Professor of Spanish and her research and teaching has focused on Latinx populations in the United States. Her scholarship examines the linguistic, social, and political impacts of language contact between Spanish and English. In addition, civic engagement, community-based research, and Spanish for heritage learners are integral components of her research and teaching. Elise’s book Language, Immigration and Labor: Negotiating Work in the U.S. - Mexico Borderlands is based on ethnographic research with Mexican and Central American day laborers in Arizona. She has published in journals such as Language & Communication, Spanish in Context, and the Heritage Language Journal. She is a recipient of the Class of 1943 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at UNI. Elise completed an undergraduate degree in Spanish at Minnesota State University, Moorhead after studying for two years at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. After college, Elise was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala where she worked with a local non-profit organization in community development, organic agriculture, and adult literacy. Elise then completed her graduate studies at the University of Arizona where she received a M.A. in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in Spanish with an emphasis in Border Studies and Sociolinguistics.