Raquel P. Romasanta is a full-time lecturer at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Ayudante Doctora). Her research interests include varieties of English, clausal complementation, and probabilistic variation.
Education
University of Vigo, Spain | PhD in English Linguistics | December 2020
“Variation in the clausal complementation system in World Englishes: A corpus-based study of REGRET” [International doctorate; Cum Laude]. Advisors: Elena Seoane (University of Vigo) and Manfred Krug (University of Bamberg).
University of Vigo, Spain | M.A in Advanced English Studies | June 2017
University of Vigo, Spain | B.A in Foreign Languages with a specialization in English Linguistics | June 2016
University of Vigo, Spain | B.A in in Elementary School Teaching | June 2010
Experience
University of Santiago de Compostela | Full-time lecturer (Ayudante Doctor) | April 2024 - present
University of the Balearic Islands | Full-time lecturer (Contratado Doctor) | February 2023 - April 2024
University of the Balearic Islands | Full-time lecturer (Ayudante Doctor) | September 2022 - February 2023
University of Vigo | European Union (Next Generation EU) | Three-year research grant (Margarita Salas) | January 2022 - September 2022
University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | One-year FPI-POP grant | December 2020 - December 2021
University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Four-year FPI predoctoral grant | July 2019 - December 2020
University of Vigo | Univerisity of Vigo | Two-year predoctoral grant | February 2018 - June 2019
University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Education (Beca de Colaboración) | Research assistant | November 2015 - June 2016
Awards
2021 | Extraordinary Doctorate Award in the area of Arts and Humanities of the University of Vigo
2020 | Richard M. Hogg Prize of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (IsLE) for the Best Article by an early-career scholar
2019 | Best Paper presented by a junior researcher at the 8th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (8 BICLCE)
2017 | Academic Excellence Award for New Doctoral Students of the University of Vigo, academic year 2017/2018
Raquel is a member of the ViEW research project (Variation in English Worldwide), SPERTUS (Spoken English Research Team at the University of Santiago de Compostela) research group and ELC (English Linguistics Circle) network.