I am an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. My academic career follows a transition from nearly two decades in school teaching (1995–2014) to a tenure-track university position (2015–2020). I earned my PhD in 2010, focusing on grammar instruction, and subsequently held a postdoctoral position at the University of Exeter (2014–2016), supported by AGAUR/Marie Curie Actions (BPA00036).
My scholarly work includes publications in peer-reviewed academic and professional journals, including Research Papers in Education, Language and Linguistics Compass, L1 – Studies in Language and Literature, and Rilce, as well as with respected publishers such as Graó, Octaedro, Peter Lang, and L’Harmattan.
I have been invited as a keynote speaker in Argentina (2014, 2016), and as a guest lecturer at the Universidad de Jaén (2016–2019). I serve as a reviewer for multiple international journals, including Language Awareness, Education and Linguistics, Research Papers in Education, Journal of Writing Research, and the International Journal of English Linguistics. Additionally, I have contributed to several government-funded research projects in Spain.
Currently, I am the Principal Investigator of two funded projects: one on academic writing supported by the Spanish Government, and another on innovative teaching practices and writing skills in teacher education, funded by the regional government. I have presented my research at major conferences, including ARLE 2024 and EARLI 2023, as well as teacher education forums like CIDUI 2023.
I also serve on the editorial board of the Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language & Literature and co-coordinate the ARLE Special Interest Group on Educational Linguistics (SIG-EduLing). I have been awarded three consecutive six-year research periods (sexenios) by Spain’s National Research Agency (2006–2011, 2012–2017, 2018–2023), recognizing sustained research excellence.
