Hayden Holman

Research/Teaching Interests

• Sociolinguistics
• Second-language pedagogy
• Migration and language, especially circular migration between Mexico and the United States
• Spanglish and code-switching

Education

Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky

M.A. in Spanish, Middlebury College

B.A. In Spanish and Economics, Baylor University

Publications

Holman, H. (2026). El spanglish y el cambio de códigos en trabajadores migrantes del programa H-2A: un estudio de actitudes lingüísticas (Spanglish and code-switching among H-2A migrant workers: a study of linguistic attitudes). Glosas, 10(10), 38–61. 

 Conference Presentations

• 2025  “Exposure to Exposure: Overcoming the Affective Filter in Students” Practice-Oriented Paper accepted for presentation at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA November 2025.
• 2025  “Cartografiando “Mexington”: El paisaje lingüístico como reflejo de vitalidad etnolingüística en Lexington, EE. UU.” Paper accepted for presentation at the 6° Congreso Paraguayo de Lingüística Aplicada 2025, la Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay November 2025.
• 2024  “Actitudes de trabajadores inmigrantes mexicanos hacia el “Spanglish” y el cambio de código.” Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE.
• 2023  “Andorra y catalán en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.