Karol Hardin

Research/Teaching Interests

• Spanish Linguistics (Applied Linguistics)
• Medical Spanish
• Spanish Pragmatics (Persuasive Discourse, Lying)

Education

Ph.D., Ibero-Romance Linguistics and Philology, University of Texas at Austin, 1999

M.A., Ibero-Romance Linguistics and Philology, University of Texas at Austin, 1992

B.S., Secondary Education (Spanish, Math, English), Baylor University, 1987

Courses Taught at Baylor

• Elementary Spanish I & II (SPA 1301 & 1302)
• Intermediate Spanish (SPA 2310)
• Exploring the Spanish-Speaking World (SPA 2320)
• Intermediate Spanish for Medical Professions (SPA 2321)
• Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (SPA 3309)
• Spanish Phonology and Morphology (SPA 4303/5303)
• Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics (SPA 4305/5305)
• Advanced Spanish for Medical Professions (SPA 4321)
• Undergraduate Independent Study (SPA 4V90)
• Topics in Hispanic Language & Literature (SPA 4388/5388)
• Research Methods in Hispanic Graduate Studies (SPA 5302)
• Graduate Independent Study (SPA 5V90)
• M.A. Thesis (SPA 5V99)
• Honors Supervised Independent Readings (HON 3100/3101)
• Honors Thesis (HON 4V87)
• Continuing Education Spanish for Medical Personnel

Selected Publications

Books

Hardin, K.J. & A. Irom. Español conversacional para profesiones médicas: Manual de actividades [Conversational Spanish for medical professions: Activity manual], third edition. Stipes Publishing, 2024.

Karol Hardin. Pragmatics of Persuasive Discourse in Spanish Television Advertising. SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington Joint Publications in Linguistics: Dallas, TX, 2001.

Articles

• K. Hardin. "Anatomy of a conversation: Voices of dual-role medical interpreters." Communication & Medicine. (2026). https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/commed-2025-0013
• D.M. Hardin Jr., J. A. Osornio, J. R. Peña, E. Hur, K. Hardin. "Medical interpreting in primary care: Design and validation of a replicable training program." Annals of Family Medicine (2025). https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.250074
• K. Hardin, B. Bell Scott. "Addressing the Spanish-language workforce gap through education: A review of graduate programs with Spanish-language components." Journal of Social Work Education. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2024.2430182
• K. Hardin, R.S. Hernandez, T.M. Shin, P. Ortega. "Medical student perceptions of sociocultural issues in healthcare: A multisite study of medical Spanish education." Teaching & Learning in Medicine. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2023.2230187
• A. Allison, K. Hardin. "Missed opportunities to build rapport: A pragmalinguistic analysis of interpreted medical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients. Health Communication. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2019.1567446
• K. Hardin. "An overview of medical Spanish curricula in the United States. State-of-the-State Feature Article: Medical Spanish in the United States." Hispania. (2015). doi:10.1353/hpn.2015.0118.
• K. Hardin. "Targeting oral and cultural proficiency for medical personnel: An examination of current medical Spanish textbooks." Hispania. (2012). doi:10.1353/hpn.2012.0139.
• K. Hardin "The Spanish notion of lie: Revisiting Coleman and Kay." Journal of Pragmatics. (2010).

Book Chapters

• Hardin, K. “Second Language Acquisition for Healthcare Purposes.” In The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare. Eds. P. Ortega, G. Martínez, A. Maichou Lor, S. Ramírez. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2024) ISBN: 978-1-119-85381-7
• "Pragmatics and medical discourse." In The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics. Ed. D. Koike and C. Félix-Brasdefer (Philadelphia: Routledge, 2020).
• "Linguistic approaches to lying and deception." In The Oxford Handbook of Lying. Ed. J. Meibauer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019). doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198736578.013.4.