Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci is an associate professor of Spanish at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Wellesley College (A.B.) and Stanford University (M.A., Ph.D.), Geoffrion-Vinci specializes in contemporary literature of Spain, applied linguistics, and language-teaching methodologies. Having designed and taught a number of courses for heritage speakers of Spanish, one of her first publications was co-authored with Guadalupe Valdes on the topic of the development of linguistic register in college-age Spanish bilinguals. Her other research interests include contemporary poet...