Our team of Novice Researchers features all the preservice teachers who join LSLP while pursuing their bachelor's degrees. This is the initial stage of research training at LSLP. Here, they learn about qualitative research and literacies while actively participating in the projects form the Community Literacies in L2 and Gaming and Digital Literacies research lines. Through the Novice Researchers, LSLP can continue its collaboration with our university's research education structure.

Meet our current Novice Researchers:

VALENTINA CASTAÑO (Valentina)

Valentina is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

STEPHANIA CONTRERAS (Stephania)

Stephania is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

EMANUEL CORREA (Ema)

Ema is pursuing his B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in the second semester of 2020 and has been actively engaged in Phase 3 of our #TeamCaL study, contributing to our research on comics.

MARIA CAMILA CORREA (Camila)

Camila is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

ANA MARÍA HERRERA (Ms. Ana Marvel)

Ana is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2017 as a member of #TeamCaL. Her specific topic of inquiry deals with the intersection between English and comics communities in Medellín. 

SARA JARAMILLO (Sara)

Sara is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in early 2019 as a member of #TeamCaL. She will be helping with our data collection around langauge exchange while she is working with Yuly on her senior thesis.

STEFANY LÓPEZ (Stefany)

Stefany is one of our newest members, joining LSLP in March 2020. She's pursing her B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín. She will be part of the new team of researchers for Phase Four of our #TeamCaL research. This semester, Catalina and her teammates will be studying some elements of literacies theory in second languages as part of an ongoing project they are part of.

ALEJANDRA MARÍN (Aleja)

Aleja is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

ANDRÉS MARTÍN (Apolo)

Andrés is currently pursuing his B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in early 2020 as part of #TeamLaV. He is very interested in exploring the potential of gamification in language learning, an area that #TeamLaV is already inquiring about with great interest.

JUAN CAMILO MAZO (Cisco)

Juan Camilo is pursuing his B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP during the second semester of 2018 as a member of #TeamLaV, where he is already finding ways to use his gaming background to help us expand our research.

DAVID ANDRÉS MONTEZUMA (David)

David is pursuing his B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in 2021 as part of #TeamLaV.

CARLOS RESTREPO (ChEr)

Carlos is pursuing his B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

CHRISTIAN SALAZAR (Chris)

Chris is pursuing his B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in the second semester of 2020 and has been actively engaged in Phase 3 of our #TeamCaL study, contributing to our research on comics.

DANIEL SALDARRIAGA (Dan the Man)

Dan is pursuing his B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in the second semester of 2020 and has been actively engaged in Phase 3 of our #TeamCaL study, contributing to our research on comics.

JEFERSON SANMARTÍN-ARANGO (Jazzy Jef)

Jeferson is pursuing his B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He joined LSLP in early 2020, as part of #TeamLaV. In addition to Flich and Kylo, Jef has an extensive background as a competitive gamer, skills that will be very useful as we continue our inquiries about gamification and gamer identity.

LINA TELLO (Lina)

Lina is pursuing her B.A in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She joined LSLP in 2021 as part of a new contingent for #TeamCaL who will work on Phase 4.

CATALINA VÁSQUEZ-SALDAÑA (Catalina)

Catalina is one of our newest members, joining LSLP in March 2020. She's pursing her B.A. in English-Spanish Education at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín. She will be part of the new team of researchers for Phase Four of our #TeamCaL research. This semester, Catalina and her teammates will be studying some elements of literacies theory in second languages as part of an ongoing project they are part of.

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Former LSLP researchers

Since we began in 2012, we have had the privilege of having very committed researchers. Some of them have left the project due to personal reasons or because they wished to pursue their own research agendas. Regardless of their decisions, their participation in LSLP, whether for a few months or several years, made our proposal stronger and they will always have our gratitude and appreciation for daring to dream big with us. We can only wish all of them the best of luck on the new routes their research leads them to.