Overview
Esperanza Román Mendoza is Professor of Spanish and Spanish Linguistics at George Mason University (Virginia, USA). Her primary research interests are the use of instructional and general-purpose digital technologies, including generative artificial intelligence, to facilitate learning from a critical pedagogy approach. Her extensive research on educational technology has been instrumental in understanding the different ways that students perceive themselves as learners and how educators can help them take advantage of instructional technology to address learning challenges, overcome self-criticism, and become autonomous learners and active critical citizens. Dr. Román Mendoza has authored many books, handbooks, scholarly articles, and digital learning materials, and collaborates with professional associations, journals, and international publishers such as CALICO, EUROCALL Review, the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, Edelsa, Edinumen, and Hueber Verlag. She has created and taught a wide range of graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education courses in traditional (face-to-face), hybrid and online environments.