Robert Dupey, Ph.D.

Academic Degree:

Ph.D. Linguistics University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Areas of Expertise:

Code-switching, phonology and phonetics, articulatory phonetics, syntax, and contrastive analysis of English & Spanish grammar and sound systems

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About: 

Born in Wisconsin and raised in Iowa, Robert Dupey has resided in Puerto Rico since the age of 18. He received a B.S.S.E. in Spanish from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico) in Ponce. His teaching career began in Dr. Alfredo M. Aguayo High School in Ponce, teaching conversational English courses. In 1992, he obtained an M.A. degree in Spanish linguistics (Programa Graduado de Lingüística) from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 2006, he received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Hispanic Studies Graduate Program of the University of Puerto Rico. Professor Dupey is currently the ESL Coordinator and the Undergraduate Academic Advisor in the Department of English. He also served as interim director of the Graduate Program in Linguistics (PGL) from May to December of 2012.  In 2018, he attained the rank of Full Professor.

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Undergraduate Courses:

• ENGL 3052 – Developing Functions of Oral English Third Level II
• ENGL 3315 – Pronunciation of American English
• ENGL 4205 – ENGL 4205 Study of Language: Introduction to Linguistics
• ENGL 4206 – Grammar of Modern English: Sentence and Clause Structure
• ENGL 4235 – Contrastive Analysis of the Sound Systems of English and Spanish
• ENGL 4236 – Contrastive Analysis of the Syntactic Structures of English and Spanish

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Graduate Courses:

• ENGL 6051 – Syntax