Wyatt Center, Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College

Alexis McBride was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She majored in Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and studied abroad at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain. After earning her M.A. in Hispanic Studies at Boston College, she later taught a variety of language and literature courses as a lecturer at Boston College and at Salem State University. At Vanderbilt University, Alexis has sought to integrate her knowledge of language, literature, and cultural studies with her research on multilingual literacy practices. A native English speaker, she is also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and is developing proficiency in Irish Gaelic, a deeply personal goal tied to both her ancestry, and her interest in the preservation of minority languages.