Lorena Córdova-Hernández

Lorena Córdova-Hernández is a professor and researcher in the School of Languages at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (Mexico). She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-CDMX) and a specialization in Cultural Policy and Management from the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM-Xochimilco). Her research interests focus on cultural and linguistic policies, linguistic landscape, literacy, and social semiotics. In addition, she has conducted community-based research on language documentation and revitalization in Maya communities along the Mexico-Guatemala border and with speakers of languages at risk of extinction in Oaxaca (Mexico).