Area of Specialization: 

Spanish Linguistics, Mexican Spanish, Applied Linguistics, Genre Analysis and Composition as they apply to Spanish, and Spanish language pedagogy.

Selected Publications:

• "Spanish-language newspaper editorials from Mexico, Spain and the U.S." co-authored by C. Pak In Conner, U., Nagelhout, E., & Rozycki, W. (Eds.) Contrastive Rhetoric: Reaching to Intercultural Rhetoric . Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008, pp. 123-146
• "Newspapers and Magazines " Encyclopedia Latina. History, Culture, and Society in the United Status . (Vol. 3, pp. 247-252) Danbury: Scholastic Library Publishing, 2005.
  
• “Navegando a través del registro formal: Curso para hispanohablantes bilingües”. In Roca, A., & Colombi, C.M. (Eds.) MI LENGUA: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: Insights from Research and Practice. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003, pp. 257-268.
• Acevedo, R., & Pak, C. “El género periodístico en el español de los Estados Unidos”. Revista Iberoamericana, 14, 2003, 241-263.
• "Perspectiva histórica del paradigma verbal en el español de California" Research on Spanish in the United States: Linguistic Issues and Challenges. Ana Roca, ed. Somerville: Cascadilla Press, 2001, pp. 110-120.
• Acevedo, R. (2000). El español mexicano durante la Colonia : El paradigma verbal en el altiplano central. México: University of Guadalajara Press.
• Acevedo, R. (1998). A manera de ensayo. S. Schaffer and R. Acevedo, co-authors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Acevedo, R. (1992). La política lingüística del siglo XVI en la Nueva España. Mester (21)2: 23-36.