Alejandra Auza

Email: alejandra(dot)auza(at)yahoo(dot)com

Dr. Alejandra Auza holds a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Languages and Literature from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ), and a Ph.D. from a joint program between UAQ and Arizona State University (ASU). Since 2012, she has been a full-time researcher in medical sciences at Hospital Gea González in Mexico City. She is also a member of the prestigious National Research System (CONACyT), holding Level II status.

Dr. Auza’s research focuses on language acquisition and language disorders in preschool and school-age children, with a special emphasis on morphosyntax. She has led several projects aimed at developing tools to detect language difficulties, particularly in Late Talkers and children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), which have been her primary research interests for several years. Additionally, she has conducted research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and language development in children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

In terms of editorial work, Dr. Auza has served as an invited editor for Frontiers in Psychology since 2022 and as an associate editor for the Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología since 2019. She has also co-edited volumes, such as Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-Speaking Children (2017) and ¿Qué me cuentas? Narraciones y desarrollo lingüístico en niños hispanohablantes (2013). Her books include Semillas del Lenguaje: Desarrollo típico y atípico en pequeños hablantes del español (2021), Manual de la prueba de Tamiz para detectar Problemas del Lenguaje (TPL) and Nuestro hijo con autismo (2018).

Alejandra is actively involved in professional organizations, serving as Secretary of the Executive Board of the Spanish-speaking Association for the Study of Language Disorders (AHITL) since 2023 and as Vice President of the Executive Board of the International Association for the Study of Language (AEAL) since 2022.