Published In Dissens, a Latin American social sciences journal published by the Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Colombia, December, 2001. An analysis of Bunge's theory of ethnic/racial degeneration applied to views of contemporary (Ecuadorian) theorists regarding Ecuadorian Spanish in conjunction with coloniality of power and the ongoing reign of the Real Academia de la Lengua Española in the former colonies.

"Más allá del cholo: etnónimos peyorativos en el español ecuatoriano" (Beyond the 'Cholo': Pejorative Ethnonyms in Ecuadorian Spanish). Published in Sincronía, a cultural studies journal published by the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Fall, 2003.

A look at the numerous pejorative terms used by and for Ecuadorians of different racial and regional backgrounds. Analyzes the origins of the terms in the Spanish caste system of the Viceroyalty of Perú and tracks the changes in the types of racism evident in the development of more recent ethnonyms from being predominantly negative toward the indigenous population in the colonial period to being harshest toward mestizos with indigenous physical features in postcolonial Ecuadorian society.  

"De cetros y sapos: Representaciones lingüísticas de la identidad de género en la jerga sexual ecuatoriana" (Of Scepters and Toads: Linguistic Representations of Gender Identity in Ecuadorian Sexual Slang)

Analyzes the terminology used to denote the male and female sexual organs to determine what the careful examination of said terms has to offer for the study of gender identities in Ecuador. Questions whether such a study is a viable alternative for aiding in the understanding of gender identity construction and provides recommendations for future studies merging the fields of sociolinguistics and gender studies. March, 2002.

"De guerrilleros lingüísticos y guerrilleros artísticos: Articulando la lingüística con las herramientas teóricas de los estudios culturales de prácticas artísticas" (Of Linguistic Warriors and Artistic Warriors: Linking Linguistics with the Theoretical Tools of Cultural Studies of Artistic Practices)

Providers an analysis of the forty-five pejorative terms for homosexuals used in Ecuadorian Spanish, grouping them into several main categories (terms that imply femininity, anal copulation, promiscuity, pathology, etc.) and various sub-categories.  Calls for a greater sharing of theoretical tools and research efforts within the fields of Queer Theory, Cultural Studies and Sociolinguistics.  January, 2002.

"El lado obscuro de la evangelización: las tácticas ideológicas del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana" (The Dark Side of Evangelization: the Ideological Tactics of the Summer Institute of Linguistics in the Ecuadorian Amazon)

Discusses the language policies developed by Antonio de Nebrija in fifteenth-century Spain which were utilized during colonization of the Americas. Reveals how different religious orders during colonial times implemented language policies similar to those used by the pseudo-scientific organization known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics to convert indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon region to Christianity. Explores how language can be used as an instrument of power and domination.

"Advocates or Obstacles? NGOs and Plan Colombia", published in Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 26.4, January 31, 2003.

Nacionalismo, identidad y nebulosidad: una toma de cerca de las políticas lingüísticas en los Estados Unidos (Nationalism, identity and nebulosity: a close-up of language policy in the United States).