Julia Roeschenthaler

Class of 2026
Major: Spanish and International Affairs
Minor: Law and Public Policy
Faculty Mentor: Professor Basterretxea

During our project, Northeastern Linguistic Landscape Lab: Are we on a multilingual campus?, we will be investigating the visual linguistic landscape of Northeastern’s Boston Campus and students’ attitudes towards it. Through this research, we hope to understand the perceived importance of language(s) in Northeastern’s definition of “global.”

This project excites me because I am genuinely curious about how Northeastern students perceive the role of language(s) in their college experience. As a Spanish and International Affairs major, I am especially interested in learning how multilingual individuals perceive the linguistic landscape of Northeastern’s Boston campus.