He completed his Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Toronto in 2008. His research focuses on language acquisition and bilingualism/multilingualism. Specifically, he examines the role of linguistic and psycholinguistic factors in the acquisition of Spanish morphosyntax and semantics among bilingual children, adult heritage speakers and second language learners. More recently, Prof. Cuza’s research has examined the role of minority language literacy development in the acquisition of both English and Spanish in young children of Hispanic background in Indiana. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Second Language Research, International Journal of Bilingualism, Heritage Language Journal, Hispania, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, and in several book chapters.