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Silvia Rodriguez Sabater September 1, 2016 Department of Hispanic Studies College of Charleston [email protected] Education Doctor of Philosophy. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 1994-2001. Major: Hispanic Linguistics. Concentrations: Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, and Curriculum and Instruction. Dissertation: The Perception of Requests in Spanish by Instructed Learners of Spanish in the Second- and Foreign-Language Contexts: a Longitudinal Study of Acquisitional Patterns. Master of Arts. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 1989-1991. Major: Applied Linguistics and Spanish. Thesis: Foreigner Talk and Teacher Talk: Same or Different? Licenciatura (Bachelor of Arts Degree). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 1982-1987. Major: English Language and Literature. Teaching Certificate: Secondary Education. Other Educational Experiences Medical Interpreting Training. National Center for Interpretation testing, Research and Policy at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. July 11-16, 2005. Passed Medical Interpreter Competency Exam (MICE) in July 2005. American Council Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview Training. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. July 10-13, 2003. Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation. Escola d’Administració Pública de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 1988-1990. Concentrations: Spanish, English, and Catalan legal translation. Experience College of Charleston, Charleston, SC: Assistant Professor (Fall 2000-Spring 2006); Associate Professor (Fall 2006-present). Courses taught: Hispanic Studies: SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I. SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II. SPAN 150: Intensive Elementary Spanish. SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish. SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II SPAN 202/FYE: Intermediate Spanish II: The geography and cultures of Spain. SPAN 250: Intensive Intermediate Spanish. SPAN 313: Spanish Composition. SPAN 323: Civilization and Culture of Spain II. SPAN 344: Advanced Grammar and Lexicon. SPAN 381: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. SPAN 400: Service Learning: Hispanics in the U.S. (face-to-face and Distance Ed) SPAN 448: Spanish Sociolinguistics. SPAN 491: Special Topics: Pragmatics and Language Learning. SPAN 496: Directed Reading (Hispanics and secondary education- Student: Amy Farley) SPAN 498: Independent Study (Service Learning in Costa Rica: Vida Joven Student: Elisabeth Ellis; Education issues of Hispanic children in Charleston, SC- Student: Crystal Dowd; Questions in Spanish Linguistics – Student: Reid Levin).

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Silvia Rodriguez Sabater September 1, 2016

Department of Hispanic Studies

College of Charleston [email protected]

Education Doctor of Philosophy. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 1994-2001. Major: Hispanic Linguistics. Concentrations: Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, and Curriculum and Instruction. Dissertation: The Perception of Requests in Spanish by Instructed Learners of Spanish in the Second- and Foreign-Language Contexts: a Longitudinal Study of Acquisitional Patterns. Master of Arts. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 1989-1991. Major: Applied Linguistics and Spanish. Thesis: Foreigner Talk and Teacher Talk: Same or Different? Licenciatura (Bachelor of Arts Degree). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 1982-1987. Major: English Language and Literature. Teaching Certificate: Secondary Education. Other Educational Experiences Medical Interpreting Training. National Center for Interpretation testing, Research and Policy at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. July 11-16, 2005. Passed Medical Interpreter Competency Exam (MICE) in July 2005. American Council Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview Training. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. July 10-13, 2003. Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation. Escola d’Administració Pública de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 1988-1990. Concentrations: Spanish, English, and Catalan legal translation. Experience College of Charleston, Charleston, SC: Assistant Professor (Fall 2000-Spring 2006); Associate Professor (Fall 2006-present). Courses taught:

Hispanic Studies: SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I. SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II. SPAN 150: Intensive Elementary Spanish. SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish. SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II SPAN 202/FYE: Intermediate Spanish II: The geography and cultures of Spain. SPAN 250: Intensive Intermediate Spanish. SPAN 313: Spanish Composition. SPAN 323: Civilization and Culture of Spain II. SPAN 344: Advanced Grammar and Lexicon. SPAN 381: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. SPAN 400: Service Learning: Hispanics in the U.S. (face-to-face and Distance Ed) SPAN 448: Spanish Sociolinguistics. SPAN 491: Special Topics: Pragmatics and Language Learning. SPAN 496: Directed Reading (Hispanics and secondary education- Student: Amy Farley) SPAN 498: Independent Study (Service Learning in Costa Rica: Vida Joven –Student: Elisabeth Ellis; Education issues of Hispanic children in Charleston, SC- Student: Crystal Dowd; Questions in Spanish Linguistics – Student: Reid Levin).

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SPAN 499/LING 499: Bachelor’s Essay (Hispanics on Johns Island-Student: Amanda Grove; Teaching Spanish and English as an L2-Student: Stephanie Madison; The use of the diminutive in Mexican popular magazines for female teens-Student: Shivani Jani). SPAN 101-C, 102-C, 201-C, and 202-C: Supervision, curriculum development, and training of speaking peer-taught program.

Honors:

HONS 391: Bilingualism Issues: The bilingual community and the bilingual self. HONS 499: Bachelor’s Essay (Teaching Spanish in High School- Student: Mary Cameron Smith).

Graduate Courses (M.Ed in Language and Language Education, and M.A. in Bilingual Legal Interpreting):

LALE 601: Applied Linguistics. LALE 603: Second Language Acquisition. LALE 690: Pragmatics and Second Language Learning. SPAN 590/INTR 510: Language and Culture. SPAN 630: Seminar in Hispanic Studies: Spanish Linguistics for Language Teachers.

Curriculum Development:

SPAN 400: Service Learning: Hispanics in the U.S. SPAN 448: Spanish Sociolinguistics. SPAN 491: Special Topics: Pragmatics and Language Learning. LALE 601: Applied Linguistics. LALE 603: Second Language Acquisition. LALE 690: Pragmatics and Second Language Learning.

Basic Language Program Coordination (May 2009-June 2011):

o Curriculum development, assessment design and coordination: SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish I SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish II SPAN 201: Beginning Spanish III SPAN 190: Elementary Spanish I SPAN 200: Elementary Spanish II SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish

o Supervision of 20+ faculty members, 80 sections and 2000+ students each semester; o Orientation workshops; o Training of new faculty; o Classroom visits, reports and post observation conferences; o Book orders; o Faculty development workshops; o Organization of technology development workshops for Quia and MySpanishLab; o Conflict resolution mediator between students and faculty; o Basic Language Program page designer with Ning; o Coordination of common final exams; o Meeting with publishers for new materials; o Pilot (Spring 2010) and implementation (Fall 2010) new materials and technology in SPAN

202 o Work with custom editor in the creation of the SPAN 202 textbook Atando Cabos for CofC o Creation of exams for Atando cabos (with Prof. Claudia Moran)

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN: Assistant Instructor (1994-1999); Lecturer and course supervisor (1999-2000). Courses taught:

SPN 100: Elementary Spanish I. SPN 150: Elementary Spanish II. SPN 200: Second-Year Spanish I. SPN 250: Second-Year Spanish II.

Wahlert High School, Dubuque, IA: Instructor (1992-1994). Courses taught: Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV.

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Clarke College, Dubuque, IA: Adjunct Professor (1993). Courses taught:

SPAN 112: Advanced Composition and Grammar. Escola Mare de Deu del Carme, Terrasa, Spain: Instructor (1991-1992). Courses taught: English I, English II, English III, English IV. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA: Teaching Assistant (1989-1991). Courses taught:

780.001: Elementary Spanish I. 780.002: Elementary Spanish II. 780.011: Intermediate Spanish.

Publications Refereed Articles: Rodriguez Sabater, S. (2015). Beyond Mexico and Spain: cultural diversity in Spanish college textbooks. The Southern Journal of Linguistics, 39 (2), pp. 69-86. Rodriguez Sabater, S. (2015). Cultural activities in Spanish college textbooks. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 19 (3), pp. 37-42. (Special issue on Language). Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2015). Service learning and intercultural competence in the Spanish as a second language classroom. The Southern Journal of Linguistics, 39 (1), pp. 1-23. Accepted for publication (May 2013). Rodríguez-Sabater, S. and Weyers, J. R. (2010). Ning applications in teaching and administration. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 14 (4), pp. 86-91. Martínez-Gibson, E., Rodriguez-Sabater, S., Toris, C., and Weyers, J. (2010). A study of ser and estar in second language learners of Spanish. Southern Journal of Linguistics, 34 (1), pp. 49-74. Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2005). Utilizing undergraduate peer teaching assistants in a speaking program in Spanish as an L2. Foreign Language Annals, 38 (4), pp. 533-543. Rodríguez, S. (2003). Programa de conversación a nivel elemental: metas, métodos y maestro-estudiantes [Elementary conversation program: goals, methods, and peer teachers]. Actas selectas del octavo congreso de didáctica del español (pp. 1-7). Rodríguez, S. (2001). Actividades para la enseñanza de pragmática en español como L2: el caso de los actos de habla [Activities for the teaching of Pragmatics in Spanish as an L2]. Actas selectas del sexto congreso de didáctica del español (pp. 1-12). Book chapter in edited volume (invited and refereed): Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2008).“En una playa de Acapulco, les pregunté a unos mexicanos “¿me decís dónde puedo comprar un zumo?” “Por qué se habrán reído?” in Ewald, J. and Edstrom, A. M (pp. 61-70). El español a través de la lingüística: preguntas y respuestas. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. Book Reviews: Rodríguez-Sabater, S. (2011). Review of Schauer, G. A. (2009). Interlanguage Pragmatic Development. The Study Abroad Context. London and New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. The Modern Language Journal, 95, 333-334. (Invited). Rodríguez, S. (2004). Review of Reagan, T. G. and Osborn, T. (2002). The foreign language educator in society: toward a critical pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies (vol. 1, no. 3, 2004). Rodríguez, S. (2001). Review of Turell, M. Teresa (Ed.). (2001). Multilingualism in Spain: Sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of linguistic minority groups. Clevedon, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. This review appeared in the Linguist network on April 16, 2001. Translation:

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Rodríguez-Sabater, S., Martínez-Gibson and C. Pope. (2005). Translation into Spanish of the OPTION Observing patient involvement scale by G. Elwyn, A. Edwards, M. Wensing, and R. Grol. Current research interests: Development of Intercultural Competence in L2 learners: perceptions of self and others. Assessment of Intermediate writing Digital literacies in a second language. Manuscripts under preparation/revision: Development of Intercultural Competence in L2 learners: perceptions of self and others. Conference Presentations and Workshops Given Presentations: Applying the ACTFL guidelines everyday in the classroom. Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT). Charlotte, North Carolina, Feb 18-20, 2016. (With Claudia Moran). Beyond Mexico and Spain: cultural diversity in Spanish college textbooks. Linguistics Discussion Series. College of Charleston. March 19, 2015. (Sabbatical talk). Cross-cultural awareness activities in Spanish college textbooks. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 2014. Foreign language accent. Guest speaker to LALE 690 Variation in American English (Prof. E. Martínez-Gibson). College of Charleston, November 11, 2014. Create, collaborate, and communicate in a second language: digital literacies in a distance education Spanish course. Digital literacies in and beyond the L2 classroom: a hybrid symposium on research and practice. University of Arizona, October 6-11, 2014. (With Laura Plotts). Representations of indigenous cultures in Spanish L2 textbooks. Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Communication. Tucson, Arizona. January 23-26, 2014. A critical analysis of Spanish L2 textbooks as sources of cultural information. 2013 Conference of the International Society for Language Studies. San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 13-15, 2013. Foreign language accent. Guest speaker to LALE 690 Variation in American English class (Prof. Elizabeth Martínez-Gibson). College of Charleston, April 9, 2012. Intercultural competence service learning experiences. Guest speaker to ANTH 205 Language and Culture classes (Prof. Moore Quinn). College of Charleston, April 3, 2012. L2 perceptions of intercultural competence in a service learning Spanish course. Linguistics Discussion Series. College of Charleston. March 21, 2012. Service learning and intercultural competence in the L2 classroom. 2nd International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Communication. Tucson, Arizona. January 29-31, 2010. Cambio de código en la prensa en castellano de Barcelona [Code switching in the Spanish press of Barcelona]. 2nd Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society. Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. March 27-29, 2008. Code switching in the Spanish press of Barcelona. Linguistics Series. College of Charleston, South Carolina. March 20, 2008. An overview of Linguistics for Medical Interpreting. The National Medical Interpreter Project for Children’s Hospitals. Web Conference. January 10-12, 2007. With A. Grove. Strangers in a foreign land: Hispanics in South Carolina. National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Houston, TX. February 14-19, 2005.

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With E. Martínez-Gibson. To be or to be: the acquisition of ser and estar in second language learners of Spanish. 120th Modern Language Association Convention. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26-30, 2004. Visual learning in L2 in the interpretive and presentational modes: the use of graphic organizers. The South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers’ Association. Columbia, South Carolina. February 21, 2004. The use of technology in foreign language program supervision. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Charleston, South Carolina. October 9-11, 2003. Programa de conversación a nivel elemental: metas, métodos y maestro-estudiantes [Elementary conversation program: goals, methods, and peer teachers]. Octavo Congreso de Didáctica del Español. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana. September 27, 2003. Students teaching students: a peer teaching program in Spanish as an L2. The International Society for Language Studies 2003 Conference. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. April 30-May 2, 2003. Actividades para la enseñanza de pragmática en español como L2: el caso de los actos de habla [Activities for the teaching of Pragmatics in Spanish as an L2: the case of speech acts]. Sexto Congreso de Didáctica del Español. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana. September 22, 2001. “They’re more direct here”: instances of pragmatic awareness and definitions of pragmatic concepts by L2 learners of Spanish in the study abroad context. The 54th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. April 19-21, 2001. Writing in L2 Spanish: input comes first. Philological Association of the Carolinas. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. March 1-3, 2001. Language learning environment and the pragmatic acquisition of requests in Spanish as a L2. Fourth Hispanic Linguistic Symposium. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. November 17-19, 2000. The acquisition of requests in the foreign- and second-language contexts. Second Language Research Forum. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis- St. Paul, Minnesota. September 23-26, 1999. El estudio de la pragmática de interlengua: cuestiones y metodologías [The study of interlanguage pragmatics: questions and methodologies]. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. May 28, 1999. The perception of appropriate requests in Spanish by native speakers of Spanish. The 52nd Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. April 22-24, 1999. With C. Muench and J. Yoon. Beyond a reasonable doubt: replicating and revising interlanguage pragmatics tasks. 12th Annual International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. February 26-28, 1998. Lexical aspect and the acquisition of preterite and imperfect in Spanish as a foreign language. 1997 Colloquium on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. October 2-4, 1997. “Could you please send me the assignment?” Students’ requests to assistant instructors. 11th Annual International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. April 17-19, 1997. Workshops given: Oral Interviews in the Elementary and Intermediate Classroom. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. March 16-17 2011.

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Invited to participate in the daylong workshop on high impact practices and student learning as an expert on Service Learning. College of Charleston, South Carolina. May 14, 2010. Hispanics in the U.S. and service learning. Panel speaker in the Faculty Development Session on Civic Engagement. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 27, 2010. MySpanishLab introductory online workbook and course management system (with Jerry Spiller and/or Laura Plotts). Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 8, February 18, March 2, 2010. Reading, writing, and lesson plans workshop. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 8, 2010. Oral presentation/interview workshops. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. October 18-19, 2009; November 9-10, 2010; March 16-17, 2010. Orientation workshops for the Spanish Basic Language Program. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 27-28, 2009; August 19-20, 2010. Guest speaker on the topic of Pragmatics in INTR 510: Language and Culture. College of Charleston, South Carolina. March 26, 2009. Trained colleague in Service Learning methodology. July-December 2008. The communicative approach and input processing. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 22, 2005, August 15, 2007, August 21, 2008. Oral proficiency guidelines applied to teaching of Spanish as an L2. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 11, 2005. Input processing. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 23, 2004. Workshops for the 2002 Lowcountry Institute for Language Teachers. Division of Languages/School of Education. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. July 15-26, 2002. Testing and grading in the communicative Spanish classroom. Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston, South Carolina. October 4, 2001. Composition in the elementary Spanish foreign language classroom. Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston, South Carolina. January 23, 2001. Teaching grammar in the communicative foreign language classroom. Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston, South Carolina. September 19, 2000; August 17, 2001, August 19, 2002. Professional Activities Membership in Professional Organizations:

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) since 1999. • International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) since 2002. • The Linguist Network since 1994.

Honors and Recognitions:

• Nominated for the Multicultural ExCEL Award “Faculty of the Year” (March 2008, March 2013, March 2014, March 2015).

• Nominated for the 2012 LCWA Faculty of the Year Award. LCWA, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

• Global Scholar. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. September 8, 2009- present.

• Recipient of a Rosetta Stone program to study French as a Foreign Language. Global Scholars. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. June 2010-June 2011.

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• Recipient of the Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Initiatives Promoting Undergraduate Research in the Department of Hispanic Studies. Academic Affairs and School of Humanities and Social Sciences. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 14, 2002.

• Listed in the Directory of American Scholars. American Council of Learned Societies. November 2001.

• Twice Recipient of the TERA Teaching Excellence Awards. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 1998 and 1999.

• Twice rated outstanding instructor. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Fall 1998 and Spring 1999.

• Nomination for the Student Choice Award. Academic Affairs, Student Alumni Association, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 1999.

• Sigma Delta Pi National Spanish Honor Society member since 1990. • Amity Institute Scholar. Amity Institute, Del Mar, California. August 1987 - June

1988.

Grants for Research, Curriculum Development or Teaching Innovations: Period Title Grantor Amount Funding 2015 Prof. Development LCWA/School of Ed $1500 YES 2013 R&D School LCWA $2640 YES 2012 Innovative Teaching College of Chas. $1500 YES 2010 R&D School LCWA $200 YES 2010 R&D Pearson $1500 YES 2010 R&D Hispanic Studies $1000 YES 2009 R&D School LCWA $1500 YES 2008 R&D School of Langs. $1000 YES 2007 R&D Hispanic Studies/ $1200 YES

School of Langs. 2007 R&D College of Chas. $2056 YES 2005 R&D School of Hum $2300 YES & Soc. Sciences 2005 R&D Duke Endowment $20,000 YES 2005 R&D Division $1000 YES 2004 RUI NSF $166,932 NO 2004 SUR Undergrad. Studies $5000 NO 2003 R&D Int’l Business $2000 YES 2003 R&D Division $1500 YES 2002 Curriculum Honors $500 YES 2002 R&D Division $1000 YES 2001 Teaching CETL $1400 NO 2001 R&D Division $100 YES 2001 Teaching CETL $650 YES 2001 Research School of Hum $2500 YES & Soc. Sciences Director of Bachelor’s Essays, Independent Studies, Research Projects:

• Mentor graduate students’ research (Inmar Geiger and Neil Turner) on the presentation of culture in L2 Spanish Textbooks in the Elementary School (FLES) and High School levels. May-August, 2013 and September 2013-present.

• Reid Levin’s Independent Study on Questions in Spanish Linguistics. August-October, 2012.

• Crystal Dowd’s Independent Study (with Service Learning Component) on Educational issues of Hispanic children in Charleston. January-May, 2010.

• Shivani Jani Bachelor’s Essay on the use and functions of the diminutive in Mexican pop magazines for female teens. August 2008-May 2009.

• Amy Farley’s Independent Study on Hispanic students in South Carolina and secondary education. January-June, 2006.

• Stephanie Madison’s Bachelor’s Essay on teaching and learning approaches in Spanish and English as a second language. January-December 2005.

• Amanda Grove’s Bachelor’s Essay entitled Strangers in a foreign land: Hispanics in South Carolina. December 2003-2004.

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• Mary Cameron Stark’s Bachelor’s Essay entitled La importancia de la comunicación en la clase de español de lengua segunda: actividades y materiales para el aula [The importance of communication in the Spanish as a second language class: activities and materials for the classroom]. October 2000 - December 2001.

M.Ed. Comprehensive Exams/Portfolios/Theses: (starting July 2015 as Director)

• Joseph Barnett (M.Ed. Portfolio) September 2016. • Claudia O’Callaghan (M.Ed. Portfolio) August 2016. • Terry Platt (M.Ed. Portfolio) April 2016. • Jasney Soto (M.Ed. Portfolio) April 2016. • Maria Wersinger Gallego (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2015. • Elizabeth Cox (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2015. • Michael McCutcheon (M.Ed. Portfolio) July 2015. • Aimee Peralta (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2015. • Melissa Stewart (M.Ed Portfolio) March 2015. • Dan Gary (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2014. • Berenice Marquina Castillo (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2014. • Celeste DeVera (M.Ed Portfolio) August 2013. • Maria Gurovich (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2013. • Editha (Dee) Harper (M.Ed Portfolio) December 2012. • Shamika Samajeema Davis (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2012. • Chrystal Hepler (M.Ed. Portfolio) June 2011. • Diana Hudgens (M.Ed. Portfolio) June 2011. • Megan Araya (M.Ed. Portfolio) April 2011. • Hannah Salters (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2010. • Glorimar Blanco (M.Ed. Portfolio) April 2010. • Yasiris Torres (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2009. • Amira Pérez Potter (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2009. • Marisol Castro (M.Ed Porfolio) December 2008. • Laura Childers (M.Ed Comprehensive Exam) December 2008. • Nicole Clements (M.Ed Portfolio) April 2008. • Marisol Castro (M.Ed Thesis Proposal) January-May, 2008. • Mandy Hoskins (M.Ed Portfolio) November 2007. • Elizabeth McCarthy (M.Ed Portfolio) November 2006. • Mary Connors (M.Ed Comprehensive Exam) September-October 2006. • Anna Michelle Rucker (M.Ed. Portfolio) August 2006. • Katie Beckham (M.Ed. Portfolio) November 2005. • Thomas Stawley (M.Ed Comprehensive Exam) May 2005.

Ph.D. Dissertation Consultant: • Amy VonCannon’s Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Iowa. April 2003-May 2004. • Mar G. Colón Plana’s Ph.D. dissertation Estudio de la pragmática de interlenguaje en la

enseñanza virtual del inglés [The study of interlanguage pragmatics in the teaching of English on-line] at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. May 1999- May 2001.

Hispanic Studies Teaching Discussion Series: Innovations and Challenges in Second Language Teaching:

• Developer and co-organizer (with Mary Ann Blitt). Spring 2015-present. o Moving up: developing oral proficiency by Mary Ann Blitt. April 7, 2015. o Beyond the classroom: the use of online platforms for conversation practice with

native speakers by Antonio Pérez-Núñez. November 12, 2015. o From instructor to facilitator: learner-centered teaching practices in the language

classroom by Devon Hanahan. March 3, 2016. Other Professional Activities:

Technology: • Webmaster training. College of Charleston, February 2016. • Tips and tools for teaching and communicating online during campus closure. Teaching,

Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, September 13, 2015.

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• Technology for language teacher educators. Organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 14, 2015.

• Distance Education (DE) faculty mentor for the Distance Education Readiness Course participants. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, Spring 2015 (semester-long).

• iPad recording apps. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, November 13, 2013.

• Distance Education Readiness course. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, August 27- November 5, 2013. (Semester-long).

• Google Drive. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, October 28, 2013.

• Survival guide to teaching online: structuring your online course to motivate today’s students by Sarah Hoffman. Web Seminar. Wiley Faculty Network. October 23, 2013.

• VoiceThread. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, October 2, 2013. • Distance Education brown bag lunch talk. Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

College of Charleston, South Carolina. September 18, 2013. • Distance and online education information session. College of Charleston, South Carolina.

April 17, 2013. • Faculty Technology Institute (FTI). Teaching the #techgeneration. Teaching, Learning and

Technology. College of Charleston, March 4-8, 2013. (30 hours of instruction). • iPad orientation and training. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston,

February 18, 2013. • Prezi. FTI to go. Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, April 30, 2012. • Google Docs. Individual training. College of Charleston, South Carolina. January 30, 2012. • Linguafolio: online assessment. January 19, 2012 and June 2012. • On-line teaching. Summer Sessions. College of Charleston, South Carolina. October 3,

2011. • Library services and on-line classroom management system OAKS. The Library and

Teaching, Learning and Technology. College of Charleston, September 1, 2011. • OAKS on-line classroom management system training. Teaching, Learning and

Technology. College of Charleston, August 17, 2010, February 25, 2011, March 22, 2011, April 5 and 26, 2011, November 1, 2012 (version 10), December 5, 2012.

• Instructional Strategies for Blended and on-line learning. College of Charleston, South Carolina. March 2, 2010.

• Podcasting: Enhancing the experience of the Spanish course. Web Seminar. Wiley Faculty Network. October 29, 2009.

• MySpanishLab on–line course management system training. WebEx and on-site. College of Charleston, South Carolina, October, 16, November 12, December 8, December 10, 2009, April 27, 2010, May 4, 2011, August 16, 2012.

• Quia online manual workshop. College of Charleston, South Carolina. April 9, 2009. • Wimba Voice tools workshop. College of Charleston, South Carolina. February 6, 2008. • Pre-ACTFL conference Teaching with Technology workshop in San Antonio, TX.

November 2007.

Linguistics/Teaching conferences, talks and workshops attended: • Whoever you are, you’re one of us. The Irish Bed and Breakfast as processual act by

Moore Quinn. College of Charleston, South Carolina. March 30, 2016. • The sociolinguistic significance of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Walt Wolfram. Linguistics

Discussion Series. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. February 22, 2016. • Moving from testing to assessment by Jon Fulk. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill

Education World Languages Professional Development Series. February 15, 2016. • Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI)/Spanish Linguistics in the South East

(SLISE). College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. February 6, 2016. • Cross national advertising in Spanish: forms of address in commercial signage in the US

and Mexico by Joseph Weyers. Global Scholars. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. November 11, 2015.

• Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC). Organized by the College of Charleston. Charleston, South Carolina. October 15-17, 2015.

• Intermediate Spanish: Are your intermediate Spanish students prepared for the next step in their journey towards proficiency? by Emily Spinelli, Carmen García, and Carol Galvin

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Flood. Webinar organized by Cengage Learning. October 2, 2015. • Wire me and inspire me: a panel discussion by Shelley Rodrigo, Greg Rivera, and Bonnie

Tensen. Webinar organized by Cengage Learning. August 14, 2015. • 9th Conference on Language Teacher Education: Changes and Challenges in Language

Teacher Education. Organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 14-16, 2015.

• Program evaluation for language teacher educators. Organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 14, 2015.

• Technology for language teacher educators. Organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 14, 2015.

• Language and (in)equality: the role of linguistics and linguists in and outside the classroom by Ricard Viñas de Puig. Honors Series. College of Charleston. April 17, 2015.

• Inspiration for integrating culture in hybrid and online courses by Annie Rutter Wendell. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. April 7, 2015.

• The acquisition of grammar and how instruction can help (really!) by Janice Aski and Diane Musumeci. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. March 3, 2015.

• Empowering the 95%. What learners should take away from their beginning language studies by Grant Goodall and Darcy Lear. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. February 26, 2015.

• Spanish in the US: Language mixing as hybrid vigor by John Lipski. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, South Carolina. February 18, 2015.

• 2014 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference. San Antonio, Texas. November 21-24, 2014.

• Speaking about world languages one-day virtual conference. Organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. November 14, 2014.

• Building learning blocks: scaffolding assignments for learning effectiveness by Amy Uribe. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. November 6, 2014.

• Active learning: how to engage students improve language learning by Grant Goodall. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill Education World Languages Professional Development Series. October 15, 2014.

• Digital literacies in and beyond the L2 classroom: a hybrid symposium on research and practice organized by the University of Arizona. October 6-11, 2014.

• Exploring intercultural competence. Concepts, components, implementation, and assessment by Alvino Fantini. Webinar organized by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Culture SIG. September 23, 2014.

• Heritage and L2 students. Avoid splitting your advanced grammar class by Aymara Boggiano. Webinar organized by McGraw-Hill. September 23, 2014.

• Bring a daily dose of culture to your language classroom by Norma López-Burton. Webinar organized by Wiley Faculty Network. April 9, 2014.

• How to assess task based performance by John Morris. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. April 3, 2014.

• Assessing vocabulary by John Read. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. February 19, 2014.

• Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Communication. Tucson, Arizona. January 23-26, 2014.

• Making it real: service learning in the college classroom by Sandra Gibbons. Webinar organized by Wiley Faculty Network. December 3, 2013.

• Assessing language using computer technology by Volker Hegelheimer. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. April 10, 2013.

• Half someone else’s: paradoxes of truth and ownership in academic writing by Susan Blum. College of Charleston Linguistics Discussion Series. March 28, 2013.

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• College slang in the age of social media by Connie Eble. College of Charleston Linguistics Discussion Series. March 12, 2013.

• Developing rubrics for language assessment by James Dean Brown. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. February 21, 2013.

• Enhancing instructor presence in the online language classroom by Chris Hromalik. Webinar organized by Wiley Faculty Network. December 5, 2012.

• Pathways to excellence: using backwards design principles for instruction and assessment by Donna Clementi. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. November 29, 2012.

• Real time online collaboration tools for developing Spanish proficiency by LeeAnn Stone and Glenn Wilson. Webinar organized by Wiley Faculty Network. October 31, 2012.

• Evasive responses; cues that distinguish the reluctant speaker. College of Charleston Linguistics Discussion Series. October 24, 2012.

• “Italians in Mexico?” Language maintenance and language shift in Chipilo, Mexico by Hilary Barnes. Sigma Delta Pi Series. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, South Carolina. September 26, 2012.

• Variacionisme de la llengua catalana [variationism in the Catalan language]. Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC). Barcelona, Spain, June 6, 2012.

• Assessing speaking: putting the pieces together by Glenn Fulcher. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. April 19, 2012.

• Inanimacy and language acquisition by Misha Becker. College of Charleston Linguistics Discussion Series. February 15, 2012.

• Teaching Intermediate Spanish: Achieving academic requirements through a culture-based course by Cindy Doutrich. Webinar organized by Heinle/Cengage Learning. February 14, 2012.

• Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence: Intercultural Competence and foreign/second language immersive environments. Tucson, AZ. January 26-29, 2012.

• Language and culture: you are what you say by Joseph Weyers. Honors Series. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 20, 2012.

• Beyond accountability: using formative assessment to improve teaching by Carl Falsgraf. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. October 27, 2011.

• Integrating performance assessment into world language learning and teaching by Margaret Malone. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. May 5, 2011.

• Teaching Spanish writing as a process by Kim Potowski. Webinar organized by Wiley Faculty Network. March 31, 2011.

• Foreign language classroom assessment in support of teaching and learning by Matt Poehner. Webinar organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University and Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Penn State University. February 10, 2011.

• Annual 2010 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention. Boston, MA, November 19-21, 2010.

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Writing Proficiency Guidelines Familiarization workshop. Boston, MA. November 18, 2010.

• Achieving Intercultural Competence through Community Service Learning by Anne Abbott. Pearson Speaking about World Languages Webinar. November 5, 2010.

• Pearson Course redesign workshop. San Diego, California, September 24-25, 2010. • Una mirada al futuro: visualizing the future of Spanish education. Wiley Faculty Network.

Miami, Florida. November 5-7, 2009. • Linguistic landscape in Spain: English-Spanish mixing in signs and advertising by E.

Martínez-Gibson. Linguistics series. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. April 27, 2009.

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• Teaching grammatical accuracy in L2 composition. Web seminar. Wiley Faculty Network. April 23, 2009.

• Oral Proficiency Interview Computer (OPIc) workshop. College of Charleston, South Carolina. October 7, 2008.

• Intercultural Competence Workshop. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. October 10-11, 2008.

• School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs Retreat. August 2008. • Language Education in Multicultural Settings. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain. January 2007.

Other workshops/talks attended: • Major and minors fair Linguistics representative. College of Charleston, Charleston, South

Carolina. October 29, 2015. • Assessment workshop for graduate programs. The Graduate School and Institutional

Effectiveness and Strategic Planning. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. October 26, 2015.

• Assessment workshop. School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. October 13, 2015.

• Scheduling and curriculum workshop for program directors. Registrar and Academic Affairs. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. September 9, 2015.

• Compliance Assist training. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 24, 2015.

• Graduate program directors retreat. The Graduate School. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 20, 2015.

• New graduate program directors orientation. The Graduate School. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. August 5, 2015.

• First year experience (FYE) new faculty workshops. College of Charleston, South Carolina. May 12-13, 2015 and August 20, 2015.

• The North American Academy of the Spanish Language: achievements and challenges by Gerardo Piña-Rosales. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, South Carolina. October 9, 2014.

• Mapping the memory of Spain’s dictatorship, re-viewing the regime’s disappeared: sites of scholarship and undergraduate field research by Dr. Cate-Arries. Department of Hispanic Studies. College of Charleston, South Carolina. September 12, 2013.

• Comfortably unaware by Dr. Oppenheimer. Book Club, meet the author and college wide talk. College of Charleston, South Carolina. April 2013.

• Eating animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. The College Reads. College of Charleston, South Carolina. October 23, 2012.

• The sexual politics of meat by Carol Adams. The College Reads. College of Charleston, South Carolina. September 25, 2012.

• Symbolic visions of French cuisine on the big screen by Cristina Bragagalia. Department of French and Italian. College of Charleston, South Carolina. August 30, 2012.

• The DREAM Act. Critical Issues in Diversity Series. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. November 15, 2011.

• Safe Zone workshop. Multicultural Student programs and Services. College of Charleston, South Carolina. February 2, 2010.

• IRB Training. Office of Research and Grant Administration. College of Charleston, South Carolina. January, 2009.

Other activities:

• Linguistics Minor retreat at Dixie Plantation. College of Charleston, January 9, 2015. • Field trip with Linguistics Club to Penn Center in St. Helena’s Island (Gullah/geechee

culture). College of Charleston, April 12, 2014. • Peer classroom observations and reports (SPAN, GRMN, FYSM). College of Charleston,

South Carolina. Spring 2003-2006; April-December 2008; September 23, 2011, September 5, 2012, September 26, 2012, April 16, 2013, September 4, 2013.

• Writer’s retreat. Addlestone Library. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. May 6-9, 2013.

• Convocation 2012 and 2013 “Conversations with the faculty.” August 18, 2012, August 19, 2013.

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• Cross-campus Academicaly adrift discussion group. April 2011. • SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 common final exam advisor. November-December 2005; Fall

2007. • M.Ed. Comprehensive Exam/Portfolio Committee member. May 2005-present. • Advisory Oral Proficiency Interviews for Spanish majors with teaching concentration.

Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston, South Carolina. August 2003-October 2013.

• Conducted Final Exam review session for SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I. Foreign Language Tutoring Lab. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. November 30, 2001.

• Participated in the program S488 Spanish for teachers. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Fall 1994 and 1998.

Professional Skills Linguistics Skills:

• Strong knowledge of applied linguistics areas such as second language acquisition, second language instruction, and curriculum development, including Service Learning methodology.

• Strong knowledge of sociolinguistics areas such as cross-cultural pragmatics, intercultural communication, language in context, and bilingualism issues.

• Strong knowledge of Spanish Linguistics (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse)

• Knowledge of applied Spanish to the medical field. • Interpretation skills in the medical and community fields.

Language Skills:

• Spanish and Catalan: native speaker. • English: near native speaker. • French: Intermediate High (ACTFL OPI May 2012). • Other languages studied: Italian and German.

Communication Skills: • Strong oral and written abilities in Spanish, English, and Catalan. • Editing skills. • Strong interpersonal communication skills, especially teaching, supervising, coordinating,

and advising. • Able to quickly develop rapport with students and colleagues. • Strong knowledge of and practice in problem solving strategies. • Effective facilitator of the planning process and implementation skills. • Able to work well as a leader and/or member of a team.

Other Skills:

• Very strong organizational skills. • High level of enthusiasm and energy. • Skilled in personal goal setting. • Leadership skills. • Team member. • Computer, Internet, web 2.0 skills and applications, Ipad applications, video editing skills,

Distance Education skills, Cascade Webmaster.

Service College of Charleston:

Director, M.Ed in Languages Program (July 2015-present) • Program direction and coordination • Curriculum development and curricular changes • Student advising • Communication with students (new distribution list and Facebook page) • Portfolio and exit interview panel Chair and member • LALE course scheduling • Transfer credit evaluation

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• Planning and Assessment tasks (including Compliance Assist, assessment instruments, assessment plans and reports)

• SACSCOC Accreditation tasks (catalog, transfer credit inventory, etc) • SACSCOC Assessment Committee for the Graduate School • Program page webmaster • Open house graduate programs in Education (Lowcountry Graduate Center) • Orientation • Graduate Council • New poster

Faculty College Committees: • Nominations and Elections Committee. August 2012-May 2013. • Committee on Graduate and Continuing Education. May 2009-May 2012. Elected Chair in

May 2010-May 2012 (also attended the Graduate Council and the Senate). • Senator. August 2005-December 2006 and August 2011-May 2014. • Honors Program/Aiken Fellows/NCHC Review Committee. April 2008-May 2009. • Recycling Committee. August 2004-May 2006. • Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness Committee. August 2001-May 2002; May 2002-

August 2004 (chair). • The Graduate Council. August 2003-May 2005; August 2010-May 2012; August 2015-

present.

Tenure and Promotion: • External panel member in the Department of German and Slavic Studies. Fall 2011 and

Fall 2012. College Advising:

• Advisor for the Global Scholars Program. Spring 2010-present. • Service learning faculty advisor. May 2007-December 2007. • Honors Advising. 2001-present.

Other College Activities:

• Second Language Acquisition training for the Center for Student Learning tutors. Limitless learning training. Center for Student Learning. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. January 6, 2016.

• Search committee member for Assistant to the Graduate Dean position. March-April, 2013. • Learning Spaces Task Force. November 2011-May 2012. • Conrad Festa Humanitarian Award Committee. March 2009. • Service learning director search. May-October 2008. • LCWA Task Force. May-October 2007. • Ad-hoc Committee on grading scales: August-December 2006. • “Why students leave” Task Force. September 2003-2004. • Rotary Scholars Language Interviews. College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

August 9, 2003. • Freshmen Retention Committee. January-April 2002. • Interdisciplinary Linguistics Minor. Including beginning of the semester meetings/retreats.

2001-present. • Fullbright Selection Committee. October 2000. • Office of Admissions and Adult Student Services Open House Departmental

Representative. September 30, 2000. School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs (former Division of Languages):

Curriculum issues: • Task force on Proficiency at the Elementary and Intermediate levels (Chair). February-May

2010. • Faculty participant in the review process for the Bilingual Legal Interpreting Program. March

22, 2010. • Leader of the session on Proficiency at the Elementary and Intermediate Levels. School of

Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs retreat. August 2009.

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• Co-leader of session at the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs retreat. August 2008.

• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Committee. February 2003- August 2004.

• Associate Director for the 2002 Lowcountry Institute for Language Teachers. February, 2002-April 2003. M.Ed. in Languages:

• Graduate Program Director, M.Ed in Languages. July 2015-present. • M.Ed. in Languages Advisor and Steering Committee. 2001-June 2015. • M.Ed. in Languages and Language Education representative for December

commencement. December 2009. • Multimedia Center Task Force. August 2007-March 2008. • M.Ed. Comprehensive Exam/Portfolio Committee member. May 2005-present.

Other:

• SACSCOC Graduate School Assessment Committee. February-May 2016. • Language Fair Committee. October 2001-February 2002. • Technology Committee. September 2001-August 2004.

Department of Hispanic Studies: Senate:

• Departmental Senator. Faculty Senate, College of Charleston, August 2005-December 2006; and August 2011-May 2014.

Faculty Searches:

• Chair of Search Committee for two positions, Skype interviews, and teaching trial observations and reports August 2013- March 2014.

• Chair of Search Committee for three positions and MLA interviews, and teaching trial observations and reports August 2010- February 2011.

• Member of Search Committee for Chair of Hispanic Studies, 2009-2010. • Member of Search and hiring Committee and MLA interviews, 2006-2007. • Member of Search and hiring Committee, 2005-2006. • Member of Search and hiring Committee and MLA interviews, 2004-2005.

Curriculum issues:

• Distance Education Task Force. Fall 2016. • Basic Language Steering Committee. February 2014-present. • Assessment of SPAN 381: Introduction to Linguistics. April-May 2013 and April 2014. • Civilization and Culture Curriculum Committee. February 2012- April 2012. • Trained new Basic Language Coordinator. July-August 2011. • Basic Language Program Coordinator. May 2009-June 2011. • General Education Competency Tables (with M. Del Mastro). April 18, 2011. • Common Final Proctor. May and December, 2009. • SPAN 275/344 curriculum committee. Spring 2009. • Revision of the Spanish major. March 2008-Feb 2009. • SPAN 202 textbook Committee. April-May 2008 (member); and October-December 2009

(chair). • High beginners Curriculum Committee (chair). September-December 2006. • Medical Interpreting Curriculum Committee. 2005-2006. • SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 Common Final Committee (chair). November-December 2005.

Student issues:

• Sigma Delta Pi committee member. Fall 2009; Spring 2012-present (graduate advisor). • Casa Hispana Advisor. August 2011-May 2014. • Departmental Awards Committee. March-April 2008. • Chrestomathy co-editor for the Department of Hispanic Studies. Spring 2006. • Student Awards Committee. August 2003-May 2004; March-April 2008. • Advising of majors. August 2000-present.

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Departmental issues: • By-laws committee (chair). Fall 2007-April 2008. • Ad-hoc Workload Committee. September-December 2006. • Departmental Representative for December Commencement 2006. • Participation in Hispanic Heritage Month. September-October 2005, 2006.

Other: • New faculty mentor: 2011-2014; 2015-present. • Spanish accent reduction coaching (Student-Ross Holbrook). Spring 2011.

Graduate School: • Director of the M.Ed. in Languages (July 2015-present). • Graduate Council August 2003-May 2005; August 2010-May 2012; August 2015-present. • SACSCOC Assessment Committee (February 2016-present).

Local Community: Consultant:

• Consultant for the Foreign language Department at the Charleston Charter School of Math and Science. Charleston, South Carolina. January 2009.

• Expert on Second Language Acquisition for the television program Success by six on Channel 2. April 2006.

Interpreter/Latino Community:

• Volunteer Interpreter at MUSC CARES Physical Therapy Clinic, Charleston, South Carolina. March 2012-April 2013.

• Volunteer Interpreter at Harvest Free Medical Clinic. North Charleston, South Carolina. Spring 2009-2011.

• Member of Charleston HOPE. Charleston, South Carolina. October 2008-May 2009. • Interpreter for parent-teacher conferences at Midland Park Elementary School, North

Charleston, South Carolina. Fall 2005. • Health Outreach Language Access (HOLA) group. August 2004-May 2006.

K-12 involvement:

• Participant in the Professional Shadowing Project from James Island Charter High School. January 27, 2010.

• Associate Director for the Lowcountry Institute for Language Teachers. February 2002-April 2003.

• Judge for the Poetry Declamation Contest of the Charleston County School District. November 17, 2001.

Pro-Bono Translator: • Translation of two children’s books from Spanish to English. Nube 8, Spain. February-

March 2015. • Sight Translation of Women’s soccer contract (Catalan to English). February 2012. • Translation of materials (English to Spanish) for Jessica Latham and William Veal (Dept. of

Teacher Education) on indigenous Amazonian students and their cultural understandings of science. College of Charleston. November 2011.

• Translation of web contents (Spanish to English) for law firm Barceló Abogados, Barcelona, Spain (August-September 2011).

Linguistics/Academic Community:

Reviewer for tenure and promotion cases: o University of Ohio (2007) o Montclair State University (2007)

Consulting:

o Linguistics trainer for the National Medical Interpreter Project for Children’s Hospitals. September 2006-January 2007.

o Consultant for the College of New Jersey’s Spanish Conversation Program. April 2006.

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Journal Reviewer:

o Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. July 2009, July 2010, October 2010, February 2011, September 2011, June 2012, March-April 2013, May 2013, December 2014-January 2015, February 2015.

o Hispania. August 2012, January 2013. o L2 Journal. February-March 2014. o Foreign Language Annals, Fall 2007. o Pragmatics and Language Learning, Fall 2005. o Language Learning, Spring 2003. o Proceedings of the 4th Hispanic Linguistic Symposium, Spring 2001.

Textbook reviewer:

o Ambientes (McGraw-Hill). June 2016. o Escalas globales (Cengage). September 2013. o Voces (McGraw-Hill). July 2009. o Puentes (Heinle/Cengage Learning). April 2009. o Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica (J. I. Hualde, A. Olarrea, A. M. Escobar).

August 2007. o ¿Sabías que ...? (3rd ed), November 2001.

Session moderator: o Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Charleston, South Carolina.

October 15-17, 2015. o Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Charleston, South Carolina.

October 9-11, 2003.