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About Frances Sweeney

Positions

1994 - Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ World Languages and Cultures
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1994 - Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Justice, Community and Leadership
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2005 - 2012 Member of Executive Board, Association of Core Texts and Courses
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2003 - 2011 Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Saint Mary's College of California
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2000 - 2003 Assistant to Academic Vice President for Undergraduate Initiatives and Assessment, Saint Mary's College of California
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1999 - 2003 Dean, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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1996 - 1998 Visiting Professor, Theories of Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of California - Berkeley
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1997 Coordinator of Lower Division Languages and Language Technology, Saint Mary's College of California
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1992 - 1994 Faculty Member, The Ohio State University
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1988 - 1990 Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin
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1990 Assistant Director, Harmon Hall Institute of English
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Disciplines

Grants

1992 - 1994 New Faculty Research Grant
The Ohio State University
1991 - 1991 Faculty Research Stipend
University of Texas at Austin
1988 - 1990 Tuition Grant
Department of Spanish and Portuguese - University of Texas at Austin
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Member, American Association of Colleges & Universities (AACU)
Member, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Member, American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Member, American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Member, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
Member, Association of Core Texts and Courses (ACTC)
Member, California Foreign Language Teachers Association (CFLTA)
Member, Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC)
Member, Modern Language Association (MLA)
Member, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)
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Honors and Awards

  • Sigma Delta Pi National Honor Society
  • Phi Kappa Honor Society
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute. Grant Administrative Director, Mexico. 2011

Courses

  • Theories of Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
  • Spanish Syntax and Semantics
  • Spanish Stylistics
  • Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
  • Spanish Composition and Conversation
  • Latin American Women Writers
  • Culture and Civilization of Spain
  • Culture and Civilization of Latin America
  • Culture and Civilization of Costa Rica
  • Contemporary Peninsular Literature
  • Collegiate Seminar Great Books
  • Stylistics in Spanish
  • Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Language courses
  • Spanish Identities and Art, Architecture, and History in Spain
  • Workshop in Spanish Translation
  • Environmental Responsibility
  • Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

Education

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2007 M.A., Graduate Liberal Studies, Saint Mary's College of California
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1995 CMT Massage Therapy, American Institute of Massage
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1992 Ph.D, Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
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1987 M.A. Spanish, Middlebury College
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1986 B.A. Spanish and Diversified Liberal Arts, Saint Mary's College of California
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Presentations (40)