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 |
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) |
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
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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