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EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins University                Baltimore, MD

 ABD     currently
 M.A., 1997. Major: Hispanic and Italian Studies.

University of Florida                 Gainesville, FL

 B.A.,  1993. Summa Cum Laude.
Major: Spanish
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EXPERIENCE

University of Florida                 Gainesville, FL

 2000-currently  Visiting Lecturer in Spanish

Teaching first-year Spanish. Coordinating the production of exams, compositions, oral exams, and lesson plans for Computer lab and Language Learning Center. General problem-solving, class observations, editing, tutorials on Gradebook, and advising on teaching logistics and strategies, cultural events, housing and recreation.
 

1999-2000  Adjunct Instructor in Spanish

Taught second and third year Spanish. Wrote exams. Assisted colleagues with editing of documents in English and interviewing practice in English.

 Johns Hopkins University                Baltimore, MD

  1993-1998  Graduate Teaching Assistant

Taught first and second-year Spanish. Coordinated teaching of second-year Spanish in Spring 1996. From 1994-95 organized  inter-departmental language pedagogy workshops for teaching assistants and professors involved in language instruction. In 1995 became certified in the Rassias Method of language instruction. Translated and edited professional articles by colleagues in Spanish and Sociology.
 

  1997-1998   Graduate Research  Buenos Aires, Argentina

Spent five months doing dissertation research on contemporary poetry by writers who were children during the Dirty War (1976-83). Translated and published an article by Adrienne Rich in “El desierto: Revista de NUSUD,” November 1998. Attended V Festival de Poesía in Rosario, Argentina.
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SKILLS

Academic: Strong problem-solving, excellent research and communication skills; highly effective in accessing community and institutional resources to benefit students and colleagues; thoroughly committed to collegiality and teamwork.

Languages:  Fluent in Spanish, reading proficiency in Portuguese.

Computer:  Word Processing: Microsoft Word
           Word Perfect

   Spreadsheet:      Gradebook
 
 
 
 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

Participant:  “Teaching Bodies or Minds: Transgressing Hierarchies in the Classroom”
workshop sponsored by the University Center for Excellence in Teaching and the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. March 30, 2001, University of  Florida.

Coordinator: canoe outings for graduate students/colleagues, Spring, 2001.

Coordinator: housing, services, and translation for visiting professor Dr. Genovese,
Spring 2001, University of Florida.

Tutor in English: Met weekly with each of three graduate students who had to pass the
Speak Test in order to teach, Fall 2000, University of Florida.

Participant: “The Teacher as Actor Workshop” sponsored by the University Center for
Excellence in Teaching, February 5, 2000.

Organizer: Seminar by Diamela Eltit. Also translated the seminar paper presented,
March, 1996, Johns Hopkins University.

Writer: New departmental course evaluation for language classes, 1995, Johns Hopkins
University.

Organizer: Inter-departmental Language Pedagogy Summit “Teaching Fluency, Teaching
Fluently,” March 1995, Johns Hopkins University.

---Inter-departmental Language Pedagogy Summit “Let’s Talk About Teaching…Languages,” November, 1994, Johns Hopkins University.
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HONORS

Phi Beta Kappa, 1993, University of Florida.
Two-Year Scholar Award, 1993, University of Florida.
Undergraduate Research Award, 1993, University of Florida.
Dean’s List, 1993, University of Florida.
Ruth McQuown Scholarship Award, 1992, University of Florida.
Dean’s Scholarship, 1992, University of Florida.
President’s Honor Roll, 1992 and 1991, University of Florida.
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AFFILIATIONS

Modern Language Association
Latin American Studies Association

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