Christina Overstreet
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D. College of Education, University of Florida, May 2006
- Major: Curriculum and Instruction
- Minors: German, Applied Linguistics
- Dissertation Title: “Reading
authentic text in the hypermedia environment: The effects
of question glosses on comprehension processes of intermediate
learners of German as a foreign language”.
Dissertation Abstract (PDF)
- Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, Program in Linguistics, University of Florida, Spring 1999
- M.A., Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida, November 1989
Languages
- German – native fluency
- English – fluent
- French - intermediate
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida, Aug. 1987 - April 89
- Substitute Teacher, Baker County High School, Glen St. Mary, Florida. Taught 3 classes of 1st year German, 1 class of 2nd year German and 2 classes of 10th grade English; January 23, 1989 - June 1990
- Adjunct Faculty, Santa Fe Community College from Aug. 26, 1990 to May 1992;
Established and taught beginning levels of German
- Visiting Instructor, University of New Orleans International Summer
School, University of Innsbruck, Austria; July 5 - August 15, 1992
Beginning German
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida, August 26, 1990-current
- Teaching beginning and intermediate levels of German language and culture (UF Honors Program)1992-2009
- Teaching hybrid courses on the beginning and intermediate levels
- Developing Discover German I and Discover German II in collaboration with Franz Futterknecht as part of the 'Provost's Initiative'
- Teaching WebCourses Discover German I and II since Summer 2009
- Developing language courses on the intermediate and advanced levels in Sakai - on going
Awards
- Promotion to Master Lecturer August 2011
- Promotion to Senior Lecturer, August 2006
- Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service and dedication on the University of Florida Teaching and Technology Initiative, June 30, 2005
- University of Florida Presidential Recognition, April 20, 2005
- Madelyn Lockhart Fellowship Finalist, March 30, 2005
- Professional Development Leave, Fall 2002
- Productivity Award (Bonus payment) Spring Semester 1999
Publications
- “From outsiders to insiders: Cross-cultural gate-keeping encounters in higher education” in Boxer, D. (2002) Applying sociolinguistics. Domains and face-to-face-interactions. John Benjamins: Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
Academic/Professional Activities
- University of Florida Teaching and Technology Initiative US Department
of Education PT3 Program (Preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use
technology), Fall 2001/2002- 2004/2005
(http://www.coe.ufl.edu/school/pt3/index.html)
- Prestigious Awards Advisor, UF Honors Program, August 2006-2008
- Director/Co-Director and Academic Advisor of the Overseas Studies Program
in Mannheim, 1993-2004, 2008
Created ‘Interaction Leader Program’ - Instructor for the University of Florida Center for European Studies Language Teacher Summer Institute, Summer 2006-current
Conference Presentations
- "Process of Reading"; ACTFL 2008; Orlando, Fla; November 22, 2008
- “Individual readers' use of question prompts"; CALICO 2007, Texas State University-San Marcos, Austin, TX. May 22-26, 2007
- “L2 Reading comprehension as situated activity"; AAAL 2007, Costa Mesa, CA., April 24-27, 2007
- "Effects of question glosses on online reading and look-up behavior”; CALICO 2005, Lansing, MI; May 18-21, 2005
- “Effects of Question Glosses on Online Reading and Look-up behavior”; MLA 2004, Philadelphia, PA; December 27-30, 2004
- “Approaches to reading: Effects of question glosses on online reading and look-up behavior”; ACTFL 2004, Chicago, IL; November 19-21, 2004
- “The effects of question glossing on online reading and look-up behavior. Research process and preliminary results”; National Foreign Language Resource Center: Distance Education Distributed Learning & Language Instruction: Reports from the field’. Symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu , HI. July 27-30, 2004
- “Bringing it all together”, Panel Presentation, Technology and Language Teaching at UF; Symposium, University of Florida, November 23, 2002
- “Online bulletin boards: A tool to increase student interaction”, TESOL Conference, Palm Beach, FL, May 2002; Collaboration with Perihan Savas.
- “Merging Language and Culture: L2 reading on the WEB”, SAMLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001
- “From outsiders to insiders: Gate-keeping encounters in campus
offices”; AAAL Conference, St. Louis, February 24-27, 2001
Collaboration with Diana Boxer - “The Internet as a stage for experiencing German language and culture: An experiment at the University of Florida”; Paper at the Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures, May 4, 2000
- “Exploring life outside the classroom. ESOL and Ethnography”. Panel Presentation; Sunshine State TESOL 23rd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL May 6-8, 1999
Professional Memberships
- AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)
- CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)
- FFLA (Florida Foreign Language Association)
- TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages)
- AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)
