Mentoring

Besides teaching, my duties include advising graduate students. I have also coordinated graduate thesis for the M.A. in Spanish and have been a member of various M.A. and Ph.D. committees.

Ph.D. Thesis Committee (member of exam committee)
Travalia, Carolina Marie. “El concepto de colocación en español: propuesta a una nueva taxonomía y delimitación de sus funciones”. Doctorate
in Modern Languages at Middlebury College, Vermont, USA. Defense August 2005.

MA Thesis Committees (member of the exam committee)

  1. Fernández, Javier. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. “A functional & structural analysis of codeswitching”. Defense June 2010.
  2. Aliaj, Ona. MA in TESOL. Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense June 2010.
  3. Hoffman, David. “Effects of L1 Use in an ESL”. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense Nov. 2009.
  4. Carson, Shannon. “Still life (a volume of poetry). Creative-writing poetry”. MA in Dept. of English. Defense May, 2008.
  5. Seutter, Dax. “Negotiating success: Negotiation and Interaction in ESL”. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense June 2007.
  6. Folliard, Kate. “Preferred learning styles of native Mexican ESL learners”. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense August 2006.
  7. Vergun, Andrea. “A Longitudinal study of the acquisition of American English vowel by a beginning Spanish-speaking learner”. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense May 2006.
  8. Rueda, Jennifer. “Do a series of lessons focusing on English coda structure improve Spanish-speaking ESL students pronunciation?” MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense April 2006.
  9. Matsuoka, Yuichi. “Grammar learning strategies among successful and less successful grammar learners: an application of the strategy inventory”. MA in TESOL, Dept. Applied Linguistics. Defense Sept. 2005.
  10. Sara Cuevas. “Mirando al interior: Mujeres de ojos grandes de Ángeles Mastretta”. MA in Spanish. Dept. F. L. L. Defense May 2004.

MA Non-Thesis Committees (supervisor of final MA research essay & member of exam committee)

  1. Jordan, Rebekah. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  2. Pennington, Laurissa. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  3. Gerke, Amanda. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  4. Mulas, Laura. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  5. Iglesias, Juan. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  6. Chakerian, Raven. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  7. Wiese, Melissa. “Approaches to leísmo.” MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  8. Franke, Greys. “La influencia alfonsí en la normalización del castellano”. MA in Spanish. Nov. 2009.
  9. Tasi, Joana. “Expressing wish in Spanish and Albanian: subjunctive and optative”. MA in Spanish, June 2009.
  10. Aliaj, Fationa. “Comparative linguistic analysis of Direct Object in Spanish and Albanian.” MA in Spanish, June 2008. Published.
  11. Hurley, Caroline. “Language Anxiety and Error Correction in the Middle School L2 Classroom”. MA in Spanish, June 2007.
  12. Hall, Rosario. “Duality in Marianela de Galdós”.  MA in Spanish. Defense June 2005.
  13. Shoemaker, Angela. “La psicología de Marianela de Galdós como crítica social”. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2004.

Additional MA Non-Thesis Committees (member of exam committee
Advisees
  1. Chakerian, Raven. MA in Spanish. June 2010.
  2. Schmaltz, Heidi. MA in Spanish. Nov. 2009.
  3. Bradley, Tiffanie. MA in Spanish. Nov. 2009.
  4. Franke, Greys. MA in Spanish. Nov. 2009.
  5. Tasi, Joana. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2009.
  6. Kreutter, Stephanie. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2009.
  7. Perez, Ruth. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2009.
  8. Aliaj, Fationa. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2008.
  9. Mason, Gregory. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2008.
  10. Zink, Stephanie. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2007.
  11. Bentley, Sara. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2006.
  12. Hunsley, Jennifer. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2006.
  13. Díez Arazola, Rocio. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2005.
  14. Chantal, Berthet. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2005.
Non-advisees
  1. Milosevic, Natasa. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2009.
  2. Orcutt, Kathleen. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2009.
  3. Hurley, Carolina. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2007.
  4. Mork, Kevin, MA in Spanish. Defense June 2007.
  5. Ceciliano, Jenny. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2006.
  6. Cash, William. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2005.
  7. Lagos, Monica. MA in Spanish. Defense June 2005.
  8. Wales, Ann. MAT in Spanish. Defense Nov. 2004.
  9. Larsen, Antonia. MA in Spanish. Defense Nov. 2004.
  10. Pattern, Jared. MA in Spanish. Defense Dec. 2003.
  11. López, Carmen. MAT in Spanish. Defense May 2003.
  12. Daly, Brendan. MAT in Spanish. Defense May 7, 2003.

Language Coordinating & Advising Experience

Portland State University: Third year Spanish coordinator, Span 301-3, (2003-07), 24/5 sections.
Advisor for the GTEP, Graduate Teacher Education Program (Spanish), in the Graduate School of Education (2007-present).
Advisor for the Graduate Programs in Spanish in the Dept. of Foreign Languages, PSU (2007-09).
Head Spanish Section (2009-2011).

Middlebury College: Graduate Advanced Grammar Classes, Span 505 (summer 2001-04), 5 sections.
Written Composition Coordinator, Span 601 (summer 2004), 3 sections.
Advanced Spanish coordinator, Span 401 – 403 (summer 2005), 3 sections.

Hope College: Second year Spanish coordinator, level 200, (1999-01), 5 sections.
Third year Spanish coordinator, level 300, (2000-01), 2 sections.
Coordinator of activities in the Spanish Club (2000-02).
Advising First Year Students (2000-02).
Supervisor of Study Abroad Program in Salamanca, Spain (2001-02).
Supervising teacher students at local schools (2000-01).

U. of Houston: Co-director of the UH Summer Abroad Program in Spain. Duties included: advising students, administering budget, housing, working with Spanish faculty and staff and teaching linguistics (May-July 1999).