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Position Title
Continuing Lecturer Emerita of Spanish
Position Title
Continuing Lecturer Emerita of Spanish
Bio
PROFILE
Outside the Classroom...
I have several interests, perhaps the two great pastimes being racquetball and quilting.
RESEARCH INTEREST(S)
- Second Language Acquisition
- Cross-cultural studies
COURSE(S) TAUGHT
- Spanish 390, Methodology
- Spanish 8, Conversational Spanish
- Spanish 1, 2, 3, Elementary Spanish
- Freshman Seminar: Examining Cultural Stereotypes and Perspectives
- Freshman Seminar: Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
COMMITTEES AND SERVICE
- Language Committee
- UCD Spanish Language Aide Program
- UCD/DJUSD Spanish Language Aide Program
- Founder, Sproul Hall Cup (interdepartmental soccer tournament)
- UCD Racquetball Club Coach
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Pura Vida, 1st year Spanish (Wiley, in press, 2014; co-authored with Laura Marques and Cristina Pardo Ballester, former UCD graduate students)
- On Being a Language Teacher: A Personal and Practical Guide to Success (Yale Press, in press, 2014; co-authored with Denise Minor, former UCD graduate student)
- Tu Sais Quoi, French Conversation (Yale Press, 2012; co-authored with Annabelle Dolidon, former UCD graduate student in French)
- Rumbos, 2nd year Spanish; 1/e, 2/e (Cengage, 2011; co-authored with Jill Pellettieri, former UCD graduate student)
- Dimelo tu lab manual, 1st year Spanish; 1/e, 2/e (Heinle, 1989)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- UC Davis Intramural Women's Racquetball Champion, 2010
- Guest speaker for Wiley Language Educator Series, New Orleans LA, 2010
- Academic Federation Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009