Spring 2013 Schedule

English 5800: Graduate Seminar
Tuesday  4:00-7:30, C-233

English 4800 Second Language Acquisition, Section 2
Monday:  4:30 to 7:10, C-111

English 4850:  Grammar
Tuesday-Thursday  2:00-3:15, L-160

English 4990: TESOL Senior Seminar
Thursday 6:00-8:40, P-113


Course Descriptions & Syllabi

English 4800.pdf
English 4850.pdf
English 4990.pdf
English 5800.pdf

1992 to present: Professor, Department of English, California State University Stanislaus (Turlock, CA): Coordinator of TESOL Programs, and adjunct faculty in Spanish.

• Director of Stanislaus Winter program in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2003-2010. 
  
• Developer and teacher of high intensity language teaching (HILT) Spanish curriculum (Spanish 1000) 1993-2008. 
  
• Chair of campus Self-Study Team (for WASC), 2005-2010 
  
• Campus coordinator, writer, and editor for WASC Reaccreditation Report and campus visit, 1996-1999.
  
• Author of Stanislaus President’s (Marvalene Hughes) Annual Reports 2000-2001, and Seven-Year Report, 2002.
  
• Author and editor of Content Based Instruction in Foreign Language Education, Georgetown University Press, 1997.
  
• Leader of Fulbright Group Program in Venezuela, summer, 1997.

1990-1992:  Special Assistant to the Provost for Academic Affairs, California State University Stanislaus: coordination and administrative support for faculty and curriculum development projects. 

• Adjunct Professor in departments of Modern Languages, Teacher Education, and English. 
  
• Adjunct lecturer at Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1995-96.
  
• Summer visiting professor at University of Arizona (Tucson) in Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLAT) doctoral program, 1991-93.
   

1984-1989:  Head of the Spanish Department of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.: personnel management, budgeting, planning, proficiency testing and evaluation, curriculum development, text writing, teacher training, and inter-agency liaison with NSA, CIA, Diplomatic Security, Congress, and Defense Department.

1972-1984: Academic Director, Language First Inc., Tucson, Arizona, 1982-84.

• Instructor of Spanish, Portuguese, and ESL, and lecturer in ESL Methodology, University of Arizona (Tucson).  Spanish Instructor: Pima College.
  
• Federal Title VII Fellow for doctoral work, 1981-84.  Ph D, University of Arizona, Educational Foundations and Administration (Second Language Education).  Other degrees: MA in Bilingual Education/ESL, MA in Spanish Literature, BA in Latin American Studies.
• Instructor of Spanish and ESL, Instituto Norteamericano, Seville, Spain, 1972-73.
  
• Instructor of ESL, Instituto Americano de Linguas, Lisbon, Portugal, 1976-78

1968-1972:  U.S. Army, Military Intelligence: Case Officer and Intelligence Analyst for U.S. Army Field Activities Command, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.  Rank: Captain.

Overseas residence and languages:  Ten years residence outside of USA:  Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Portugal. 
* Foreign languages: Spanish (FSI rating 4+) and Portuguese (FSI rating 2+).