Professor

College

College of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Department

Modern Languages

Phone

Location

Science 1 S243

  • Spanish Linguistics
  • Historical Spanish & Italian Linguistics
  • Contrastive Language Structures
  • Spanish & Italian Dialectology
  • Translation Theory and Practice

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ph.D. in Spanish; Doctoral Minor: Italian, 1997,

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Master of Arts in Spanish, 1989,

Dominican University, San Rafael, California, 1987

“Study and Transcription of Enrique de Villena’s Translation of Infierno of Dante’s Divine Comedy”

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS

Professor of Spanish & Italian 2010-present;

Associate Professor 2005-2010; Assistant Professor of Spanish & Italian 2000-2004; Spanish, all levels (language, linguistics, second language acquisition); Italian language classes;

Coordinator of Modern Languages’ Program 2010-2019 (Coordinator of Single Subject Matter Program in Spanish overseeing and assessing each student; Evaluator of all course transfers; Coordinator of global affairs international transfer courses; Author of yearly Program Assessments; Leader of programmatic concerns).

Committees:

At-large member of University Educational Policies Committee; Chair of Faculty and Residence Board; Assessment Board for State of California Spanish & Italian Advanced Proficiency Subject Examination for Teachers; Faculty Senate; Curriculum and Resources; College Assessment; Bilingual Language Assessment; California State University Foreign Language Council; California State Credentialing for ACTFL (American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines; Participant in Assessment: Teaching 21st Century Skills: Session 1 & II;

At-large committee for reading and assessing Writing Proficiency Screening Test; Chair of School Site Dutcher Middle School- Liaison for CSUS.

Supporting author of Single Subject Matter Competency Program for California Commission on Teacher Credentialing; Spanish Program Assessment Coordinator; Author of Academic Program Review; Coordinator of pedagogical workshops for Program of Modern Languages and Foreign Language Association of Central California (FLACC); Vice-President of FLACC; Faculty Advisor for California Foreign Language Project (CFLP); Faculty Advisor for Spanish Club; Department representative for Committee on California Foreign Language Education; Single-Subject Credential Advisor; Academic Advisor; Member of California Language Teachers’ Association; Assessment & Alignment Committee of new goals to General Education.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor of Spanish / Italian 1998-2000;

Spanish, all levels (language, composition, conversation); Italian language; Spanish Linguistics & Language Methodology, Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Spanish, Spanish Dialectology, Spanish for Native speakers; Coordinated all Beginning and Intermediate Spanish sections;

Committees:

Honor’s Semester in Florence, Committee on Committees, Development, Search; Linguistics Honor Club

Book:

Linguistic Study and Critical Edition of the Only Fifteenth-Century Spanish Translation of Dante’s Divina Comedia, with Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2010.

Articles:

“Contrastive Translation Studies”, published in Hispanic Translation Series, vol. 11 pgs. 8-14, Fall 2012

“Un enfoque memético de la Gacería” published in Crítica Hispánica, vol. 26, pgs. 128-143, Fall 2004.

“La gacería y el lunfardo: hacia una teoría memética de las variedades lingüísticas” published in Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, vol. 18, pgs. 37-54, Spring 2004.

“Blurring Boundaries” published in Faculty Voices: Sharing our Philosophies of Teaching, vol. 2, pgs. 9-10, Spring 2004.

“Nuevos datos sobre el léxico español” published in Ojáncano: Revista de literatura española, vol. 23, pgs. 77-86, Spring 2003.

“The XVc Translation of the Divine Comedy: A Product of Dictation?” published in Mediaevalia, vol. 24, pgs. 225-241, Fall 2003.

“Teaching Medieval Translation Culture of Fifteenth-century Spain” published in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, Spring Vol., 2000.

“A Lexical Contribution from Fifteenth-Century Spanish Translation of the Divine Comedy” published in Romance Notes, May, 2000.

“The Asymmetrical Role of Metaphony in Italian Dialects” published in Italian Culture, vol. XVI, 1999.

“Voces amerindias; debilitamiento de las sibilantes final de sílaba” (Article in progress)

“La evolución y la traducción de las variantes dialectales en el mundo hispano” at XXXII Congresos Internacionales de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, March 2023.

“El crecimiento del español a través de la variedad, la Gacería”, presented (virtually) at The American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July, 2020.

“Marcadores del discurso en la traducción medieval: más allá del léxico”, presented at Universitá di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, June 2019.

“What Works: Designing Teaching for Diverse Learners”: selected for participation by Chancellor Timothy White in the 2016 CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, Long Beach, California, July 2016.

“Un análisis lingüístico comparativo que elabora una teoría de la cultura”, presented at XVII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Mérida, México, March, 2016.

Moderator of session: “Plasmando y teorizando la cultura” at XVII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Mérida, México, March 2016.

“Las tendencias del traductor medieval”, presented at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, January 2012.

“Contrastando la traducción medieval y moderna” presented at Foreign Language Association of Northern California, November 2009.

“Una comparación de tendencias en la traducción del español medieval y moderno", presented at the California Language Teacher´s Association, Sacramento, California in February 2009.

“Un estudio del español estándar en la clase avanzada” presented at University of California, Irvine in March 2008.

“El español avanzado a través de la tecnología” invited lecturer at CSU, Monterey Bay in Spring 2007.

“El léxico español y la metodología contemporánea” presented at Santa Clara University, California, at California Language Teacher’s Conference in April, 2007.

“¿Qué tiene que ver la Gacería con el español de California?” presented at the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture at the University of Arizona, February, 2005.

“Three Theories in Language Acquisition” presented at the International Network of Philosophies of Education (INPE) at the Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain, August, 2004.

“A Historical Analysis of Medieval Spanish Manuscript Culture” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies” at University of California, Los Angeles, April, 2004.

“Toward an Understanding of Standard versus Sub-standard Spanish” presented at the California Language Teaching Association (CLTA) Conference in Monterey, California, April, 2004.

“Examining Language Change through the Gacería dialect of Spain” presented at the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture at the University of Arizona, February, 2004.

“Cultural Conditions Responsible in the Forming of the Spanish Language” presented at the California Language Teaching Association (CLTA) Conference in Sacramento, California, April, 2003.

“Linguistics Session” chaired at the Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, November, 2002.

“An Analysis of Extra-linguistic Factors in Considering Language Classification and Standards” presented at the California Language Teaching Association (CLTA) Conference in Long Beach, California, April, 2002.

“New Data on the Gacería Dialect of Spain” presented at the Ancient & Modern Language Association at Santa Clara University, November, 2001.

“Towards Effectively Teaching Multiple Section and Team Taught Courses” presented at Lilly-West Conference on College & University Teaching (2001: A Teaching><Learning Odyssey), March, 2001.

“Using Realia in the Spanish Classroom: An Activities Guide” presented at The Iowa Foreign Language Association Conference, October, 2000.

“An Analysis of Spanish Translation Methods” presented at XII Annual Medieval Conference, Ball State University, Indiana, October, 1999.

“Spanish as a Second Language in the United States and its Implications in the Classroom” presented at The Iowa Foreign Language Association Conference, October, 1999.

“Spanish Communication through Hispanic Culture: Food in the Hispanic World” presented at The Iowa Foreign Language Association Conference, October 1998.

Moderated conference session, “Practically Painless Practice” at The Iowa Foreign Language Association Conference, October 1998.

“Nuevos datos sobre el léxico español medieval” presented at the Coloquio Internacional VII Jornadas Medievales, Universidad Autónoma de México, México, D.F., September, 1998.

“Teaching Medieval Translation Tendencies and Ideas of Authorship through a Fifteenth-century Spanish Translation of the Divina Commedia” presented at Teaching the Middle Ages at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, September, 1998.

“Lexical Findings from the Fifteenth-century Spanish Translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy” presented at the 22nd Annual Mid-America Medieval Association, University of Kansas, Lawrence, February, 1998.

“Detecting Dialectalisms in Spanish” invited to present paper by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Wayne State University, February, 1996.

“Dialect Variants of the Clitic Pronouns in Spanish” invited to present paper by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Wake Forest University, Novermber 1995.

“El honor villanesco en algunas obras claves del Siglo de Oro” presented at the Hispanic Literatures Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, October, 1995.

“Mindfulness & Meditation: Hybrid Course Design”, FCETL (Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning) at CSU, Stanislaus, June, 2022.

“Instruction & Support workshops”, at FCETL at CSU, Stanislaus, spring & summer 2020.

“Teaching Sustainability”, presented at CSU, Stanislaus, May 2019.

“High Impact Practices in Spanish Linguistics” at CSU, Stanislaus, May 2018.

Affordable Learning Solutions Faculty Showcase: “Affordable Spanish” at CSU, Stanislaus, March 2018.

“High Impact Practices for Teaching Italian”, presented at CSU, Stanislaus, May 2017.

Collaborated in El simposio de estudiantes de español at CSU, Stanislaus, May 2012-2019

Directed and coordinated El simposio de estudiantes de español at CSU, Stanislaus, May 2007-2011.

Directed and Implemented pedagogical workshops for Secondary and Post-Secondary Educators in April 2004, March 2003, October 2002, October 2001 through the Department of Modern Languages and Foreign Language Association of Central California (FLACC).

Participated in the “Digital Stream Conference” at CSU, Monterey Bay, March, 2003.

Participated in the “Virtual Language Lab Technology Symposium” which aims to support and promote language learning, at San Diego State University, February, 2003.

Serve as liaison between the Foreign Language Education Council and CSUS-Department of Modern Languages in attending regional teaching meetings, 2003.

Represent Department of Modern Languages for the California State University Foreign Language Council; a two-year term with bi-yearly meetings at CSU 2001; 2015, 2016, 2017.

Participated in the SLI Workshop “Evaluating Multi-media in the Classroom” at Sonoma State University, April, 2001.

Participated in the 6th Annual Iowa State Faculty Conference, “ISU: An Education I Institution?” at Grinnell College sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, March 1998.

“Elementary Foreign Language Program” (National K-12FLRC and Iowa Network for Early Language Learning) March, 1998.

Participated in spring 1998 in series of Workshops sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University:

  • Faculty Forum “Helping Students Think Outside the Box”
  • “A Model for Faculty Learning that Results in More Student Learning”
  • “Advisor’s Exchange”
  • “What’s All This Talk about Learning Communities”
  • “Doing What’s Right: Ethics and Legality in the Classroom”

Participated in yearly meetings and weekend retreats for “Linguistics Cross-Disciplinary Program in Linguistics” at Iowa State University in 1997-98.

Participated in yearly “Project Learn: Learning Enhancement Action / Resource Network” at Iowa State University, 1997-98.

Dean’s Travel Initiative Grant, 2022

Sabbatical Research Grant for Academic spring 2022

Dean’s Travel Initiative Grant, 2020

Instructional Support Grant, 2019

Dean’s Travel Initiative Grant, 2016

Dean’s Travel Initiative Funding, 2015

Sabbatical Research Grant for Academic spring 2015

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, 2013

Faculty Development Research Grant, 2012.

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, Spring 2009.

Faculty Development Research Grant, 2008-09.

Award of Sabbatical Leave, Winter 2007 & Spring 2008

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, Fall 2007

Faculty Development Research Grant, Fall 2007

Faculty Instructional Grant, Fall 2007

Faculty Instructional Grant, Fall 2006

Faculty Development Research Grant, Fall 2006

Faculty Development Research Grant, Fall 2005

Faculty Development Research Grant, Fall 2003

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, Spring ‘03

Academic & Human Resources Travel Grant, Spring ‘02

Faculty Center’s Instructional Support Mini-Grant, Spring ‘01

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, Spring ‘01

Dean’s Teaching Initiative Grant, Fall’01

University Research Projects Grants, Spring ‘99

Honored Speaker / Guest at the CSUS, Annual Chicano / Latino Commencement, 2002, 2003, 2007.

“Inspirational Professor Award” and honored at ISU Annual Student-Scholars and Leaders Recognition Ceremony and the Academic Excellence Banquet, 1998.

“Junior Faculty Instructional Award, Spring 2000.

Professional Recognition:

Coordinator for Department of Modern Languages and Foreign Language Association of Central California (FLACC) Pedagogical workshop series; Vice-President of FLACC; Faculty Advisor of California Foreign Language Project (CFLP); Director of Modern Language’s Club; Department representative for Committee on California Foreign Language Educator; Member of California Language Teachers’ Association.