Areas of Expertise
Spanish second language acquisition, TESOL, Hispanic linguistics

Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)

• (2010). Emotional intelligence, motivational orientations, and motivational learning effort and achievement in Spanish as a foreign language. In Selected Proceedings of the 12^th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, ed. Claudia Borgonovo, Manuel Español-Echevarría, and Philippe Prévost, 284-297. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
• (2009). Acquisitional patterns of the Spanish copular verbs ser and estar: Data from L2 beginning learners in favor of the Declarative/Procedural model. Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada, 22, 307-325.
• (2008). Distribución geográfica del ‘jejeo' en español y propuesta de reformulación y extensión del término. Revista Española de Lingüística, 38(2), 129-144.
• (2008). Creación de preguntas de preparación para promover las lecturas asignadas en cursos de contenido en lenguas extranjeras. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, 46(3), 1-10.

TEACHING MATERIALS:

• With Tom Alsop (2013). Good old-fashioned Spanish grammar student workbook. Troy, MI: Teacher's Discovery.
• With Tom Alsop and Edra Staffieri (2012). García Lorca for High School Students. Rochester, MI: Carlex, Inc. 
• With Tom Alsop (2012). La Casa Encantada. Rochester, MI: Carlex, Inc. 
• (2008). La comida hispana y los mandatos formales. Marco ELE. Revista de Didáctica ELE, 7.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Multiple conference presentations: Keynote speaker in the 7 Foro de Centro de Idiomas y Centros de Autoacceso de la Universidad Veracruzana in Orizaba, Mexico; 64^th & 63^rd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference; 30^th Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures; The 4th Interdisciplinary Colloquium in Spanish / Latin American Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures; 2009 AAFLT Conference; 2008 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium; 8^th Annual Colloquium by the SpAnish Graduate Association (SAGA)...

Education/Degrees

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics (August 2009) Specialization: Spanish Second Language Acquisition @ University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

Dissertation title: "Verbal Morphology in Second Language Spanish Acquisition: The Roles of Declarative and Procedural Memory Systems." Director: Theresa A. Antes. Committee members: Joaquim Camps, Gillian Lord, & Wind Cowles.

• M.A. in Foreign Languages (August 2004) Specialization: TESOL @ West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).
• B.A. in English Philology (July 2002) @ University of Valladolid (Spain).

Awards/Honors

• Graduate Student Teaching Award for the Academic Year 2008-2009. University of Florida.
• Finalist, III Premio Cristóbal de Villalón a la Innovación en Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera. University of Valladolid, 2008.
• McLaughlin Dissertation Fellowship. University of Florida, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2007.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor at Butler University (2012-current): Spanish Second Language Acquistion, Spanish Morphosyntax, Spanish Pronunciation, Spanish Grammar in Context.
• Instructor at Butler University (2010-2012): intermediate Spanish, Spanish for Written Communication, Spanish for Oral Communication, Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics, Spanish Pronunciation, and Spanish Second Language Acquisition.
• Instructor at Ball State University (2009-2010): intermediate Spanish.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Florida (2004-2009): beginning & intermediate Spanish, Intensive Communication Skills, Spain and the European Union, Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics, and assistant to the coordinators of the elementary Spanish program for two yeras.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant at West Virginia University (2002-2004): beginning & intermediate Spanish.