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EDUCATION

LANGUAGES

Spanish, Portuguese: fluent.
Latin, French, Italian, Catalan: reading competency.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Classroom Spanish, IU Associate Instructor:

S 135 (2 sections), S 150, S250 (presently teaching)

Classroom Spanish, UGA Teaching Assistant:

SP 102, SP 111, SP 103 (2 sections)

Classroom Portuguese, UGA Teaching Assistant:

POR 101 (3 sections), POR 102

Tutoring:

In multiple languages:
IU Athletic Department, Spanish/Portuguese/Latin ('98-99)
IU Student Academic Center, Spanish/Portuguese/Latin ('98-99)
IU Spanish & Portuguese Dept., Certified Private Tutor ('98-99)
UGA Athletic Department, Spanish/Portuguese ('98)
UGA University Tutorial Program, Spanish/Portuguese ('97-’98)
UGA, Private Tutor, Spanish/Portuguese/English ('96-'98)

In Spanish:
St. Andrews College (’93-’96)
University of North Carolina-Charlotte language labs (’95)

In English, to Spanish speakers:
Centro de Estudios Interamericanos, Cuenca, Ecuador (’96)
Mexican adult (’96, volunteer)
English writing lab, St. Andrews ( 95-’96)
Middle school student, Laurinburg, NC, (’95 volunteer)

In Computer Science labs at St. Andrews (’94-’96)

Volunteer Conversation partner for Portuguese-speaking Brazilian students:

American Language Program, UGA (‘97)
Learning Center, UNCC (summer ‘93)

Peer Mentor, UGA Romance Languages Department (’97)

PUBLICATIONS

Paper "The Role of Context in Attenuating the First Noun Strategy," 1999 Conference
on L1 & L2 Acquisition of Spanish & Portuguese, Georgetown University (‘99)

Contributing Writer, Word Magic Electronic Interpreting Dictionary (’97)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Exchange Student: Spring, ’94, studied one semester in Cuenca, Ecuador. Full course load; Studied & wrote a paper on foreign (English) language teaching methods used in Cuenca schools

Living in Ecuador, second experience: Taught English at a Cuenca international language school (summer, ’96)

Marriage, third experience: Married Esperanza Nieto in Cuenca (summer, '98)

SELECTED ACTIVITIES

Latin Scholar (high school):

Nat’l Latin Exams:
Silver Medal, Summa Cum Laude, Magna cum Laude; UNCA Fall Forum, 3rd Place; West Charlotte Certamen Team; State Latin Convention 2nd Place, Essay (’90-’92)

Latin Club (’90-’92):
Assistant to the Director, West Charlotte Latin Convention
Club Officer, 2 years (Secretary, Parliamentarian)

Computer Science:

Knowledge of HTML; preparation of site for Romance Languages & Ecuadorian Numismatics (http://business.fortunecity.com/crown/841)

Wrote a computer program to teach verb conjugation in Romance Languages (’93-present)

St. Andrews’ Student Body Representative to campus-wide Committee on Computer Use (’95-’96)

Natural Sciences:

Tri Beta Biology Honor Society (’93-’96)

Investigated tree species for UNCC Botanical Gardens & wrote their Visitors’ Brochure;
gardens assistant (summers,’92-’95)

Gave public presentations of Collections exhibits (volunteer in Science Museum summers ’89-’91)

Science Fair: School, Two 1st Places; District , One 3rd. (’91, ’92)

Music:

St. Andrews Tropical Musical Club (’95, ’96)

Extensive collection of Spanish and Portuguese music

Violinist, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Honors Orchestra (’88, ’89)

Ecuadorian Numismatics:

English translation of Historia Numismática del Ecuador by Ortuño (in preparation)

Contributor to Charles Helfand’s upcoming book on Ecuadorian Coins

Preparation and maintenance of the Ecuadorian Numismatics Home Page (http://business.fortunecity.com/crown/841/numisphily/numisphily.html)

Extensive Ecuadorian coin and banknote collection, including:

• The actual 1975 20 centavos coin first sent in to Krause Publications by Ron Bearer to prove that this coin exists (see World Coin News, August 1997)
• Both of the coins from the "edición prohibida" of 1973: the 2 sucres coin (all but ~35 destroyed by the Ecuadorian government) and the 5 sucres coin (one of seven in private hands).

SELECTED RECOGNITIONS

Undergraduate

• National Merit Scholarship Finalist: Awarded Full Tuition Scholarship to St. Andrews
• St. Andrews Scholar of the Month
• St. Andrews Honor Society
• National Dean’s List
• Sophomore Honors
• Alpha Chi
• All-American Scholar

Graduate

• Sigma Delta Pi, La Sociedad National Honoraria Hispánica
• Phi Lambda Beta
• Departmental Nominee, Additional University-Wide Merit-Based Assistantship, UGA

GRADUATE ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Spanish and Portuguese language and literature; special interest in phonology, philology, and second language acquisition.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Latin American music; leaf collecting; Ecuadorian numismatics.