Education:

• PhD, The Catholic University of America 
       Romance Languages( 2004)
• MA, The Florida State University 
       Spanish& French Languages (1986)
•  BA, The Florida State University
       French and Spanish (1983)
  

Research Interests:

• Applied Linguistics
• Golden Age Literature
• Teaching Methodology
• Computer assisted language learning

Presentations:

• ACTFL, NY, 2008, " Using Technology in the FL Classrooms"
• ACTFL, NY, 2006, " Mentoring course supervisors"
• Graduate Colloquium, CUA
       1998, "Multimedia Language Learning"
  

Honors/Awards:
– Fellowship
     1995 - 1996, University of Southwest Texas Fellowship for Libra

Experience:

• Assistant Language Coodinator, Senior Lecturer, Spanish Advisor 2004 -Present
• Teaching Assistant/Lecturer, Catholic University of America
       1992 - 1998
• Lecturer, George Washington University
       1995 - 1998
• Teacher and Department Chair, Archbishop Carroll High School
       1987 - 1991
• Teaching Assistant, Florida State University
       1989

Professional Associations:

•  Member, MLA
• Member, ACTFL
• Member , NECTFL
  

Institutional Service:

• Member, Language Teaching Committee 
• Member, Secondary Education Accreditation Committee
• Acting Language Coordinator, Dept. of Modern Languages

Courses Taught:

• Principles and Practices of Language Teaching
• Spanish Culture and Civilization
• Advance Spanish Conversation and Composition
• Intermediate Spanish II 
• Press Communication and Politics, GWU
       1995
• Advanced Conversation and Composition, GWU
       1998