George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
M.S. in Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University
B.S. in Linguistics – Cum Laude, Georgetown University
Georgetown Study abroad Spanish immersion graduate program.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador
• RH 101: Rhetoric I
• RH 102: Rhetoric II
• EN 211: Literary Classics of the Western Tradition I
• EN 212: Literary Classics of the Western Tradition II
• BU 315: Business Communications
• Presenter – Northern Virginia Writing Project – “Making Connections Through Current Events,” 2005
Review Projects
• Advisory Board – Mindtap Software. Cengage Learning, 2015
• Reviewer – The Bedford Reader, 12th edition. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2015
• Advisory Board – Building Writing Skills the Hands-On Way, Jenia Walter. Cengage Learning, 2014
• Reviewer – The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 7e. Laurie Kirszner and Stephan Mandell. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013
• Reviewer – Cengage/ Writing: An Essential Manual for the Digital Age Project, 2012
• Reviewer – Critical Thinking, Critical Writing, 5e. John Chaffee. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012
• Reviewer – Cengage/ Our World, Our Views: Mapping Public Consciousness with National Geographic Project, 2012
• Reviewer – Questia/Cengage Learning Research Project, 2011
• Reviewer – Brief Writer’s Harbrace, 5e. Cheryl Glenn and Loretta Gray. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2011
• Reviewer – So to Speak, Book Two, Megan Webster and Judy DeFilippo. Houghton Mifflin, 1998
• Reviewer – Grammar Links 1, Linda Butler and Janet Podnecky. Houghton Mifflin, 1998
Other Professional Activities
- Pearson
Scoring Assessor for various programs, including SAT essays & National Teacher Performance Assessment, 2005 – 2012
- Culpeper Vocational Program
Tutor, English as a Second Language, September 1995 – May 1996
- Georgetown University – School of Continuing Education and Summer School
Graduate Assistant to the director of Continuing Education’s Language Programs, 1995
- Georgetown Student Linguistic Association Conference
Organizer of first annual student linguistic conference for Georgetown University, 1995
- Georgetown University – National Foreign Language Research Project
Spanish language acquisition research assistant, 1994
- Georgetown University– School of Languages and Linguistics
Undergraduate Assistant to Dean James E. Alatis, 1993 – 1994
- Georgetown University
Tutor, English as a Foreign Language, September 1993 – May 1996
- Northern Virginia Community College
Tutor, Spanish and ESL, August 1991 – May 1993
• Motivational factors for student-writers’ success: Traditional & Adult Learners
• Developing critical thinking skills in the FYC classroom
• Revision through peer review
• Teaching FYC through one-on-one conferences
• Educational technology, including Learning Management Systems
Awards
• Catawba Valley Community College – Certificate of Achievement in Coordinated Studies Learning Community Project , 2010
Property Management expertise