Resume

• 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Areas of Specialization:\n•\tTwentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature\n•\tSpanish Peninsular and Latin American Film\n•\tSociolinguistics\n•\tColonial Latin American Literature\n\nDissertation: \"Indigenista Heroes and Femmes Fatales: Myth-Making in Latin American Literature and Film\"\n\nAcademic Services:\n•\tAssistant Director

  KFLC: The Languages

  Literature and Cultures Conference\n•\tPresident

  Sigma Delta Pi

  Epsilon Upsilon\n•\tManaging Editor

  Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos\n•\tSummer Academic Coordinator

  Department of Hispanic Studies\n•\tVice President

  Sigma Delta Pi

  Espsilon Upsilon\n•\tHybrid Teaching Research Committee Member

  Department of Hispanic Studies\n•\tTreasurer

  Sigma Delta Pi

  Epsilon Upsilon\n•\tAssistant to the Graduate Director

  Department of Hispanic Studies\n\nExtracurricular University Service:\n•\tCoordinator

  La mesa del español\n•\tCoordinator

  Tertulias

  Hispanic Studies

  Sigma Delta Pi

  Modern Language Association

  University of Kentucky

  Master's Degree

  Concentration in teaching pedagogy specifically related to international educators; graduated with a 4.0 G.P.A.

  Education

  State University of New York College at Buffalo

  Teaching English as a Foreign Language

• 2010.

  Quito

  Ecuador

  •\tTaught Math

  Science

  Social Studies

  and Writing to 5th and 6th grades.\n•\tMath Coordinator for grades K-6. \n•\tMember of committee that chose new math curriculum

  “Math Expressions.”\n•\tTeam manager for Destination Imagination. Team won 3rd place at the regional competition in Cartagena

  Colombia

  2011.\n•\tCreator and Director of the “Invention Convention

  ” a science competition held between grades 3-6

  2009-2011.\n•\tCreator and Director of the First Annual Writing Competition for grades K-6

  2010-2011.\n•\tAttended a 3-day workshop on Reading

  Writing

  and Literature at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito

  2010.\n•\tAttended a 3-day workshop on MAP testing in Cali

  Colombia

  5th and 6th Grade Teacher

  The American School of Quito

  Auburn

  Alabama

  •\tTaught beginner Spanish language courses.\n•\tTraveled to Spain as a Graduate Assistant for the Department of Foreign Languages’ Study Abroad Program

  Summer 2006.

  Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Auburn University

  Modern Language Association

  American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

  Portuguese

  Spanish

  French

  English

  Italian

  First Place

  Best Original Poem

  Auburn University

  Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship

  Graduate School

  University of Kentucky

  Nominee for Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award

  College of Arts & Sciences

  University of Kentucky

  Teaching Award for Teaching Assistant

  Department of Hispanic Studies

  University of Kentucky

  Department Service Award

  Department of Hispanic Studies

  University of Kentucky

• 2005

  Master's Degree

  Concentration in Hispanic Literature

  Linguistics

  and teaching methodologies; graduated with a 4.0 G.P.A.\n\nExtracurricular University Service:\n•\tParticipant

  La mesa del español

  Auburn University\n•\tSpanish Tutor

  Auburn Athletic Department

  Auburn University

  Hispanic Studies

  Sigma Delta Pi

  ALAS

  Phi Kappa Phi

  Auburn University

  TEFL Certification

  A 4-week

  140-hour intensive course with 10 hours observed teaching practice on groups of different ability

  including one-to-one teaching. To successfully complete the course

  candidates must pass an end-of-course grammar and phonetics exam.

  Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

  International Teacher Training Organization

• 2001

  Bachelor's Degree

  Concentration in Spanish; graduated with a 4.0 G.P.A. in major.

  Spanish

  Auburn University

• Spanish

  Curriculum Development

  Literature

  Tutoring

  Editing

  Research

  Teaching

  Foreign Languages

  English as a Second Language (ESL)

  Writing

  “Negociando identidades y otredad: Una conversación con Michael Ugarte.” Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos. Volume 4 (2015).

  JM Persánch

  O'Neil

  Megan

  O'Neil

  British-American Training

  Auburn University

  Key Language Services

  University of Kentucky

  Kentucky Education Television

  The American School of Quito

  The University of Virginia's College at Wise

  Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito

  Tennessee State University

  Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History

  Lexington

  Kentucky Area

  Work on the “Hispanic Heritage in Kentucky Oral History Project”:\n• Transcribe audio from interviews into Spanish\n• Translate Spanish transcriptions into English\n• Index bilingual transcriptions on the OHMS web-based system

  Translator and Transcriber

  Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History

  Wise

  VA

  •\tCourses taught:\n COM 3910: Politics

  Power

  and Memory in Contemporary Hispanic Film\n SPA 3280: Introduction to Hispanic Literature\n SPA 1020: Elementary Spanish II\n•\tHead of senior capstone projects in Hispanic film and Spanish linguistics.

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  The University of Virginia's College at Wise

  Nashville

  TN

  •\tCourses taught:\n SPAN 3102: Spanish for Health Professionals\n SPAN 3100: Business Spanish\n SPAN 3050: Advanced Spanish Language\n SPAN 2020: Intermediate Spanish II\n SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish I\n SPAN 1020: Elementary Spanish II\n SPAN 1010: Elementary Spanish I\n•\tCoordinator for the Spanish Table.\n•\tAdvisor for FUTURO TSU.\n•\tCommittee member:\n Recruitment & Retention (2019-2020)\n Curriculum (2019-2020)\n 2 Hiring Committees (2018-2019)\n Library (2018-2019)\n External Audit (2017-2018)

  Assistant Professor

  Tennessee State University

  Quito

  Ecuador

  •\tTaught English grammar and conversation courses to professionals.\n•\tTaught test preparation courses for the TOEFL and IELTS.

  ESL Instructor

  Key Language Services

  Lexington

  Kentucky

  •\tCourses taught:\n SPA 332: Spanish and Latin American Business Environments\n SPA 323: Introduction to Spanish Translation\n SPA 310: Spanish Composition through Textual Analysis\n SPA 315: Introduction to Hispanic Literature\n SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish II\n SPA 103: Spanish for High Beginners\n SPA 102: Beginner Spanish II\n•\tAssistant Director of KFLC: The Languages

  Literatures and Cultures Conference

  2014 and 2015.\n•\tPresident of Sigma Delta Pi

  Epsilon Upsilon chapter of the national collegiate Spanish honor society

  2014-2015.\n•\tManaging Editor of the online scholarly journal Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos

  2014-2015.\n•\tAcademic Coordinator for the Department of Hispanic Studies

  Summer 2014.\n•\tMember of the Hybrid Teaching Research Committee

  which developed and tested the hybrid/online foreign-language teaching model in Spring 2013.\n•\tAssistant to the Graduate Director of Hispanic Studies

  2011-2012.

  Graduate Spanish Instructor

  University of Kentucky

  Quito

  Ecuador

  •\tTaught all core subjects to 3rd grade.\n•\tTaught Math and Science to 5th grade.\n•\tMember of a team that conducted “The City

  ” an interdisciplinary project in which students spent a month running all aspects of a fictional city.

  3rd and 5th Grade Teacher

  Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito

  Guadalajara

  Mexico

  •\tTaught English grammar and conversation courses to all ages.

  ESL Instructor

  British-American Training

  Lexington

  Kentucky Area

  Work on “Exploraciones: Resources for Teaching Spanish” project:\n• Translate audio texts into Spanish and provide audio for educational videos\n• Video example: http://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/animation8/en-mi-ciudad/\n

  Voice Over Artist/ Translator

  Kentucky Education Television