Home Publications Academic & Professional History Lectures & Presentations Fellowships & Grants Courses TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2007 - 2008 Sabbatical 2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor. Department of Modern Languages. Framingham State College granted me tenure in 2005. Framingham, MA. 1996 - 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Humanities and Art, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester, MA. 1994 - 1996 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Romance Languages, Raymond Walters College. Cincinnati, OH. 1990 - 1993 Adjunct Instructor - Teaching Assistant. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Temple University. Philadelphia, PA. 1992 Instructor. Department of Spanish, Haverford College. Haverford, PA. 1990 - 1991 Instructor. Department of Spanish, Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr, PA. 1989 Instructor. Department of Romance Languages, Saint Joseph's University. Philadelphia, PA. 1987 - 1988 Teaching Assistant. Department of Modern Languages. National University of Río Cuarto. Río Cuarto, Argentina SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE: Elected Member for the Curriculum Committee. May, 2005-present Organized a Trip to Perú with Amigo's Club, March 9, 2007. Participated in the New Students Convocation at FSC, September 5, 2006. Advisor for the Graduate Program at the Modern Languages Department at FSC. Sep 1, 2005 - present Member of the Publicity Committee for the Union. Fall 2004-Present Participated in the Senior Investiture. March 23, 2005 Served as a chaperone for the trip to Europe organized by the Marketing Club Participated in the Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. April 19, 2005 Served as a translator for Prof. Sequeira from the University of Valadarez, Brazil. Dec 2, 2004 Participated in New Student Convocation. Sep 1, 2004 Participated in the Accepted Student Program at FSC 2001-2004. Participated in the Technology Circles Fall at FSC. 2004. Advisor for the club Amigos at FSC. 2004 - present. Created a handbook for the students' in our major and organized two bulletin boards for the Modern Languages Department. 2004. Organized a concert along with the Humanities and Arts Council and the Spanish Embassy in Boston for the Hispanic Heritage Month at FSC. 2003. Member of the Student Council Committee. FSC. 2001-2004. Member of the Modern Languages Graduate Committee. Modern Languages Department. FSC. 2001-2004. Collaborated with Office of Multicultural Affairs with the Hispanic Heritage Month at FSC 2002. Developed Departmental Web Page at FSC. Summer 2001. Organized and increased the video collection for the Modern Languages Department. 2001-2004. Member of the committee charged with proposing foreign language criteria for the college's general education requirement. Raymond Walters College. 1996. Secretary of the Department of Romance Languages, Raymond Walters College. 1994-1996. Member of Liaison Committee between Faculty and Students. National University of Río Cuarto. 1984-1986. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Vice-President AATSP Mass-Bay Chapter. 2003-2006. Participate each June for a week as part of the team scoring the AP Exam for Educational Testing Services (ETS) at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. 1998-2006. Editor of the Newsletter for the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter published two times a year. 2003-2005. Member of the Editorial Board of Tramas [Literary Magazine]. 1997- 2002 OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Organized a forum of Latin American Cinema at Framingham State College, March 8, 2007. Organized and attended the fall meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Mass Bay Chapter in Waltham, MA October 14, 2006. Organized Multicultural Ball at FSC. April, 2006 (Belly dancing, Swing, African dancing, and Latin dancing) Organized Latino Movie Night at FSC: Secuestro Express. March, 2006. Organized the presentation at FSC of FOMMA a Mayan Women's Play from Chiapas, Mexico. March 29, 2006. Organized Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at Regis College. April 1, 2006. Organized and Lecture Spring Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at Framingham State College March 25, 2006. Organized Spring Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at Wellesley College. May 15, 2005. Participated along with a group of graduate students in the 10Th Annual Latino Film Festival. April 5-10 2005. Organized Fall Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at Peabody Museum of Art in Harvard. Nov 13, 2004. Organized Spring Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at FSC. May 1, 2004. Organized Spring Meeting of the AATSP Mass Bay Chapter at FSC. May 3, 2003. Founding Member of the Latin American Council of the Worcester Consortium. 1997-1998. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Organized a series of lectures for the Westborough Public Library about Latin America. Fall 2006. Organized participation of students' in the major in after school activities with the Framingham Boys and Girls Club, 2004. Framingham State College students' of Advanced Composition and Conversation I corrected fictional stories in Spanish made by Framingham High School students and then donated them to after school program. Fall 2001. Organized workshops for Spanish Teachers. Raymond Walters College. 1994-1996. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Member of MaFLA Massachusetts Foreign Language Association. 2003-present. Member of the College Board. Educational Testing Service (ETS) 1998-present. Member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 1998-present. Member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 1999 - present. Modern Language Association 1991-1995. Latin American Studies Association 1998-2003. WORKSHOPS/CLASSES ATTENDED: Cervantes and His World. UMASS Boston Campus Center, September 24, 2005. Annual Faculty Development Day. Student Retention. Jan.15, 2004. FSC. Faculty Workshop. Blackboard 6.0. Jan 15, 2004. FSC. Faculty Workshop. Blackboard 5.0. Jul 15/16/17, 2003. FSC. Faculty Workshop. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes. Mar 18, 2003. FSC. Annual Faculty Development Winter Conference. Jan 15, 2003. FSC. Elementary Portuguese. Spring, 2002. FSC. FIT Summer Institute. June 4-8, 2001. FSC Blackboard. November 8, 2000. FSC. HTML class. September 22, 2000. FSC. Blueprint for Success: Developing Funding Proposals and Managing Grants. Puerto Rico. August 3, 2000. Power Point Workshop. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. May 8, 2000. Language for Business and the Professions: Content-Based Instruction. San Diego. March 11, 1999. Cultural Interviews with Latin American and Brazilian Executives. San Diego. March 11, 1999. Business on the Internet Now and in the Future. San Diego. March 12, 1999. U. S Department of Education. Seminar on Grants Applications. San Diego. March 12, 1999.