La Mariposa

Master Theses Directed

Virginia McIntosh. "The Transmission of Cultural Memory through Narrative Technique in Twentieth Century Spanish Novels." In progress.

Ashlee Balena. "Rosa Montero's Female Narrators: Procreation and Loss as the Genesis of a
Femenine Metafictional Account," ["Las narradoras de Rosa Montero: la procreación y la
pérdida como génesis del relato metafictivo femenino."] UNCG, 2002.

García, Carmen. "Regeneration and Circularity in the Narrative Works of Juan Goytisolo," ["Regeneración y circularidad en la narrativa de Juan Goytisolo."] UNCG, 2001.

D'Empaire, Elizabeth. "Life Stages in the Narrative Works of Rosa Montero," ["La vida en etapas en la narrativa de Rosa Montero."] UNCG, 1999.

Nikos Chremos. "Miguel Delibes and his Reader: Cinco horas con Mario and Señora de rojo
sobre fondo gris," ["Miguel Delibes y el diálogo con el lector: Cinco horas con Mario and
Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris."] UNCG, 1995.

M. Ed. Portfolios Directed

Master's Thesis Committee Membership

Allen Tomlinson, "The Figure of the Priest: Male Identity in the Realist Novel." UNCG, 2003.

Lena González-Reams, "Testimonio as a Collaborative Process: A Closer Look at the Works
of Elena Poniatowska." UNCG, 1998.

Pamela Taylor, "Language, Gender and Patriarchal Systems in Luisa Valenzuela and Cristina
Peri Rossi." UNCG, 1996.

Ph.D. Committee Membership

Scholarship Related to Teaching

"Integrated Perspectives: An Exemplary Program" (pp. 198-220) in Preparing a Nation's
Teachers. Models for English and Foreign Languages Programs. Eds. Phyllis Franklin,
David Lawrence & Elizabeth B. Welles. MLA Publications, New York, 1999. (This book
chapter was the result of collaboration with other members of the department).

Presentations Related to Teaching

• "Technology and Foreign Languages: The Portfolio Option," Academic Technology Tools Conference, UNCG, August 6, 1997.
• "The Use of Portfolio Based Instruction in a College-Level Conversation Course," The Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 19, 1997.
• "UNCG and the MLA Teacher Education Project: Developing an Exemplary Program," Invited Talk, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Eastern Carolina University, Nov. 21, 1996.
• "UNCG and the MLA Teacher Education Project: Developing an Exemplary Program," Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 17, 1996.
• "UNCG'S Teacher Education Project in Romance Languages: (Re)Designing an Exemplary Program," The Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, October 12, 1996.
• "UNCG's Exemplary Teacher Education Project," Keynote Address, North Carolina Chapter of The American Association of Teachers of French and Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, UNCG, Greensboro, March 30, 1996.
• "What's In It For Me?: A Student's View of the UNCG Exemplary Program," Modern Languages Association Teacher Education Project Conference, Houston, TX, March 21, 1996.

The last five talks listed were the result of collaborative efforts among several faculty members
and a graduate student of the Department of Romance Languages, UNCG.

Funded Teaching

In 1995-1997 I was a member of the Dept. of Romance Languages team that received a NEH/MLA grant ($20,000). The project was entitled "Designing an Exemplary Program in Foreign Language Teacher Education."

In 1990 I was the Director of The Governor's Graduate Language Institute in Spanish. I received a State Grant ($57, 835) to fund the project and host it at UNCG.

Other Related Activities

I regularly attend workshops and conferences centered in issues dealing with my professional
development as a teacher (technology, distance education, writing intensive, student preparation
for PRAXIS II exams, etc). Such as:

• Speaking Intensive Workshop, November 15, 2002.
• Spanish Workshop for the implementation of the new textbooks for the new Lower and Intermediate Program in Spanish, May 2001.
• Long Distance Courses Workshop, UNCG, Fall 1999.
• Sexual Harassment Workshop, UNCG, March 16, 1999.
• Graduate Recruitment Workshop, January 14, 1999.
• Graduate Recruitment Workshop, February 6, 1998.
• Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable, UNCG, Sept. 26, 1997.
• Mini-Workshop on Creating Web Pages, UNCG, Sept. 12, 1997.
• Workshop by Robert Gingher, "Educational Technologies for the Humanities," Academic Technology Tools Conference, UNCG, August 4, 1997.
• "Using Cases and Case Methods for Teacher Education." A Workshop Sponsored
  by The Department of Curriculum and Instruction and The Teacher's Academy, UNCG, Spring 1997.
• Seminar "Teaching Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum," Duke University, September 1995.
• Workshop Session for Freshman Advisors, Spring 1991.
• Careers in Foreign Languages, April 1991.
• Proficiency in the Foreign Language Classroom. A Conference/Workshop Series,
  September-November 1990.
• Minority Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education, October 1989.
• National Endowment for The Humanities Workshop, November 1988.

UNCG Department of Romance Languages