Faculty

Education

• B.A. , University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A. , University of California, Los Angeles
• Ph.D. , University of Southern California



Conferences and Other Presentations




Conference Presentations

• "The Labyrinth of Irony: A Study of Irony in Juan de Mena'sLaberinto de fortuna ", Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, Honolulu, Hawaii, Invited, 2012-2013   



Other Presentations

• "Civilization and Barbarisam in Spanish American Literature", Meet the Writers Conference, University of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1994-1995   
• "Octavio Paz and the Surrealism", El surrealismo en la literatura latinoamericana , University of Southern California, 1993-1994   




Honors and Awards

• Recipient -Faculty Development Grant-University of Souhern California, 2012-2013   
• Faculty Recognition Certificate-Ten Years of Service -University of Southern California , 2009-2010   
• Recognition-Outstanding Teaching-Top Ten USC Faculty, 2002-2003   
• Teaching Assistant Fellowhip--University of Souhern California, 1992-1993   



Service to the University

Committees

• NTT-Merit Evaluation Committee, 2011-2012   
• NTT Evaluation Committee (promotion)-Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spring 2012   

Other Service to the University

• Mentor-Department of Spanish and Portuguese-University of Southern California, 2000-2012  
• NTT class observations and evaluations (promotion)- Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spring 2012   
• Coordinator-Persian Placement Exam, 2009-2010   
• Trainer- new assistant lecturers in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese during summer and presenter in the departmental workshops., 2000-2007  
• Evaluator-language proficiency -Fulbright Fellowship-University of Southern California , 2005-2006  
• Fall 2005-presenter-Spanish & Portuguese Language Program Fall Orientation- "Teaching Grammar in the Communicative Classroom", 2005-2006   



Service to the Profession




Other Service to the Profession

• ACTFL-OPI Certified Rater, 2012-2013   
• Professional membership ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) , 2011-2012   
• Course Developer and lead instructor-Spanish for Business Communication; Weekend Immersion Workshops in Conversational Spanish-Department of Foreign Languages-UCLA Extension, 2003-2010  



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