Educational Background and Experience

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Education

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL § 2008 Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition/Instructional Technology

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN § 2001 M.A.T., Foreign Language Pedagogy

Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN §  1997 B.A. French, B.S. History

Professional Experience

2007-present

University at Albany, Albany NY

Coordinator of Language Technologies and Infrastructure

• Develop professional relationships with the administration, faculty and teaching staff of foreign language programs
• Construct distance learning classes in French as a foreign language
• Create technologically augmented language-learning opportunities
• Offer pedagogical assistance and support in distance and face-to-face environments
• Promote instructional and curricular innovation
• Provide leadership and support for creation of digital pedagogical materials
• Facilitate professional-development and educational-technology guidance through presentations and workshops
• Conduct and support research in second-language acquisition, language assessment and foreign-language pedagogy
• Explore innovative technologies and foreign-language software

Courses taught

• Teaching Methodology of Foreign Languages (Graduate)
• Beginning French (distance and face-to-face)

2002-2007

University of South Florida, Tampa FL

World Language Education Computer Center Supervisor

• Maintenance of hardware and software
• Management of student workers
• Development and implementation of CALL (computer-assisted language learning) training for instructors
• Research and acquisition of equipment

Courses Taught

• Applications of Technology in Foreign Language Education (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Telecommunications in Education (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Interactive Media in Education (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Senior Seminar in Foreign Language Education
• Internship Supervisor (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy of ESOL
• ESOL Competencies and Strategies
• Applying ESOL Teaching and Testing
• Beginning French I
• Beginning French II
• Intermediate French I
• Intermediate French II
• French Conversation
• French Composition

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Using Computer Mediated Communication software.