Education
DEGREES
Ppursuing additional graduate coursework in Second
Language Acquisition and TESOL. University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA
- Second Language Acquisition
- Phonetics & Phonemics
- Syntax
- Intro to Computer-Assisted Language Learning
MA in Spanish, concentration in Latin American literature and culture.
Cleveland State University; Cleveland, OH
- December 2001; GPA 3.64; Magna Cum Laude
- Additional graduate-level coursework completed in Communication Theory and
Methodology
Cleveland State University; Cleveland, Ohio
- June 1997; GPA 3.60; Magna Cum Laude
AWARDS
- "Ivan Santa Cruz Award" for graduate research in Chile (Summer 2005)
- "Excellence in Spanish" award from Cleveland State University for contributions and
service in the Department of Modern Languages (Spring 1997)
STUDY AND TRAVEL ABROAD
- travel in Madrid, Spain (Winter 2006)
- research in Santiago, Chile (Summer 2005)
- travel in Comerío, Puerto Rico (Winter 2003-2004)
- travel in Caracas, Venezuela (Spring 2002)
- travel in Cuernavaca, Mexico (Fall 2000)
- study in Cuernavaca, Mexico (Summer 2000) at the
Center for Bilingual & Multicultural Studies at Universidad Internacional
- travel in Madrid, Spain (Summer 1999)
- study at the Cultural Center of Cifuentes, Spain (Summer 1995)
