EDUCATION
Doctor of Education in Educational Technology.University of Florida. December 2011 Dissertation: “Developing Intercultural Competence Through Blended Learning: The Role of Peer Interaction.”
Master of Arts in Latin American Studies. University of Florida. 2001
Thesis: “The Role of Culture in Successful Franchising in Brazil: Case Studies.”
Master of Arts in Spanish. Bowling Green State University. 1995
Thesis: “A Study of Second Language Acquisition in the First, Second and Third Grades.”
Bachelor of Business Administration. Marketing/Minor: Latin American Studies. Stetson University. 1987
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Online Teaching Assistant. Cross-cultural Communication for Teachers.(Online) UF. 2009.
• Instructor. First Year Florida Instructor, UF. 2007
• Instructor. Business Portuguese-Foreign Language Across the Curriculum. UF. 2004, 2005, 2006
• Instructor. Beginning Portuguese I and II. UF. 2004
• Instructor. Introduction to Latin American Studies. Stetson University. 2002
• Teaching Assistant. Spanish I and II. UF. 1999-2001
• Teaching Assistant. Latin American History, Foreign Language Across the Curriculum. UF. 2001
• Adjunct Instructor. Spanish I and II, Spanish for Medical Professionals. Daytona State College. Daytona Beach, Fl. 1996-1999
• International Baccalaureate Spanish Teacher. Spanish I, II and III. Spruce Creek High School. Port Orange, FL. 1995-1999
• Business English Instructor at KAO, Novartis, Banca Catalana. WORD-Servicio Idiomas, Barcelona, Spain. 1987-1990
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
• Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. Latin American Business Environment and Outreach Programs. 2007-present
• Assistant Director. Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. Latin American Business Environment Program. 2002-2007
• Office Manager. Group Long Distance. Orlando, Fl. 1992-1993
• Director, Summer English Program. The English Montessori Schools. Spain. 1988-1990
• Management Trainer. IMPAC Consulting, S.A.. Spain. 1990-1991
CURRICULUM/RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
• Business in Brazil. Online Module. 2010
• Discovering the Caribbean Workshop. Online Modules. 2010
• Network of Business Language Educators. Web resource portal. 2009-present
• Network of Business Language Educators. Online Community. 2009-present
• HATTS-Fulbright Hays Andean Curriculum Project. Coordinator. 2008
• Latin American and Latino Studies Reader. Coordinator. 2007
• Portuguese Language Resources Website. 2005-present.
GRANTS
• Fulbright Hays Group Project Abroad. Andean HATSS Project. 2008. Co-PI with Carmen Diana Deere. ($66,574)
• Florida Humanities Council. Film and Speaker Series: Florida Caribbean Migration. 2008-09. Co-PI with Carmen Diana Deere. ($12,460)
• Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education ( FIPSE). U.S. Brazil: International Business Management. 2002-2006. Project Director. ($200,724)
• Florida Department of State. 2003. Florida-Brazil Business Link. Project Manager. ( $11,820)
• Florida Department of State. 2002. Promotion of Florida-Brazil Bi-Lateral Trade and Business Relations through International Business Education and Outreach. P.I.: Terry McCoy, Co-P.I. with Hannah Covert. ($16,885)
SERVICE
• Florida Foreign Language Instructors in Colleges and Universities. (FFLICU) President, 2005-2009
• Florida Foreign Language Association. (FFLA) Board Member, 2005-2009
• Southern Conference on Language Teaching. (SCOLT) Careers Project Committee, 2006-2008
• American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (ACTFL) Member
• Portuguese Language Journal. (Founder/Editor) 2006-present
• Florida Certification Exam Development Team (Spanish). 2003-2004
• FIPSE-Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. Peer Grant Reviewer. 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Florida Teacher Certification Exam. Spanish scorer, 2002-2008
AWARDS
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Grant(FLAS). Business in Brazil summer program. 2000.
• Center for International Business and Education Research(CIBER) Grant. Master’s thesis research in Brazil. 2001.
• Tinker Field Research Grant. Master’s thesis research in Brazil. 2001.
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship. University of Florida. Spanish I and II, Latin American History-Foreign Language Across the Curriculum. 1998-2001.
• Language and Culture Scholarship. Summer Program. Tours, France. Bowling Green State University. 1995.
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Bowling Green State. Elementary School Spanish Pilot Project. 1993-1995.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING
• Penn Lauder CIBER Summer Institute for Teaching a Second Language for Business Communication. Philadelphia, PA. July 2003
• Workshop for Using Instructional Technology in the Teaching of Business Foreign Languages. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. August 2002
• International Baccalaureate Language Training. Florida-1998, New Mexico-1996
• Train the Trainer Seminar. IMPAC Consulting. Ireland. 1991
• Translation Course. Instituto-Norteamericano. Spain. 1988
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Linguarama. Spain. 1987
STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica. Brazil. Business in Brazil Summer Program. UF. 2000
• Institut de la Touraine. France. Summer Language/Culture. BGSU. 1995
• Universidad de Alcalá De Henares. Spain. Academic Year of Linguistics/Literature. BGSU. 1993-1994
• Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail. France. Semester of Language/Culture. Independent program. 1989
• Instituto Hispanoamericano. Mexico. Winter-term of Language/Culture. Stetson. 1987
• Universidad Complutense. Spain. Year of Language/Literature. Stetson. 1985-1986
• European Business Seminar. Italy, Germany, Holland, England. Winter-term of corporate visits. Stetson. 1983
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
Volusia County Sister Cities
1998-present. Member
1996-1998. President.
• Established Sister City relationship with Bayonne, France.
• Initiated and organized high school exchange program with Campeche, Mexico.
• Initiated and organized high school exchange program with Bayonne, France.
Partners of the Americas: Florida/Colombia.
2000-present. Member
COMPUTER SKILLS
Word, Power Point, Blackboard, Moodle, Web 2.0 tools
LANGUAGES
Spanish- Advanced proficiency
French-Intermediate proficiency
Portuguese-Intermediate advanced proficiency