- Took the following additional courses:
Professional Development
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The Craft of Poetry (ENG 590). English Graduate Course.
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Autobiographical Writing (MLA 651). Master of Liberal Arts
Program.
- Preparing Future Faculty Program. (Workshops, seminars,
meetings, and site visits, classroom observations,
engagement with other colleges and universities).
Arizona
State University. Tempe, Arizona. 2000-2002.
- Winter Institute for the Study of the United States:
Focus on American Literature. University of Delaware.
Newark, Delaware. January-February 1996.
- Explorations in English Teaching Methodology. British
Council Summer School.
University of Stirling. Stirling,
Scotland. Summer 1988.
- Curso superior de filología española (Advanced Course in
Spanish Philology). Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas. Universidad de Málaga.
Málaga, Spain.
July-August 1987.
- Cursos monográficos sobre lengua y
sociedad, Andalucía y América, y Málaga: Quinientos años
después (Monographic Courses on Language and Society,
Andalucía and America, and Málaga: Five Hundred Years
later). Universidad de
Málaga. Málaga, Spain. July-August 1987.
- Curso de Perfeccionamiento en
docencia universitaria (Course on Teaching Excellence at the
University Level). Centro de Investigación, Planificación y
Tecnología Educativas CIPTE.
Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. February-March
1985.
- The University of Alabama, Special Overseas Graduate Program. Three Courses: Leadership in Improvement of Instruction, Classroom Observation, and Teaching English as a Second Language. Quito, Ecuador. 1979-1982.
- Attended the following conferences and workshops:
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LASA (Latin
American Studies Association) XXVIII International Congress
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. June 2009.
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Unity Conference 2009.
“Celebration of Multicultural Unity.” MSUM. April 16, 2009.
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18th Annual Conference of the Asociación Internacional de
Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispana (AILCFH). Agnes Scott
College, Atlanta. October 2008.
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FLARR (Foreign Language Association of the Red River)
Conference. MSUM. October 2008.
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IV Encuentro de la Sección de Estudios Ecuatorianos de LASA.
Quito, Ecuador. July 2008.
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13th Unity Conference. “Sembrando Sueños: Honoring Latinos
by Embracing the Past, Celebrating the Present, and
Inspiring the Future.” April 2008.
-
FLARR (Foreign Language Association of the Red River)
Conference. North Dakota State University, Fargo. April
2008.
-
ATA (American Translators Association) Forty-Eighth Annual
Conference in San Francisco, California. October
31-November 3, 2007.
-
FLARR (Foreign Language Association of the Red River)
Conference. Concordia College. September 2007.
-
LASA (Latin American Studies Association) XXVII
International Congress in Montreal, Canada. September 2007.
- “Primer Encuentro Internacional de Literatura” at the
Universidad del Azuay in Cuenca, Ecuador. July 2007.
-
“Anti-Racist Multiculturalism across the Curriculum” Follow-up Workshop. Minnesota State University Moorhead. August 2007.
- “Anti-Racist Multiculturalism across the Curriculum” Workshop.
Minnesota State University. May 2007.
- 12th Annual Unity Conference. “Nuestra Época: Valuing Latinos in the
American Tapestry.” Minnesota State University. Moorhead,
Minnesota. April 2007.
- FLARR Conference (The Foreign Language Association of the Red River).
Minnesota State University. Moorhead, Minnesota. November
2006
- XIV Congreso de Ecuatorianistas (Estudios de Literatura,
Lengua y Cultura). “Indigenismo y la vanguardia: Homenaje a
Jorge Icaza y Pablo Palacio, a propósito del centenario de
su nacimiento.” Guayaquil, Ecuador. July 2006.
- ACTFL Conference (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). Baltimore. November 2005.
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ACTFL OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) Training. University of Maryland, College Park. November 2005.
- FLARR (Foreign Language Association of the Red
River). North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
November 2005.
- XV Conference of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica (AILFH).
“Feminismo: Canon y Marginalidad.” Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 2005.
- FLARR (Foreign Language Association of the Red River).
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota. April 2005.
- Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies. "Latin America and the Caribbean: Independence and
Interdependence." University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
October 2004.
- Segundo encuentro de
LASA de estudios ecuatorianos.
FLACSO. Quito, Ecuador. June 2004.
- The Second
American Translation Studies Association
(ATSA) Conference. "Translation Studies in America: Theory,
Research, Training, and Technology." University of
Massachusetts Amherst. March 26-28, 2004.
- Understanding and Dismantling Racism. Anti-Racism
Training Workshop: Level III. Minnesota Collaborative
Anti-Racism Initiative (MCARI). First Presbyterian Church of
Moorhead. Moorhead, Minnesota. January 2004.
- FLARR Conference (The Foreign Language Association of
the Red River). Concordia College. Moorhead, Minnesota.
November 2003.
- Understanding and Dismantling Racism. Anti-Racism
Training Workshop: Level II. Minnesota Collaborative
Anti-Racism Initiative (MCARI). Minnesota State University.
Moorhead, Minnesota. November 2003.
- XIV International Conference of the
Asociación
Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, “Myths,
Realities, and Cultural Paradigms: Iconography in Hispanic
Women’s Literature.” Florida Atlantic University, Boca
Raton, Florida. October 2003.
- Third Annual Tri-College "Women-in-Action" Conference.
"The Many Faces of Feminism: Beyond Stereotypes." Comstock
Memorial Union, Minnesota State University. Moorhead,
Minnesota. September 2003.
- Anti-Racism Training Workshop: Level I. Minnesota
Collaborative Anti-Racism Initiative (MCARI). Minnesota
State University. Moorhead, Minnesota. February 2003.
- ACTFL Conference (American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages). Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2002.
- FLARR Conference (The Foreign Language Association of
the Red River). Minnesota State University. Moorhead,
Minnesota. November 2002.
- Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention Program.
Minnesota State University. Moorhead, Minnesota. August
2002.
- Primer encuentro de
LASA (Latin American Studies
Association) sobre estudios ecuatorianos. Quito, Ecuador.
Julio 2002.
- Enhancing Instruction through Technology. Winter
Institute on College Teaching 2002. The Center for Learning
and Teaching Excellence. Arizona State University. Tempe,
Arizona. January 2002.
- Sixth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Literature,
Linguistics, and Cultural Production "Retrospectivas y
proyecciones ante un nuevo milenio."
Arizona State
University. Tempe, Arizona. November 2000.
- Forty-ninth International Congress of
Americanistas.
Quito, Ecuador. July 1997.
- Leadership Seminar in Teaching Excellence for Ecuadorian
Universities. Taught by professors from the Center of
Academic Excellence of the University of Maryland.
Universidad Tecnológica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. June
1995.
- Fifth National Congress of English Teachers in
Universities and Polytechnic Schools in Ecuador
(TESOL-Ecuador). Cuenca, Ecuador. November 1993.
- International Conference on Translation: Theory and
Practice. University of Birmingham. Birmingham, England.
September 1993.
- International Association of Literary Semantics. First
International Conference. University of Kent. Canterbury,
England. August 1992.
- International Association of Teachers of English as a
Foreign Language (IATEFL) Silver Jubilee Seminar. London,
England. February 1992.
- Teoría de la Argumentación
(Argumentation Theory). Taught by the French linguist
Oswald Ducrot.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito,
Ecuador. October 1990.
- Temas de lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza del inglés (Topics on Applied Linguistics for English Teaching). Taught by the linguist Dr. Charlene Sato, University of Hawaii. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. June 1986.