Education and Academic Degrees:

Pennsylvania State University, B.A. Major in Spanish Language and Literature
Yale University, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., 20th Century Peninsular Novel

Areas of Specialization:

Foreign Language Acquisition, Comparative Linguistics, Teaching Pedagogy, 20th century Spain, Latino Issues, Border Politics

Selected papers:

Authentic Children's Literature in the Language Classroom. Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, October 2002.

Children’s Literature in the Classroom Workshop on Children’s Literature in Spanish. Boston College. May 2001

Content-based Language Teaching. Massachusetts Foreign Language Association. October 2001.

Politics and Passion: Sexual Identity as National Identity in Juan Marsé’s Novels. Northeast meeting of AATSP, September, 1996.

Foreign Language in the Elementary Curriculum. California Association of Independent Schools, March 1996.

Incorporation of History Through the Spanish Curriculum. California Association of Independent Schools March 1996

Course Calendar:

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