PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Rutgers University, Ph.D. (Spanish)

Dissertation: "Subversión y re-elaboración de mitos trágicos en el teatro latinoamericano contemporáneo." Dr. Frank N. Dauster, Advisor.

Rutgers University, M.A. (Spanish)

University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, B.A. (Hispanic Studies)

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Latin American & Spanish theatre, Caribbean literature, Latin American Cinema, gender & cultural studies

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Summer Immersion Program in Portuguese, Alumni Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, July-August, 1999

Workshop "Curricular Integration: Foreign Language Teaching and the Internet" with Maritza Osuna (SUNY-Albany), Union College, April 16, 1997

Workshop "Empowering Language and Literature Faculty through Technology" with Joel Goldfield (Fairfield University), Union College, May 21, 1996

"The Context for Technology Use in Language Learning: A Discussion of Pedagogical and Institutional Issues" led by Nina Garrett (Wesleyan University), Union College, February 22, 1996

Workshop "Using Internet / WWW Resources in Foreign Language Teaching & Research: A Faculty Member's Perspective" presented by Donna C. Van Handle (Mount Holyoke College) and Roozbeh Tavakoli (Dir. of Language Research Center, Mount Holyoke College), Union College, October 26, 1995

"Transparent Language: A Demonstration for Faculty in the Modern Languages Department" by Eileen Mulligan (Language Lab Coordinator), Union Collage, October 6, 1995

"Beyond 'What Color Is My Tie?': Task Design for the Interactive Classroom," Workshop on Foreign Language Pedagogy led by Jamie Rankin (Princeton Univ.), Union College, October 26, 1994

"Advocacy for the Year 2000," a workshop on Classroom Teaching and Ethnic Minorities led by Evelyn Torres-González, Midge Stock, and Jeri Roseboro (Rochester Institute of Technology), Union College, April 13, 1993

"The Preceptor as Writer, Thinker, and Teacher," a workshop led by Barbara Walvoord (University of Cincinnati), Union College, September 11, 1991

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