A condensed version of my CV.
Education:
2015 Certification: Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medical Associates
2011 M.A. Educational Technology, CSU Long Beach, CA
2009 M.A. in German, CSU Long Beach, CA
2009 Certificate: Wilderness Studies, CSU Long Beach, CA
2006-07 Academic Year International Program at Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2006 B.A. in German, CSU Long Beach, CA
2004-06 Intensive German Program at the Univerisyt of New Mexico, Taos, NM
German Summer School in Taos Ski Valley, NM (Summer 2004, 2005, 2006)
2002 A.A. in General Education, Cerritos Community College, Norwalk, CA
1999 Certificate: Computer Repair and Maintenance
Los Angeles Regional Occupational Program, Bellflower, CA
Positions Held:
2010- Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Associate Director of Language Instruction
Present Director Foreign Language Resource Center (FLRC)
The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations
2005-11 CSU Long Beach, CA, Instructional Student Assistant
Language Lab Assistant Director, Department of Asian and Asian American
Studies
2009 CSU Long Beach, CA, Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology
2007-08 CSU Long Beach, CA, Teaching Associate
Department of Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literature
2004-05 University of New Mexico, German Summer School,
Taos Ski Valley, NM, Technology Coordinator (Summer 2004, 2005)
Workshops:
2010-16 Foreign Language Pedagogy Course session: Technology in the language
classroom, Pitzer College
2016 Teaching German with Technology, AATG-SC chapter meeting, Fullerton College
2015 Technologie im Fremdsprachenunterricht: gestern, heute, und morgen
University of New Mexico, German Summer School in Taos Ski Valley, NM
2013 Geschichte der Technologie im Fremdsprachenunterricht: technische Möglichkeiten
und Grenzüberschreitungen
University of New Mexico, German Summer School in Taos Ski Valley, NM
2012 “Language technology resources,” Claremont Graduate University
2011 Faculty workshop: Video projects in the classroom, Pomona College
2010 Consulate General of Spain, “Integrating movie clips into PowerPoint while
adhering to copyright issues,” CSULB
2009 IALLT, Atlanta, GA, “Enhancing the Community Building Characteristics of the
Language Lab”
2009 “Expanding the language lab via FaceBook,” SWALLT, Pomona College
Academic Services:
2007-16 Volunteer: Warren High Drama Department, Set Construction,
Earl Warren High School, Downey, CA
2014-17 President, Southwest Association for Language Learning Technology
2015 IALLT Ursula Williams Graduate Student Conference Grant selection committee
2013 Technology Assistant: Jeffrey L. High and Sophia Clark ed., Heinrich von Kleist:
Artistic and Political Legacies (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013)
2012 Graduate Student Representative, International Association for Language
Learning Technology
2011 Technology Organizer, World Wide Heinrich von Kleist Reading Day, Pomona
College
2004-11 CSULB Wilderness Studies trip and expedition leader
2009 Technology Coordinator, Who is this Schiller[now] conference at CSULB
2008 Event Committee, German Techno Band Dyko at CSU Long Beach
Sponsored by the Goethe Institut, AATG, and the RGRLL Dept. at CSULB (Fall
2008)
2008 CSULB Organizing Committee, Emcee: AATG-So. California Chapter Annual
Meeting. Presenter Michael Hoefig (Goethe Institut)
2007 Editorial Assistant: Jeffrey L. High ed., Schiller’s Literary Prose Works:
New Translations and Critical Essays (New York: Camden House, 2009)
2006 Technology Consultant: CSULB Lecture: Taming the E-Beast
2006 CSULB Organizing Committee: AATG-Southern California Chapter Annual Meeting.
Presenter Mohamed Esa (McDaniel College)
2006 CSULB Recreational Sports Advisory Board
Languages:
English-Native, Spanish-Native, German-Advanced
Membership in Professional Organizations:
American Association of Teachers of German
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
International Association for Language Learning Technology
SouthWest Association for Language Learning Technology
Areas of Interest:
Art, Film, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Computer-aided Language Learning and Teaching, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich von Kleist, German Novella, Witch Persecutions, Technology, Wilderness Conservation