ALICIA POUSADA

English Department, College of Humanities

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, PR 00931-3356

ACADEMIC PREPARATION 1976 B.A. Summa Cum Laude. Special Honors Curriculum (concentration: Languages & Literature). Thesis: Language proficiency vs. acculturation: Joseph Conrad as case study. Hunter College, CUNY, N.Y.C. 1978 M.A. Education (specialization: Educational Linguistics). Thesis: A

critical look at the enforcement efforts of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to federal bilingual legislation. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1984 Ph.D. Educational Linguistics. Dissertation: Community participation in

bilingual education: The Puerto Rican community of East Harlem. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1974-1975 Private Tutor. English as a Second Language. 1975-1976 Substitute Teacher. English as a Second Language. Adult Basic

Education, Peekskill High School, Peekskill, NY. 1976 Private Tutor. Phonetics. Hunter College, CUNY.

Teaching Assistant. Undergraduate Voice and Articulation course

(supervisor: Dr. Patricia Mitchell). Communications Department, Hunter College, CUNY. 1977-1978 Editorial Assistant. Language in Society journal (editor: Dr. Dell Hymes).

Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1978-1985 Research Assistant. Language Policy Task Force, Center for Puerto

Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY.

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1982 Adjunct Instructor. Graduate course in Sociolinguistics. Bilingual Education Department, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ.

1984-1986 Bilingual Program Evaluation consultant. Office of Educational Evaluation, Board of Education, City of New York.

Private tutor. English as a Second Language and Spanish. Yorktown Heights, NY.

Instructor. Adult classes in English as a Second Language. New Options Program, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Fox Meadow Campus, Yorktown Hts., NY.

Adjunct Instructor. Graduate courses in Sociolinguistics and General

Linguistics. Bilingual Education Department, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ. 1985-1986 Language Consultant and Evaluator. District 19, Office of Bilingual Education, Brooklyn, NY. 1986 Adjunct Lecturer (editorial consultant). Language Policy Task Force,

Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY.

Language Consultant. Bilingual Program. Beacon Public Schools, Beacon, NY. (Through NY Bilingual Education Multifunctional Support Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY).

Research Associate. Bilingual/Bicultural Program, Teachers College, Columbia University. (Project: The impact of geographical mobility of Puerto Rican children on school adjustment and achievement.)

Adjunct Assistant Professor. Graduate course on Research Methodology.

Bilingual/Bicultural Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. 1987-1988 Language Consultant and Evaluator. Bilingual Education Program, Department of Public Instruction, Hato Rey, PR. 1987-1990 Assistant Professor. English Department, College of Humanities,

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 1990-1997 Associate Professor. English Department, College of Humanities,

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. (Tenured 1992) 1994 ESL instructor, International Summer English Institute, Marymount

College, Tarrytown, NY.

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1994-1995 Visiting professor, TESOL and Bilingual Education Teacher Training program, Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Visiting professor, TESOL Continuing Education program, Baruch College,

CUNY.

Guest lecturer, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Bedford Hills, NY. 1995 Coordinator of ESL component, English Department, College of

Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 1997-pres. Full professor, English Department, College of Humanities, University of

Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 2001 Consultant, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. 2001-2002 ESL instructor, Intensive English Program, Westchester Community

College, Valhalla, NY. Adjunct professor, TESOL and Bilingual Education Master’s degree

program, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY. 2009-2010 Special editor for Romanitas, journal of Department of Foreign

Languages, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. (Issue dedicated to language endangerment and rescue) http://romanitas.uprrp.edu/

2010-2011 Linguistic Supervisor and Proofreader for Kindergarten Level of Yabisí

English series (textbook, workbook, and reader). Ediciones Santillana.

PRESENTATIONS 1979 Interpreting for language minorities in the courts. 30th Annual

Georgetown University Roundtable on Language in Public Life. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., March 1979.

(with Shana Poplack, Pedro Pedraza, and John Attinasi). Intergenerational

perspectives on bilingualism: From community to classroom. Paper presented at National Institute of Education conference on Teaching as a Linguistic Process. Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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1979 No case for convergence: The Puerto Rican Spanish verb system in a language contact situation. Sixth Annual Symposium on Spanish and Portuguese Bilingualism. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, November 1979.

1980 (with John Attinasi and Pedro Pedraza). Nuestro idioma--The use of language en El Barrio. Community presentation in East Harlem, NY, June 1980.

(with Pedro Pedraza). Bilingualism in and out of schools. American Anthropological Association meetings. Washington, D.C., December 1980.

1981 The value of an ethnographic base for bilingual education. Guest lecture, Bilingual Education Department, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, March 1981. (with Pedro Pedraza). Language use in El Barrio. Bank Street College,

May 15, 1981. (with Celia Alvarez). Workshop on Linguistic Resources of Hispanic Students. William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, October 1981. 1982 The characterization of language 'dominance'--Some ethnographic

insights. Third Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 18-21, 1982.

(with Celia Alvarez). Sociolinguistic research findings in an East Harlem .community. Seminar on Current Policy and Research Issues in Bilingual /Bicultural Education. Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, April 22, 1982.

Community participation in bilingual education--Ethnographic input into a language planning issue. American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C., December 4, 1982. (ERIC ED 245 012). 1983 Testimony for hearings on bilingual education. New York Coalition for

Bilingual Education and ASPIRA. CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, June 15, 1983.

1984 (with Pedro Pedraza). Ethnography and beyond: Non-traditional

approaches to bilingual education research. Paper presented in Seminar on Current Research in Bilingual Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 18, 1984.

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1985 Guest lecture on code-switching. Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, April 16, 1985. 1986 Recent research findings on the effects of bilingual education. Paper

delivered at Professional Development Seminar sponsored by the NY Bilingual Education Multifunctional Support Center, Teachers College, NYC, held in Newburgh, NY, April 22, 1986.

Guest lecture on Language Policy and Planning. Graduate course in International Dimensions of Bilingual/Bicultural Education. William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, Dec. 6, 1986.

1987 El informe sobre la enseñanza de idiomas en Puerto Rico: Una

perspectiva sociolingüística. Paper delivered in forum sponsored by the project: “El Idioma en los Procesos Sociales de la Nación Puertorriqueña," University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. October 21, 1987.

The role of the E.S.L. teacher in language planning and policy-making. Puerto Rico TESOL convention, San Juan, PR, November 6, 1987.

Los de allá: The linguistic resources of "Nuyoricans" or return migrants in Puerto Rico. Paper presented at the Speech and Communication Association of Puerto Rico conference, San Juan, PR, December 4-5, 1987.

1988 Unos apuntes críticos respecto al uso de ciertos términos dentro del

debate sobre el idioma y el bilingüismo en Puerto Rico. Paper delivered in debate on: La cuestión del idioma en Puerto Rico: Temas interpretativos básicos, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, February 19, 1988.

What is E.S.L. anyway? Workshop for staff of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, Sept. 30, 1988.

Interactive and communicatively-based activities for the second language classroom. Workshop for staff of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, October 7, 1988.

1989 Profile of Level One E.S.L. Students of the College of Humanities, U.P.R.

Report of investigation to staff of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, January 20, 1989.

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1989 The role of reading and writing in a conversational English class. Workshop for staff of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, January 21, 1989.

What is ESL/EFL? Presentation to English Majors Association, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR, February 27, 1989. Interactive language teaching. Guest lecture before students and staff of Curriculum and Teaching Program, College of Education, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, March 16, 1989.

A language planning dilemma: The case of Puerto Rico. Paper presented at the International Linguistics Association meetings in NYC, April 1-2, 1989. El uso del idioma entre los boricuas del Barrio de East Harlem. Paper delivered in symposium on Idioma y Nación. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, May 3-5, 1989.

Across languages and cultures: Portrait of the competent bilingual. Paper presented at the Speech and Communication Association of Puerto Rico conference, San Juan, PR, Dec.8-9, 1989. 1990 Comentarios sobre el libro Bilingüismo en Puerto Rico de María López Laguerre. Paper presented at a forum in the Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, April 19, 1990.

The Puerto Rican experience. Guest lecture before students and staff of the graduate program in Bilingual Education and E.S.L. of Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry campus, July 23 and 24, 1990.

The teaching of English as a Second Language in the public schools of Puerto Rico. Moderator of roundtable discussion in English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR, October 26, 1990.

The multilingualism of Joseph Conrad. Paper presented to English Department staff as part of Richardson Seminar Room series, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, October 26, 1990.

1991 Puerto Rican language and culture. Presentation to TESOL and Bilingual

Education Teacher Training program, Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry, NY. July 29, 1991.

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1991 Relación de amor y odio: El inglés entre los estudiantes de la UPR. Paper presented in conference: En busca del perfil lingüístico del estudiantado universitario: Un enfoque teórico-práctico, held in the College of General Studies, UPR, Río Piedras, September 26, 1991. Using kitchen science to teach E.S.L. Workshop given at Puerto Rico

TESOL convention, San Juan, PR, Nov. 16, 1991. 1992 Evaluating E.S.L. students: Different ways to assess proficiency and

progress. Workshop given for personnel of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Friday, April 24, 1992.

The linguistic and cultural background of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Guest lectures before graduate program in Bilingual Education and E.S.L., Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry, July 29-30, 1992. Tangled tongues: Language conflicts in Puerto Rico. Paper presented in colloquium titled "The Socio-Political Dimensions of Language Policy and Bilingualism in Puerto Rico," held at the 19th Annual Convention of the Puerto Rican Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, November 20-21, 1992. 1993 Achieving linguistic and communicative competence in two speech

communities: The Puerto Rican return migrant student. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Puerto Rican Association for Bilingual Education (PRABE) in Humacao, PR, May 14-16, 1993.

Using video in the E.S.L. classroom. Workshop given for personnel of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, September 17, 1993.

Pleasure as a motivator in E.S.L. Workshop given for personnel of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, November 30, 1993.

1994 Using Family Album, USA. Workshop given for personnel of English

Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, May 4, 1994.

1995 (with Iris Cordero). "Until I learn English, I will always live in a prison":

Teaching E.S.L. to Hispanic women inmates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the CUNY E.S.L. Council, Hostos Community College, CUNY, March 4, 1995.

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1995 Language, gender, and culture. Workshop given for graduate students of TESOL Continuing Education program, Baruch College, CUNY, May 5-6,

1995. Language and gender. Workshop given to female inmates at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Bedford Hills, NY, May 24, 1995. 1996 Making the most of E.S.L. materials. Workshop given for personnel of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, February 22, 1996. It’s all in the cards: Using index cards creatively in teaching E.S.L.

Workshop given for personnel of English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, April 19, 1996.

The history of English in Puerto Rico or who's speaking what language now. Paper delivered during N.E.H. Summer Symposium on Rethinking English in Puerto Rico, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, June 5, 1996.

New routes to fostering bilingualism: Developing language awareness among the Puerto Rican people. Paper presented at Puerto Rican TESOL convention in Ponce, PR, Nov. 15, 1996.

1997 Getting the maximum mileage from your E.S.L. materials. Workshop for

intermediate and high school English teachers given in English Language Symposium sponsored by Puerto Rican Foundation for the Humanities, at the Division of Continuing Education, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR, February 1, 1997.

Meeting the new millennium with motivating materials. Workshop for Metro Chapter of Puerto Rico TESOL, Polytechnic University, August 9, 1997.

Moderator. Greater English exposure through the use of English texts

across the curriculum. Colloquium presented at PRTESOL convention, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Nov. 1997.

2002 Language and Gender: What every teacher needs to know. Guest lecture

for students of Seminar on Teaching English as a Second Language, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, May 6, 2002.

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2003 Técnicas para mejorar su vocabulario en inglés. Workshop given for Centro de Excelencia Académica, UPR, Río Piedras, Feb. 28, 2003 and Oct. 31, 2003.

El inglés en la universidad puertorriqueña: ¿segunda lengua o lengua

extranjera?: Perspectivas mundiales sobre un problema local. Paper presented in conference titled: Repensar las lenguas extranjeras, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 8-9 abril, 2003.

2004 Creative homework. Workshop given for teachers of Conversational

English, English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, April 16, 2004.

El “chat” bilingüe como herramienta en la enseñanza del inglés. Presentation at Feria de Tecnología, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, May 5, 2004.

El desarrollo de un sitio web departamental. Presentation at Feria de

Tecnología, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, May 5, 2004. Cómo proveer modelos naturales del inglés en puerto rico: el “chat”

bilingüe y los “conversational partners” Presentation at conference titled Lenguas en Contacto, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, May 26, 2004.

Técnicas para mejorar su vocabulario en inglés. Workshop given for

Centro de Excelencia Académica, UPR, Río Piedras, Oct. 15, 2004. 2005 The mandatory use of English in the Federal Court of Puerto Rico.

Presentation at annual conference of International Linguistics Association, John Jay College, CUNY, NYC, April 15, 2005.

2006 Fostering English instruction in Puerto Rico from a global perspective.

Keynote address, PRTESOL Metro Chapter conference, Universidad Metropolitana, Bayamón, September 16, 2006.

The role of choice in second language learning. Paper presented at

annual conference of Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, November 30-December 1, 2006.

2007 Técnicas para mejorar su vocabulario en inglés. Workshop given for

Centro de Excelencia Académica, UPR, Río Piedras, March 2, 2007.

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2007 The sociolinguistic implications of teaching English in Puerto Rico. Keynote address, First Annual Conference on the Perspectives and Challenges of Teaching English in Puerto Rico at the Universidad del Este, Carolina, PR, on March 13, 2007.

2008 The complexities of bilingualism: Special focus: Puerto Rico. Presentation

for Harvard University-UPR Winter Institute, January 17, 2008, San Juan, PR.

Mejora tu inglés a través del Internet. Workshop given for Centro de Excelencia Académica, UPR, Río Piedras. February 7, 2008.

¿Dónde están los bilingües?: La cartografía del idioma en Puerto Rico. Presentation at Puerto Rico Studies Association conference, Oct. 1-4, 2008 at Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe in San Juan, PR. 2009 Cannibalizing calendars for creative conversation and composition. Workshop given at PRTESOL convention, November 22, 2008, Río Grande, PR. Utilizando el Internet para mejorar tu inglés. Workshop given for Centro para la Excelencia Académica, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, February 26, 2009. La libertad de elección en el aprendizaje de un idioma. Paper given at X Congreso de Investigación en la Educación, March 12, 2009, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 2010 Bilingualism in Puerto Rico. Workshop given for students from Wheelock College at Richardson Seminar Room, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR on March 11, 2010. . English-speaking enclaves In Puerto Rico. Paper presented at College English Association conference at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on March 19-20, 2010. Cómo manejar los modismos en inglés. Workshop on English idioms given for Centro para la Excelencia Académica, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on October 26, 2010. 2011 Being bilingual in Puerto Rico. Workshop for students from Wheelock College & Universidad del Sagrado Corazón at Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, PR on March 26, 2011.

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2011 Coping with coinages: New arrivals in the English language. Workshop given for Centro para la Excelencia Académica, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on March 31, 2011. Linguists in the resolution of Caribbean language problems. Paper presented at College English Association conference at the Centro para Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on April 15, 2011.

Cultivating respect for intellectual property in the English class. Paper

presented at PRTESOL convention on Nov. 19, 2011. 2012 The English language in Puerto Rico: From imposition to reinvention Talk

given in the College of General Studies, University of Puerto Rico on January 26, 2012.

Cómo captar la atención de los estudiantes en el salón de clases.

Workshop given for doctoral students in Pilot Project for Supervised Teaching. College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on March 5, 2012.

The dynamics of language in Puerto Rico. Talk given at Sagrado Corazón

University, San Juan, PR, March 6, 2012. Formas innovadoras de evaluar el progreso del estudiante. Workshop

given for doctoral students in Pilot Project for Supervised Teaching. College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on May 14, 2012.

Teaching English in Puerto Rico without threatening Spanish. Paper

presented at PRTESOL convention in San Juan, PR, November 17, 2012. 2013 Cómo aumentar su vocabulario en inglés. Workshop for Centro de

Competencias Lingüísticas, College of General Studies, UPR, Rio Piedras, February 7, 2013

Developing Spanish and English as complementary languages in Puerto

Rico. Paper presented at Congreso Puertorriqueño de Investigación en la Educación, March 7-9, 2013.

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PUBLICATIONS Books 1982 (editor and contributing author). Intergenerational perspectives on bilingualism: From community to classroom. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY. 1987 Puerto Rican community participation in East Harlem bilingual programs. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY. (Condensed version of Ph.D. dissertation) 1988 (editor and contributing author). Speech and ways of speaking in a

bilingual Puerto Rican community. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

1996 (co-editor along with Lowell Fiet and Ada Haiman, as well as contributing author). Rethinking English in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of N.E.H. Summer Symposium. Journal issues edited 2008 (editor and contributing author). Functions and valorization of language in

Puerto Rico. Centro, 20 (1). New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 2010 (editor). Preservación, rescate y resucitación de lenguas románicas.

Romanitas, 4 (2). http://romanitas.uprrp.edu/ Articles 1979 Bilingual education in the U.S. Journal of Communication 29:2, 84-92. (Reprinted in Standard Education Almanac, 13th edition.) Interpreting for language minorities in the courts. In J. Alatis (ed.). Language in public life. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 186-208.

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1981 (with Shana Poplack). No case for convergence: The Puerto Rican Spanish verb system in a language contact situation. In J. Fishman and G. Keller (eds.). Bilingual education for Hispanic students in the United States. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press, 207-237.

(with Shana Poplack). A comparative study of gender assignment to borrowed nouns. Working Paper 10. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies. (Also appeared In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation. New York: Academic Press.) 1982 (with Shana Poplack and David Sankoff). Competing influences on

gender assignment: Variable process, stable outcome. Lingua 57, 1-28. 1988 (with Mel Greenlee). Toward a social theory of language variability. In Language Policy Task Force. Speech and ways of speaking in a bilingual Puerto Rican community. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY, 13-92. Unos apuntes críticos respecto al uso de ciertos términos dentro del

debate sobre el idioma y el bilingüismo en Puerto Rico. Cuadernos del Idioma 2, 45-63. (University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Planning, Río Piedras).

1989 La planificación lingüística en Puerto Rico. Plerus 19:1, 105-116.

(Journal of School of Planning, UPR, Río Piedras, PR-- back dated to 1985.)

1990 Community participation in bilingual education as part of language policy. The Bilingual Review/ La Revista Bilingüe 16: 2-3 (May-Dec.), 159-170. 1991 Growing up bilingual in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The Bilingual Family Newsletter 7:3, 2-3. (Avon: UK, Multilingual Matters.) 1992 (with Pedro Pedraza). Bilingualism in and out of school: Ethnographic

perspectives on the determination of language 'dominance'. In M. Saravia- Shore and S. Arvizu (eds.). Cross-cultural literacy: Ethnographies of communication in multiethnic classrooms. New York: Garland Publishing, 253-272.

El uso del idioma entre los boricuas del barrio de East Harlem. Cuadernos

del Idioma 5, 1-17. (University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Planning, Río Piedras).

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1992 'Los de allá: The linguistic resources of the 'Nuyoricans' or return migrants. Revista/ Review Interamericana 19: 3-4, 50-62. (Interamerican University, San Germán, PR--back dated 1989). 1994 Achieving linguistic and communicative competence in two speech

communities: The Puerto Rican return migrant student. In Ángela Carrasquillo and Richard Baecher (eds.). Educación bilingüe en Puerto Rico / Bilingual education in Puerto Rico. Caguas: PR: Puerto Rican Association for Bilingual Education (PRABE), 51-59.

Joseph Conrad's multilingualism: A case study of language planning in literature. English Studies 75:4, 335-349. 1996 Puerto Rico: On the horns of a language planning dilemma, TESOL Quarterly 30:3, 499-510. 1997 Developing language awareness in Puerto Rico. PRTESOL-Gram 24: 2), 1, 3. 1999 The singularly strange story of the English language in Puerto Rico.

Milenio 3, 33-60. 2000 The competent bilingual in Puerto Rico, International Journal of the

Sociology of Language 142:3, 103–118. 2004 The multidisciplinary nature of linguistics. Inventio (Publication of

Division of Graduate Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras). 2005 Cómo proveer modelos naturales del inglés en Puerto Rico: El “chat”

bilingüe y los “conversational partners.” In Suárez Valle, L. (Ed.). Lenguas en contacto: Una mirada cultural y pedagógica a la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras (pp. 105-112). Río Piedras, PR: Publicaciones Gaviota.

2006 Fomenting bilingualism through language awareness. PRTESOLGram, 33

(1), 17-19. The sociolinguistic implications of teaching English in Puerto Rico.

PRTESOLGram, 33 (3), 6-27. 2007 Interview with Dr. Alicia Pousada, professor of linguistics at UPR, Río

Piedras. Lapicín y Burbuja, 2 (1), 8-12.

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2008 The mandatory use of English in the Federal Court of Puerto Rico. Centro, 20 (2), 136-155. (Journal of Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY)

Language policy in Puerto Rican education. Encyclopedia of Bilingual

Education in the U.S.(pp. 701-704). London: Sage Publications. 2008 English in the Federal Court of Puerto Rico. English 9. Santillana

Publishing. 2009 La libertad de elección en el aprendizaje de un idioma. Revised version of

paper prepared for X Congreso Puertorriqueño de Investigación en la Educación. College of Education, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Accessed at:: http://cie.uprrp.edu/congreso/2009/pousada.html

. 2010 Introduction to Romanitas, 4 (2), May 2010. Special issue dedicated to

language preservation, rescue, and revival in areas in which a Romance language plays a role. http://romanitas.uprrp.edu/

2011 Coping with coinages: New arrivals in the English language.

PRTESOLGram August, 2011, pp. 16-19. Available online at: http://www.slideshare.net/eiede/prtesolgram-aug-2011

2012 Days of reckoning for the University of Puerto Rico: The struggle to

maintain the cultural autonomy of a Caribbean public university. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 213, 111–118.

Falsos amigos. Dilo (Bulletin of Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua

Española, July-December 2012. 2013 Linguists in the resolution of Caribbean language problems. To appear in

Sargasso in May 2013. Como enseñar el inglés en Puerto Rico sin amenazar al español. To

appear in Revista El Sol in June 2013. Reviews 1981 Booknote on: Cohen, A. 1980. Testing language ability in the classroom.

Rowley, MA: Newbury House. In Language 57:4, 978. Booknote on: G. Gilbert and J. Ornstein (eds.). 1978. Problems in applied

educational sociolinguistics: Readings on language and culture problems of United States ethnic groups. In Language 58:3, 740-1.

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1983 Review of: M. Morris. 1981. Saying and meaning in Puerto Rico: Some

problems in the ethnography of discourse. Oxford, New York: Pergamon Press. In Language in Society 12, 262-267.

1986 Review of: C. Ovando and G. Collier. 1985. Bilingual and E.S.L.

classrooms: Teaching in multicultural contexts. New York: McGraw Hill. In Lingua 63, 352-356.

1989 Booknote on: Aitchison, Jean. 1987. Linguistics. Kent, England:

Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. In Language 65:1. Booknote on: Fitzpatrick, Finbarré. 1987. The open door: The Bradford

Bilingual Project. Avon, England: Multilingual Matters. In Language 65:2, 426-427.

Booknote on: Algren de Gutierrez, Edith. 1987. The movement against teaching English in schools of Puerto Rico. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. In Language 65:3, 657-8. 1992 Review of: López Laguerre, María. 1989. Bilingüismo en Puerto Rico. Río

Piedras, PR: López Laguerre. In Language Problems and Language Planning 16:1, 80-84.

Booknote on R. Jacobson and C. Faltis (Eds.). 1990. Language

distribution issues in bilingual schooling. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters. In Language in Society 21:1, 1992, 167-169.

Review of: Piatt, Bill. 1990. Only English? Law and language policy in the

United States. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. In Language in Society 21:3, 1992, 526-529.

1997 Review of: Urciuoli, Bonnie. 1996. Exposing prejudice: Puerto Rican experiences of language, race, and class. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. In New West Indian Guide 71:3, 364-366. 1998 Review of: Zentella, Ana Celia. 1997. Growing up bilingual: Puerto Rican

children in New York. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. In Journal of Sociolinguistics 2:1, 145-150.

Review of Torres, Lourdes. 1997. Puerto Rican discourse: A

sociolinguistic study of a New York suburb. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. In TESL-EJ (electronic journal) 3:3, R-16.

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1999 Review of Goldstein, Tara. 1997. Two languages at work: Bilingual life on the production floor. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. In Language in Society 28:3, 460-463.

2002 Review of Allsopp, Richard (ed.). 1996. Dictionary of Caribbean English

usage. New York: Oxford University Press. In Caribbean Studies 30:1, 274-277.

2005 Review of Aceto, M. & Williams, J. P. (eds.). (2003). Contact Englishes of

the Eastern Caribbean. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. In Sargasso, 2004-5 (I), 155-158.

2006 Review of Zentella, A. C. (Ed.). (2005). Building on strength: Language

and literacy in Latino families and communities. New York: Teachers College Columbia University Press. In Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 5 (1). Available on-line at: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/tesolalwebjournal/index.htm .

Review of White, L. J., Maylath, B, Adams, A, and Couzijn, M. (eds.).

(2000). Language awareness: A history and implementations. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2000. 107 pp. In Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 16 (2), 291-292.

2008 Review of Moder, C.& Martinovic-Zic, A. (Eds.). (2004). Discourse across language and cultures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. TESOL Quarterly, 42 (1), 167-170.

Review of Chin, Ng Bee & Wigglesworth, Gillian. (2007). Bilingualism: An

advanced resource book. London & New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). Linguist List, 19, 1855.

2010 Review of Spolsky, Bernard & Hult, Francis M. (Eds.) (2010). The

handbook of educational linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell. Linguist List, 21,.3579, Sept 09, 2010.

Review of McWhorter, John. (2008). Our magnificent bastard tongue: The

untold history of English. New York: Gotham Books (Penguin group). Sargasso, 2007-2008, II, 138-142. [actually published 2010]

2012 Review of De Angelis, G. & Dewaele, J-M. (2011). New Trends in

Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research. Avon, England: Multilingual Matters. Linguist List, 23 (1506). March 26, 2012. Available

at: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-1506.html

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Educational Reports, Proposals & Manuals 1984 Title VII Evaluation Report on the High School Vocational and High School

Equivalency Bilingual Program at Park West High School. New York: Board of Education, Office of Educational Assessment.

1985 Title VII Evaluation Report on Project T.E.A.C.H. at Roosevelt High

School. New York: Board of Education, Office of Educational Assessment.

1986 Title VII Evaluation Report on Project T.E.A.C.H. at Roosevelt High

School. New York: Board of Education, Office of Educational Assessment.

A review of bilingual program service delivery in District 19, Brooklyn, N.Y.

New York: Bilingual Educational Multifunctional Support Center. Model proposal, Project CARIB. Hato Rey, PR: Department of Public Instruction, Bilingual Education Program. 1990 E.S.L. Instructor's Manual. Río Piedras, PR: English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico. (Pp. 61 + iii).

(editor). Activities that work, vol. I and II. Compilation of contributions of E.S.L. instructors in English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

1995 (author & compiler). Sample Lesson Plans for use with Family Album, USA. Río Piedras, PR: English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico. (Pp. 223) 1996 Revised E.S.L. Instructor's Manual. Río Piedras, PR: English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico. (Pp. 44) 1999 (with Emily Krasinski). Proposal for Stage Two in creating an English

Institute for the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. 2000 Evaluation of Intensive Conversational English courses. English

Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico.

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2003-pres. English Academic Technology Bulletin, 1-38. English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico. (on-line bulletin). http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/pubs/ATB.htm

Unpublished research reports 2004 The role of choice in second language learning: What happens when L2 is

learned by choice instead of by mandate?. Report submitted to College of Humanities, UPR, April 14, 2004. 39 pages.

2005 Language planning efforts in the Caribbean beyond Puerto Rico. Report

submitted to College of Humanities, UPR, May 16, 2005. 44 pages. 2006 Language planning efforts in the Caribbean beyond Puerto Rico: The

success stories of the English-speaking Caribbean. Report submitted to College of Humanities, UPR, April 18, 2006. 53 pages

Websites administered: 2004-pres. English Department website (coordinator of project and webmaster) http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles.htm Dr. Alicia Pousada (professional website to disseminate publications) http://aliciapousada.weebly.com 2009-pres. English Department Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Juan/English-Department-

Humanities-University-of-Puerto-Rico-Rio-Piedras/118765953753 2011-pres. Richardson Seminar Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Richardson-Seminar-Room-UPR-Rio-Piedras/203151269748557

Courses on-line 2003-2005 INGL 3041-2: Developing functions in oral English. Bilingual chats with

students at North Carolina State University. Vista WebCT platform. http://vista.ncsu.edu (deactivated)

2007-2010 INGL 6466: Studies in Bilingualism. Vclass platform. https://vnet.uprrp.edu

(deactivated)

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INGL 8007. Language Birth and Language Death. Vclass platform..

https://vnet.uprrp.edu (deactivated) 2008-2010 INGL 4206. The Grammar of Modern English. Vclass platform..

https://vnet.uprrp.edu (deactivated) INGL 6045. Language and Culture. Vclass platform. https://vnet.uprrp.edu

(deactivated) 2009-2010 INGL 6466. Studies in Bilingualism. Vclass platform. https://vnet.uprrp.edu

(deactivated) 2010-2011 INGL 3017: Language in Science Fiction / Fantasy.

https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/index.html (deactivated)

INGL 6045. Language and Culture. (being phased out)

https://sites.google.com/a/benfalado.com/ingl-6045/ 2011-2012 INGL 8007 Language Birth & Language Death (being phased out) https://sites.google.com/a/benfalado.com/ingl-8007/ 2012-pres. INGL 3042. Developing functions of Oral English, Level 2. Class blog.

Theme: Puerto Rico in 2012. http://ingl-3042.weebly.com (active) INGL 3017: Language in Science Fiction / Fantasy. http://ingl-3017.weebly.com (active) INGL 6466 Studies in Bilingualism http://ingl6466.weebly.com (active) INGL 8007 Language Birth & Language Death http://ingl-8007.weebly.com (under construction) INGL 6045. Language and Culture. http://ingl-6045.weebly.com (active)

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PEER REVIEW FOR JOURNALS

1992 Reviewer for Pedagogía, journal of College of Education, University of

Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. 2005-pres. Member of advisory board of Romanitas, journal of Department of

Foreign Languages, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

2006-pres. Reviewer for Spanish in Context (John Benjamins Publishers journal).

Reviewer for Centro, journal of Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, CUNY.

2012-pres. Reviewer for journal, Language Policy (Springer Group journal)

Reviewer for Op. Cit., journal of Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.

TRANSLATION WORK

1991 Translation Consultant for Tradiciones: Album de la puertorriqueñidad by

Héctor Méndez Caratini and Ángel G. Quintero Rivera published by Brown, Newsom, and Cordova.

1995 Translator, University of Puerto Rico Press, Río Piedras, PR. 2011 Language consultant & proofreader for book titled: Claridad tras el lente

published by Claridad Collective.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMITTEE WORK

1979-1981 Member of Steering Committee, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University New York. 1987-1988 Member of ESL Steering Committee, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 1988-1994 Coordinator of ESL component, English Department, College of

Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.

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1989-1990 Ex-oficio member of Curriculum Committee, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

1989-pres. Member of Graduate Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 1991-1993 Member of Graduate Admissions Committee, English Department,

College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

Member of Graduate Steering Committee, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 1993-1994 Member of interdepartmental committee on the Linguistic Competencies

of the UPR student, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.

Academic Advisor for English Department, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.

Member of Curriculum Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.

Representative of Linguistics Program in Curriculum Committee, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

1995-1998 Academic Advisor for English Department, College of Humanities,

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 1995-2000 Member of Curriculum Committee, English Department, English

Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR 1995-2001 Member of interdepartmental committee to develop English Institute on

UPR campus, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 1996 Co-coordinator of N.E.H. Focus Grant Summer Symposium on Rethinking

English in Puerto Rico, June 3-July 10, 1996. English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

1996-2000 Member of interdepartmental committee on improving communicative

skills, part of American Council of Education/Kellogg Foundation project to improve university education. Organized by Office of Academic Affairs, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.

Chair of Curriculum Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

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1996-2000 Member of teaching/planning team for Proyecto Integrado de Competencias en Inglés (PICI). Two year experimental intensive ESL program for incoming freshmen. Joint project of the English Departments of the College of General Studies and the College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR.

2002-pres. Chair of Academic Technology Committee, English Department, College

of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 2002-2008 Chair of Linguistic Subcommittee of Graduate Committee, English

Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 2006-pres. Member of Library Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. 2007-pres. Director of Lewis E. Richardson Seminar Room, English Department,

College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR 2010-pres. Member of Curriculum Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. Co-author of proposal for postgraduate certificate program for Puerto

Rican teachers titled: Certificado Postgrado De Lingüística Aplicada en el Contexto del Inglés en Puerto Rico and Certificado Postgrado de Literatura en Inglés con Pertinencia Cultural al Contexto de Puerto Rico. To begin Summer 2010.

Member of Certificate Program Committee. English Department, College

of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. Advisor to Bilingual Initiative Project, College of General Studies, UPR,

Río Piedras, PR. 2011-pres. Chair of Curriculum Committee, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Rio Piedras, PR 2011-2012 Pedagogical mentor for Pilot University Teaching Practice Project, College

of Humanities, UPR, Rio Piedras, PR

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THESIS COMMITTEE WORK

Theses directed:

1994-1995 M.A. thesis of Iris Cordero, Norwich University, Vermont. “’Until I learn English, I will always live in a prison’: Teaching E.S.L. to Hispanic women inmates.” (Defense: April 1995).

2000-2002 M.A. thesis of Patria Rivera, Linguistics Program, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR . “La planificación linguistica del llamado lenguaje no-sexista en el espanol de Puerto Rico: Actitudes y creencias.” (Defense: Nov. 2002)

2000-2005. M.A. thesis of José Luis Rosado, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “A Plan For A Language Assistance Services Center for the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health: Applying Language Planning to Health Care and Biomedical Research Within the Federal Government.” (Defense: May 2005)

2005-2007 Ph.D. dissertation of Magda Ramos, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “The Discourse of Race as Reflected in the Press of St. Croix.” (Defense: March 2007)

2007-2009 Ph.D. dissertation of Geissa Torres, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, “PR. Attitudes of Crucian Students and Educators toward Crucian Creole as a Language of Learning.” (Defense March 2009)

2007-2011 Ph.D. dissertation of Anamari Irizarry, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Attitudes of Anguillian teachers toward the use of Anguillian ‘dialect’ in school.” (Defense May 2011)

Member of thesis / dissertation committee:

1987-1990 Ed.D. dissertation of Mercedes García. Interamerican University, Hato

Rey, PR. (Defense: September 1990). 1989 Senior Honors thesis of Barbara Ávila. English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Spanish influence on the English lexicon.” (Defense: May 1989).

1989-1990 M.A. thesis of Awilda Díaz. English Department, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR (Finished Dec. 1990).

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1989-1992 M.A. thesis of Luis Medina, English Department, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "English Language Use in a Changing Economy, an Analysis of the Use and Functions of English in Industry in Eastern Puerto Rico" (Finished Dec. 1992)

1991-1994 Ed.D. dissertation of Ylda Farré Rigau, College of Education, UPR, Río

Piedras, PR. “A microethnographic case study of an English as a Second Language classroom using the interactive strategies of cooperative language learning.” (Defense: May 1991).

1991-1995 M.A. thesis of Linda Hollady, English Department, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "The Influence of Puerto Rican English on Native English Speakers". (Finished June 1995).

1992-1993 M.A. thesis of Donato Cuadrado Rodríguez, English Department, College

of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "Bilingualism Among Eastern Professionals in Puerto Rico". (Finished May 1993)

1992-1994 Ed.D. dissertation of María del Carmen Arribas Rivera, College of

Education, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Diseño, construcción y validación de una escala para medir las actitudes de maestros del sistema de educación pública hacia la alternancia de código.” (Finished Dec. 1994).

1993-1995 Ed.D. dissertation of Sharon Clampett Dunlap, College of Education, UPR,

Río Piedras. “Nationalism, Native Language Maintenance and the Spread of English: A Comparative Study of the Cases of Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.” (Defense: June 1995).

1995-1996 M.A. thesis of Brenda Rodríguez, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "Bilinguals on Bilingualism: A Look at the Attitudes Bilinguals Have Towards Their Own Bilingualism." (Finished June 1996)

1996 M.A. thesis of Nanette Jiménez, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Early Childhood Bilinguilism: Theories and Studies.” (Finished December 1996).

1996-1997 Member of Ed.D. dissertation committee of Elena González, College of

Education, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. “ A microethnographic case study of intermediate level English as a Second Language students from a culturally different community in Puerto Rico.” (Defense December 1997).

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1997-1998 M.A. thesis of Rosymar Peña, English Department, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "Resumptive pronouns in the Second Language Acquisition of Restrictive Relative Clauses in English". (Finished Dec. 1998)

M.A. thesis of Nitza Marrero, Linguistics Program, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Ell análisis de afiliación lingüística y cultural en un grupo de adolescentes salvadoreños en la ciudad de Washington, D.C.: un acercamiento etnográfico.” (Defense: Dec.1998).

1999-2000 M.A. thesis of Anamari Irizarry, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. )." Knowledge of the Spanish Verb Paradigm Among Second Language Speakers as a Function of Naturalistic vs. Classroom Acquisition Contexts". (Finished Dec. 2000)

M.A. thesis of Ángel Martínez Ocasio, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “"Lo que pasa es..." y otras construcciones hendidas en el Habla Culta de San Juan.” (Defense: April 2000).

2000 M.A. thesis of María Inés Corujo, Linguistics Program,College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Estudio Etnolingüístico del Discurso de la Música de Protesta de Vieques: Una Comunidad de Habla y su Ideología.” (Defense: May 2000).

M.A. thesis of Yadira Santiago Ríos, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Estrategias de cortesía en algunas deposiciones en San Juan, Puerto Rico.” (Defense: May 2000).

2000-2002 M.A. thesis of Wanda Rosado, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “The Role of Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Maintenance of Minority Languages, The Case of Africa." (Finished May 2002)

2002-2003 M.A. thesis of Yolanda Gomez, English Department, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Effective Strategies Used by English Proficient Bilinguals in Puerto Rico.” (Finished July 2003)

2002-2005 M.A. thesis of Sharyn Cole, English Department, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "Models of World Englishes: The Case for the Puerto Rican English". (Finished March 2005)

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2002-2005 M.A. thesis of Aida Vergne, Linguistics Program, College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Lengua, poder y estrategia en los tribunales de justicia: Análisis discursivo de tres vistas preliminares en San Juan de Puerto Rico.” (Defense June 2005)

2003-2004 M.A. thesis of Theresa Donovan, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Code switching among the Puerto Rico National Guard.” (Defense: May 2004)

2004-2005. M.A. thesis of Doris Borrero Montalvo, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Etnografía y discurso religioso protestante: Análisis crítico del discurso del Ministerio Internacional Iglesia Fuente de Agua Viva en Puerto Rico (Defense: May 2005)

M.A. thesis of Marisol Lorenzo Cardec, Linguistics Program, College of

Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “El lenguaje utilizado y las temáticas abordadas en los graffiti de los baños de instituciones académicas del área metropolitana de San Juan. Puerto Rico: Controversias sociales vedadas y sus tablones de expresión. “(Defense: May 2005)

2004-2009 Ph.D. dissertation committee of Don Walicek, English Department,

College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “"Pathways of Language and Memory: the Origins of Anguillian in Sociohistorical Context" (Defense: May 2009)

2007 M.A. thesis of Vivian Mayol, Translation Program, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. Translation of Ch. 8 and 9 of Roamé Torres González, Idioma, biinguismo y nacionalidad: La presencia del inglés en Puerto Rico. (Defense: May 2007)

2007-2009. Ph.D. dissertation committee of Orville Villanueva, English Department,

College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. "A Contrastive Analysis of English Influences on the Lexicon of Puerto Rican Spanish in Puerto Rico and St. Croix." (Defense: April 2009)

2010 M.A. thesis of Nayra Delgado, English Department, College of Humanities,

UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Puerto Rican American Bilingualism: A cross-ethnolinguistic perspective on first language attrition.” (Finished August 2010)

2011-2012 Ph.D. dissertation committee of Brenda Domínguez, English Department,

College of Humanities, UPR, Río Piedras, PR. “Language and identity: The study of a possible ongoing change in attitudes towards American English and Puerto Rican Spanish in Puerto Rico.” (Defense: October 2012).

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UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT Graduate Courses: Place taught Sociolinguistics William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ General Linguistics William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ Research Methodology Teachers College, Columbia Univ., NYC Methods & Materials in Teaching ESL Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry, NY Linguistics for Teachers Long Island University, Dobbs Ferry, NY Theories & Techniques in Teaching ESL Baruch College, CUNY Theory of Second Language Acquisition Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY Structure of Modern English Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY Lingüística General Linguistics, UPR, Río Piedras Planificación Lingüística [proposed & taught] Linguistics, UPR, Río Piedras Language and Culture English, UPR, Río Piedras Bilingualism English, UPR, Río Piedras Comparative Analysis of Eng. & Sp. Grammar English, UPR, Río Piedras Language Birth & Language Death (Ph.D.) English, UPR, Río Piedras [proposed & taught] Applied Linguistics [proposed for certific. progr.] English, UPR, Río Piedras Undergraduate Courses: Place taught Conversational English (all levels) English, UPR, Río Piedras The Study of Language (4205) English, UPR, Río Piedras Grammar of Modern English (4206) English, UPR, Río Piedras Readings in the Study of Language (3225/4) English, UPR, Río Piedras Contr. Analysis of Eng. & Sp. Phonol. (4235) English, UPR, Río Piedras Contr. Analysis of Eng. & Sp. Syntax (4236) English, UPR, Río Piedras Intro. to Discourse Analysis (4106) English, UPR, Río Piedras Language and Gender (3107) English, UPR, Río Piedras Using Grammar I (3205) English, UPR, Río Piedras Using Grammar II (3207) English, UPR, Río Piedras Language in SciFi/Fantasy (3017) [proposed English, UPR, Río Piedras & taught]

Listening and Speaking (level 4) Westchester Comm. Coll., Valhalla, NY Grammar, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary (6) Westchester Comm. Coll., Valhalla, NY

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ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (active) Puerto Rico Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (active) Speech and Communication Association of Puerto Rico (past) Puerto Rican Studies Association (past) Linguistic Society of America (past)

AWARDS / HONORS / CERTIFICATES 1976 Phi Beta Kappa, Nu chapter

Honorable Mention, Danforth Fellowship competition Irene Steinman Scholarship for Graduate Study, Hunter College, CUNY

1976-1977 Graduate Faculty Fellowship, Linguistics Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1977-1978 Editorial assistant scholarship. Graduate School of Education, University

of Pennsylvania. 1978 Linguistic Society of America Scholarship for Summer Linguistic Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. 1984 New York State Adult Education Certificate in Basic English. 1995 Research award. Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico. 1998 Award for Teaching Excellence and Academic Productivity, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 2012 Selected as NYU Faculty Research Network Seminar participant Lifetime Achievement Award, PRTESOL