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Anne Armitage M.A. Foreign and Second Language Education Boris Bachmann Urbandale High School Urbandale, Iowa. Rebeca Bataller M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Spanish University of Southern Mississippi Thesis: Pragmatic Development in the Study Abroad Setting: Requesting a Service in Spanish (Heilenman) Erin Beesley M.A.T, M.A German Currently living in Australia with family. Ana M. Borderia-Garcia M.A., Ph.D. 2006 Assistant Professor of Spanish Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois anaborderia-garcia@augustana.edu Thesis: The Acquisition of Pragmatics in Spanish as a Foreign Language: Interpreting and Giving Advice (Heilenman) Marta Borull Kathy Breshears M.A.T. Japanese Instructor of Japanese Silverado High School Clark County, Nevada David R. Byrd Ph.D. 2007 Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Weber State University Thesis: Investigating How Second Language Teachers are Prepared to Teach Culture: An Analysis of Method Course Syllabi (Schrier) Julie Cain Washington High School Cedar Rapids, IA Amy Carder (Robinson) Teaching ESL Hiawatha Elementary School Hiawatha, IA Bettendorf High School Bettendorf, IA Chia-Hui Chiu Ph.D. 2006 Professorship in Taiwan Thesis: Semantic Development in ESL Vocabulary Acquisition (Everson) Anne Cummings Hlas Ph.D. 2005 Assistant Professor of Spanish & Foreign Language Education University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin Thesis: Administrative and Pedagogical Uses of Computers in Foreign Language Classrooms: A Survey of Spanish Teachers' Beliefs and Practices (Schrier) Dolores Duran-Cerda M.A., Ph.D. from Arizona Pima Community College Tucson, Arizona Minhee Eom Ph.D. 2006 Assistant Professor English Department University of Texas-Pan American Edinburg, Texas Shelley Fairbairn Ph.D. 2006 Assistant Professor, School of Education Drake University Thesis: English Language Learners' Performance on Modified Science Test Item Formats: A Pilot Study (Everson) Emma Farrell Davidson, North Carolina Thesis: The Knowledge Base of Preservice Foreign Language Teachers: Meeting the Standards through ePortfolios (Schrier) Mike Fast Washington D.C. Terri Gebel The University of Iowa Thesis: A Survey of Spanish Teachers' Beliefs and Practices for Teaching Reading in a Second Language (Schrier)
Ph.D. 2006 Assistant Professor, Linguistics Program The United Arab Emirates University 17771 Al ain - UAE Thesis: Independent and Integrated Academic Writing Tasks: A Study in Generalizability and Test Method (Everson) Robin Gingerich Thesis: Learning to Teach: A Study of Teacher Knowledge in English as a Foreign Language (Schrier) Kerry Gjerstad Driscoll Thesis: The Foreign Language Requirement and Students with Learning Disabilities: An Examination of Policies and Procedures (Schrier) Robert Glascow Karen Goering (Barkakus) Linda Hemminger Thesis: Mentor-Protege Pairings for Novice Second Language Teachers: Mentor Availability, Assignment, and Accessibility (Schrier) Susan Hildebrant M.A. 2002, Ph.D. 2006 Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics/Spanish Teacher Education Coordinator Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Illinois State University Normal, IL Thesis: National Board Certified Teachers of World Languages: Motivations and Resource Usage (Schrier) * Winner of the 2008 Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for outstanding dissertation work from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages * Mika Hirai M.A. Second Language Education Instructional Technology Specialist Williams College
Yung Hung Hsiao Appleton, Wisconsin Hyun-Ju Kim Ph.D. 2005 Thesis: World Englishes and Language Testing: The Influence of Rater Variability on Test Scores of Korean Students' English Language Oral Proficiency (Chalhoub-Deville) Lyudmila N. Klimanova M.A. Foreign and Second Language Education Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from The University of Iowa Yasumi Kuriya Michael Morris Northern Illinois University Dr. Morris is currently working on projects related to curricula of high school foreign language honors classes and the teaching of foreign languages to learners with learning difficulties. University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Ana Oskoz Le Anh Phan Lia Plakans Ph.D. 2007 Assistant Professor The University of Iowa Kimberly Ann Ruisch Welge Received the first place University of Iowa alumni award for non-fiction writing (see October, 2004 Alumni Magazine for the story). Ya-Ying Shih M.A. Foreign and Second Language Education Kim Soenen (Tonto) St Louis Park, Minnesota Carmen Sosa Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Instructional Services, Division of Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. Patricia Sotelo M.A. Foreign and Second Language Education Visiting Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain Teaching Translation for the Media, Translation and Culture, and General Translation English › Spanish/Galician. Other area of interest: CALL and Corpus Linguistics Nancy Stiles Washington High School Cedar Rapids, IA James Sweigert Price Lab School, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA Jennifer Urban-Aguirre Evanston High School Hande Uysal Ph.D. 2004 Working in the ELT Program as a Researcher Gazi Universitesi Gazi Egitim Fakultesi Besevler/Ankara Cynthia Waddell North Valleys High School Reno, Neveda. Bryan L. Watkins Burke High School John L. Watzke University of Notre Dame. Casey Wilmesmeier M.A.T. 2007 Pursuing M.A. in German The University of Iowa Tsun-Lih Yang Ph.D. 2007 Lin Yi University of Mississippi
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