• Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1998
• MA in Spanish American Literatuare University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1992
• M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
• B.A. Washington University in St. Louis, 1989

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Dean’s Leadership Award: Spanish Civic Engagement Initiatives, Duke University, 0 2014
• Jumpstart Grant, Office of Instructional Technology, 0 2014
• The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Grant Award , Duke University, 0 2014
• Thompson Writing Program Grant for Research on Machine Translation, Thompson Writing Program, 2012-2013
• Course Development Award, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Spring 2012
• Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award, Duke U. Program in Service-Learning, 2012
• Study Abroad Site Exploration Grant, Global Education Office, June, 2011
• DukeEngage Site Exploration Grant, DukeEngage, July, 2010
• Faculty Fellowship in Oral Assignments, Center for Instructional Technology, spring 2010

Professional Service

• Academic Advisor, 2013 - present
• Co-organizer, The Intercultural Learner, 2013 - present
• Languages and Pedagogy Series, Languages and Pedagogy Series. November 24, 2009, 2009
• Co-Chair : Languages Round Tables, Co-Chair : Languages Round Tables. November 24, 2008, 2008
• Leader : Spanish Service-learning Working Group, Leader : Spanish Service-learning Working Group. 2008, 2008
• Faculty Advisor for GANO, 2006 - present
• Member, Council on Latin American and Caribbean Studies, August, 2006 - present
• Director, Director Duke in Mexico, 2004 - 2009
• Vice Chair, Vice Chair. Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2021 - 2023, 2021-23
• Assessment Committee, 2019-21
• Chair, Chair. NC Campus Compact Advisory Council. NC Campus Compact. 2018 - 2021, 2018-21
• Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Representative, 2018-21
• Tutoring & Academic Support Oversight Committee, 2016-21
• Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Advisory Board , 2015-21
• Romance Studies Global Education Committee, 2014-21
• Faculty Advisor, GANO Student Organization, 2006-21
• Duke U Council of Latin American and Caribbean Studies , 2006-21
• Secretary, Secretary. Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2017 - 2020, 2017-20
• Arts & Sciences Council Assessment Committee, 2016-19
• Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Alternate, 2017-18
• University Council on Civic Engagement , 2017-18
• Desarrolla Advisory Board, 2016-18
• Romance Studies Teaching Evaluation Criteria Committee, 2015-17
• Betsy Alden Awards Selection Committee, Betsy Alden Awards Selection Committee. November 26, 2013, November 2013
• Director Duke in Alicante, 2012
• Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Lecturer in Chinese Search Committee, 2012-2013
• Member, Global Education Office Summer Director’s Advisory Group, 2010 - 2012
• Director : Duke Intensive Spanish in Alicante, Director : Duke Intensive Spanish in Alicante. 2011 - 2012, 2011-2012
• Co-chair : Languages and Pedagogy Series, Co-chair : Languages and Pedagogy Series. 2010 - 2012, 2010 - 2012
• Service Round table w/DukeEngage, Service Round table w/DukeEngage. 2009 - 2012, 2009 - 2012
• Bylaws Revision Committee, Summer-Fall 2011
• Dean’s Graduate Student Mentoring Awards Selection Committee, 2010
• Faculty Secretary, 2008 - 2009
• Faculty Advisor for Spanish Hall, 2007 - 2009
• Acting Director Spanish Language Program, Language Program Direction, January, 2008 - May, 2008

Selected Recent Talks and Lectures

• "Community-Based Learning Outcomes: Positioning Language Students for Success," Webinar, 1 September 2023.
• "Pre and Post Program Pedagogies for Worldview Literacy," WISE Conference, Wake Forest University, February 2013.
• "Shaping Knowledge, Building Perspectives," Duke University, March, 2013.
• "Now what? Moving forward with connecting civic engagement to the curriculum," Duke University Service-Learning Program Workshop, October 24, 2012.
• "Integrating Undergraduate Research and Service-Learning: Promising Models," Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference "Creativity, Inquiry, and Discovery: Undergraduate Research In and Across the Disciplines.", November 11, 2010.
• "Assessing Students for a Global Community," Duke University, November 02, 2010.
• "“Technology Application for Self-assessment”," Center for Instructional Technology Showcase, Duke University, April 30, 2010.
• "Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University," Rollins College, FL, 1 April 2009.
• "“Perceptions and Expectations of Feedback by Students and Instructors: A Case Study in Advanced Spanish Writing”," Northwestern University 2009 Language Symposium, April, 2009.
• "“Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University”," Language of Service and Community Symposium, Rollins College, FL., April, 2009.
• "“Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University”," Language of Service and Community Symposium, Rollins College, FL., April, 2009.
• ""Best Practices in Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses at Duke University"," NC Campus Compact Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference, Elon University, February, 2009.
• ""Best Practices in Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses at Duke University”," 2009 Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference., February, 2009.
• "“iTalk and iListen in Spanish: Translating New Technologies into Language Learning”," Duke Instructional Technology Showcase 2006, April 27, 2007.
• "“Spanish Service-Learning: ¿Qué? ¿Y qué? ¿Y ahora qué? (poster session)," Duke Instructional Technology Showcase 2007, April 26, 2007.
• "“The Year of Languages at Duke University” (poster session)," American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2005: 39th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November, 2005.
• "“Voices from the Latino Community in North Carolina: A Digital Oral History Archive” (poster session)," American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2005: 39th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November, 2005.
• "“Benefits of Blackboard in a Standardized Language Program”," Blackboard Southeast Users Group Conference, September, 2004.

Publications and Professional Lectures (listed separately)