Faculty
Donna Clementi is co-director of the master's program and the director of education and research at Concordia Language Villages. She is a long-time staff member of the Concordia Language Villages which includes providing instruction for the teacher workshops and the graduate course in Second Language Methodologies. She also collaborates annually with the University of Minnesota’s summer assessment course for language teachers. She teaches a foreign language methods class at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She is a recognized expert in world language performance assessment. Clementi has received the Florence Steiner Award for K-12 language leadership given by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). She has also received the National District Supervisor of Foreign Languages Award given by the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NADSFL). She was recognized by the Wisconsin Association for Foreign Languages (WAFLT) as Wisconsin’s Distinguished Foreign Language Educator. Ms. Clementi is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program and anticipates completion in 2008.
Dr. Garett Heysel is a Development Associate for Concordia Language Villages. He is also is a senior lecturer in French and associate director of the University Honors and Scholars Center at The Ohio State University, and past dean of the French Language Village.
Dr. Paul Hoff is a Professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Education and Director of the University Honors Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He obtained his Doctor of Arts degree in Spanish and Education from Syracuse University and his M.A. in Hispanic Civilization from New York University. He has worked extensively with the Concordia Language Villages, most recently teaching a course in its new Masters Program in World Language Instruction. Paul has collaborated on four Spanish textbook series (Navegando, Somos así, Poco a poco, Para empezar) and was a member of the task force that developed Wisconsin’s Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages. Since 1996 he has been an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Tester of Spanish, conducting academic and commercial OPIs for Language Testing International. He also is a frequent presenter at professional conferences.
Dr. Bernard Mambo is currently the chair of the foreign language department and instructor of French & ESL at St John’s Catholic Preparatory School in Frederick, Maryland. He has earned his doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in educational computing, design and online learning at Kansas State University. In the past he has coordinated the four-week high school credit program at Lac du Bois. He has participated in several technology integration projects in language learning settings, including a language immersion program. His areas of academic interest include technology integration, language education, constructivist approach in teaching, computer assisted language learning, project-based learning, and impact of technology integration on language and literacy practices.
Dr. Viann Pederson de Castañeda is co-director of the master's program and a professor in the department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Concordia College. Dr. Pederson has directed numerous international programs through the Spanish and Hispanic department and the Concordia Business School. She has taught Spanish and English as a second language in K-12 schools in the United States and in Mexico. Having lived in Mexico, she is a consultant for U.S. firms doing business in Latin America and assists in planning meetings in the region for legislators and corporate officials from Spanish-speaking countries.
Dr. Gay Rawson is associate professor and chair of the department of French and Russian at Concordia College. She is also involved in the First-Year Experience, Global Studies, and Women's Studies Programs, and directs the International Business program in France. She has led numerous study abroad programs in France, Germany, Switzerland, and most recently Cameroon. She is a certified expert in translation and interpretation and pursuing ACTFL OPI tester certification as well. She has presented internationally on subjects from foreign language pedagogy, study abroad programs, to relationships between literature / medicine.
Dr. Karla Smart-Morstad is an associate professor of education at Concordia College and teaches secondary methods courses for students in all disciplines.
Dr. Allison Spenader teaches second language pedagogy at Saint Benedict College and Saint John’s University, Minnesota. She is currently dean of Sjölunden, the Swedish Language Village.
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Master of Education
