FRANCISCO L. CABELLO
Associate Professor
Spanish
Specialty:
Peninsular studies
Spanish drama
Applied Spanish linguistics
Second language acquisition
Foreign language pedagogy
Translation and interpretation
Research:
PULBICATIONS LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS,
ARTICLES AND MATERIALS
• “The ABCs of The Total Physical Response, Known Worldwide
as TPR.” Book excerpt published by Sky Oaks Productions, 2002.
• “A Video Introduction to Total Physical Response,”;
in CD-ROM Lingua Snacks: Teaching Language Taster Courses with Total
Physical Response (Educational Multimedia Center, Free University
of Brussels, Belgium, 2001). Project co-financed by the European
Commission and coordinated by the Adult Education Center of the
Brussels Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the European Year
of Languages (2001).
LITERARY CRITICISM AND CULTURAL STUDIES
• “Martín Recuerda habla sobre Rodríguez
Méndez.” Estreno, 20, No. 1 (Spring, 1994), 2-3.
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS GIVEN
• “Spanish Play Performance: Still a Very Good Idea,”
7th National Symposium of Theater in Academe, Washington and Lee
University, Oct. 2004
• Workshop Presenter, “Jump! Total Physical Response
(TPR),”; Lingua Snacks European Project funded by the European
Commission. Center for Adult Education, Free University of Brussels,
Brussels, Belgium, March 22-24, 2001.
Interests:
Holy Week celebrations in Seville (Spain), Contemporary Spanish
culture,
New language teaching methodologies / Second language acquisition
Education:
B.A., University of Seville, Seville, Spain
M.A., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif.
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Davis, Calif.
Contact: cabello@cord.edu
EDUARDO GARGUREVICH
Associate Professor
Spanish
Specialty:
Latin American Cultural Studies
Latin American Poetry
Spanish Language
Latin American Cultures
Postcolonial Studies
Education:
B.A., Universidad Catolica del Peru
M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Contact: (218) 299-3306
PEDRO S. MELÉNDEZ
Associate Professor
Spanish
Specialty:
Latin American literature
Spanish American narrative
Latin American culture
Spanish language
Research:
• “Lo fantástico y la narrativa de José
Donoso”
[“The Fantastic and the Narrative of José Donoso”]
• Several articles published; several lectures.
• “Recent Chilean Narrative: Isabel Allende and
Antonio Skármeta”
Interests: Spanish American Narrative;
Cultural Studies;
Politics and Literature
Education: B.A., M.A., Ph..D., University
of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
Contact: melendez@cord.edu
VIANN PEDERSON DE CASTAÑEDA
Associate Professor
Spanish
Specialty:
Mexico
Business Spanish
Curriculum design for study abroad
International Business Semester-Abroad Program
Assessment of student learning
Research:
• Teaching and Learning
• Student learning across academic, socio-cultural, and professional
milieus during study abroad experiences
• Articles, workshops, and paper presentations at conferences
sponsored by the Centers for Business Education and Research (CIBER),
Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA), Central States Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, State Department
of Education Foreign Language Coordinators, University of
St. Thomas Annual Qualitative Research Conference.
• Recipient of Centennial Scholars Research Grant, Bush Consultant
in Residence Grant, Knight Foundation Grant, Consortium for the
Advancement of Private Higher Education Grant.
Interests: Spanish American Narrative;
Cultural Studies;
Politics and Literature
Education:
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
M.A.L.E., Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores,
Monterrey, Mexico
Centro de Perfeccionamiento Gerencial, Mexico City, Mexico
Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana,
Mexico City, Mexico
Ph.D., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
Contact: pederson@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3304 (office)
MARY RICE
Professor and Chair
Spanish
Specialty:
Spain—Spanish culture, contemporary Spanish literature
Women’s Studies—Contemporary women writers from Spain
and Latin America
Research:
• Book on Antonio Buero Vallejo’s theater
• Articles on Spanish theater (Buero Vallejo, Sastre,
Garcia Lorca)
• Articles on Hispanic women’s literature
• Articles on teaching writing in Spanish
• Articles on international education
Education:
B.A., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Contact: (218) 299-3311 office,
mrice@cord.edu
LEONOR VALDERRAMA DE SILLERS
Instructor
Spanish
Specialty:
Language acquisition
Introduction to translation
Spanish for health professionals
Latin American views (history and culture)
Lead faculty for the Minnesota Court Interpreter Program
Translation and Interpretation
Research:
• Presented a paper on “Translation and
Interpretation: Instructional Techniques and Strategies” at
the Language and Communication for World Business and the Professions
Conference, Eastern Michigan University.
• Developed and presented several workshops for judges, attorneys
and social service workers on the use of interpreters and the ethics
of the profession.
• Presented training programs on interpreter ethics and interpreter
skills, twice a year for the last seven years, as lead faculty for
the Supreme Court Interpreter Program.
PUBLICATION
• Book on “Proverbs, Idioms and Expressions. A Guide
for Interpreters and Translators”
Interests: Translation and interpretation
Education:
B.A., Minnesota State University Moorhead,
Moorhead, Minn.
M.L.A., in progress, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota Certified Court Interpreter
Contact: (218) 299-3340 office, (218)
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