Dr. Dania Carmen Lopez Garcia

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1 Dr. Dania Carmen Lopez Garcia The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies (956) EDUCATION PhD, Stanford University, 2008 Major: Spanish Dissertation Title: En esta casa se habla espa ol! The role of Language Ideology and life choices in Language maintenance and language shift across three generations of a Cuban American Family in the United States. MA, Stanford University, 1999 Major: Spanish EMPLOYMENT Associate Director, B3 Institute, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (September 2017) Director of the B3 ( Bilingual, Bicultural and Biliteracy) Institute, University of Texas - Brownsville (April August 2015) Department Chair, Modern Languages, University of Texas - Brownsville (August March 2014) PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Guadalupe Valdes, Sonia González, Dania Lopez-Garcia, and Patricio Marquez. "Heritage languages and ideologies of language: Unexamined challenges." D. Brinton, O. Kagan, & S. Bauckus, Heritage Language Education: A New Field Emerging (pp ). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.. Mahwah, NJ 2008: Guadalupe Valdés, Claudia Chavez, Claudia Angelelli, Kerry Enright, Patricio Márquez, and Dania Lopez-Garcia. "Bilingualism from another perspective: The case of young interpreters from immigrant communities.." Research on Spanish in the United State: Linguistic Issues and Challenges. Ana Roca (Ed.) Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 2000: 39. Journal Articles Guadalupe Valdes, Sonia Gonzalez, Dania Lopez-Garcia, and Patricio Márquez. Language Ideology: The case of Spanish in Departments of Foreign Languages.. Hoboken, NJ: Anthropology & Education Quarterly.. 34, no. 5 (December 2013): 24. Generated on Feb 17, 2018 Page 1 of 5

2 AWARDS AND HONORS NISOD Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (March 2009) Honorary Member, Sigma Delta Pi (September 2006) PRESENTATIONS Francisco Guajardo and Dania Lopez-Garcia. "Building a Bilingual, Bilcultural and Biliterate University: A Closer Look at UTRGV," TABE, Texas Association of Bilingual Education, McAllen, TX. (October 20, 2017) TEACHING Courses Taught Acquisition of the Span Lang History of the Spanish Language Span Lang in Social Context Span Native/Heritage Spk I Span Native/Heritage Spk II Span Phono & Phone Span for Nat/Her Speak I Span for Nat/Her Speak II Span for Non-Nat Speak I Spanish Language in Social Context Spanish Native/ Heritage 2012eakers I Spanish Native/ Heritage Speakers II Spanish Native/Heritage Speakers II Spanish Phonology & Phonetics Spanish Phonology and Phonetics Spanish for Bilinguals I Spanish for Bilinguals II Spec Topic in His Lang & Cult Special Topics in Hispanic Language and Culture Thesis Topic Studies in Hispanic Culture Generated on Feb 17, 2018 Page 2 of 5

3 Directed Student Learning Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. César Páez, "El studio sistemático de las irregularidades sintácticas y May 2017 gramáticales en la traducción literaria a partir de unas página de la obra Prince Lestat and the Realms of the Atlantis, de Anne Rice. ", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January May 2017) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Ariana Navarro, "Substitulación de los culturemas en la telenovela mexicana Quiceañera.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January April 2017) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Kendra Dean, "El propósito y la traducción del discurso persuasive. ", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January April 2015) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Graciela Salazar Ramos, "La traducción en el ámbito de la Dec educación privada. ", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (August December 2014) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Maria Laura Angel, "Traducción y localización de un sitio web", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (August December 2014) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Allison DeFreese, "DeFreese. Reflexiones sobre elementos léxicos y culturales en la Traducción Literaria.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (April July 2014) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Katarzyna Sepielak, "Voice-Over Documentaries Synchronization Techniques in English-Spanish and English-Polish Translation.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January December 2013) Graduate Capstone/Senior Project. Rafael Treviño, "La relación entre la forma, el contenido y el bilingüismo. ", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January April 2013) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. David Mayen Mena, "Presence of the Nahuatl Language & Variations of the Mexican American Spanish Language in the City of Brownsville, Texas.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (August March 2013) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Luis Castañda, "El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, el valor epistemológico como salvaguarda de la hisoria cultural del Perú y su correlación con la literatura chicana de las décadas 1960 y 1970.", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (July August 2010) SERVICE Department Service Committee Member, Department of Writing & Language Studies Personnel Committee. (August September 2018) Committee Member, Department of Writing & Language Studies OYA & PT Search Committee. (June September 2018) Faculty Mentor, New Faculty Mentor Program. (August August 2018) Other, Undergradaute Spanish Program. (January September 2017) Committee Chair, Undergraduate Spanish Program Assessment. (January September 2017) Generated on Feb 17, 2018 Page 3 of 5

4 Committee Chair, Undergraduate Spanish Program Curriculum Sub-Committee. (January September 2017) Committee Chair, Undergraduate Spanish Steering Committee (Depts. Writing & Language Studies and Literature & Cultural Studies). (January September 2017) Committee Chair, Writing & Language Studies, Heritage Language Learner Search. (February April 2017) Committee Member, Spanish Graduate Program Committee. (January December 2016) Committee Chair, Undergraduate Spanish Textbook Selection. (February April 2016) Other, Spanish Graduate Program Coordinator. (August July 2014) Other, Study Abroad. (July 4, July 24, 2010) College Service Other, Department of Philosophy, OYA & PT Search Committee (August August 2017) Committee Member, Dr. Robert S. Nelson Fellowship in Mexican American Studies. (May June 2017) Committee Member, CLAs Deans Search Committee. (February April 2013) Committee Member, CLA Assessment Committee. (August March 2009) Committee Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. (August March 2009) University Service Other, College of Education Spanish EC-12 with certification CAEP Assessment, Program and Exam. (January September 2017) Other, Translation of UTRGV Spanish Marketing, Recruitment, Website Materials. (July August 2015) Chairperson, UTRGV B3 Steering Committee. (December July 2015) Committee Chair, UTRGV Curriculum Development. (April July 2015) Task Force Member, University of Ottawa Delegation. (November 16, November 20, 2014) Development Activities Attended Conference Attendance, "Second Annual Dual Language Symposium," National Association for Bilingual Education. (June 30, July 4, 2016) Workshop, "UT System Women Senior Leaders Network Workshop," UT System. (January 21, January 23, 2015) Conference Attendance, "ACTFL Annual Convention and Language Expo," American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (November 21, November 23, 2014) Conference Attendance, "Kansas State University, Division of Continuing Education: Academic Chairpersons Conference," Kansas State University. (February 6, February 8, 2013) Generated on Feb 17, 2018 Page 4 of 5

5 Academic Leadership Academy, "The Center for the Study of Higher Education. Academic Leadership Academy.," Pennsylvania University. (June 24, June 28, 2012) Conference Attendance, "XL Linguistic Association of the Southwest Conference," Linguistic Association of the Southwest & the University of Texas Brownsville. (September 10, September 11, 2011) Conference Attendance, "10th Annual Assessment Conference," Texas A&M University. (February February 2010) Conference Attendance, "27th Annual Academic Chairpersons Conference: A New Generation of Accountability," Kansas State University. (February 10, February 13, 2010) Grant Directors Meeting, "FIPSE Grant Directors Meeting," FIPSE. (February 3, February 6, 2010) Professional Memberships American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) (August 2011) American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (January 2010) Public Service Member, Get Out the Vote, Brownsville, (February March 2013) Member, Project 100%, Brownsville, (February October 2010) Member, UTB Voter Registrarion Drive and GOTV, Brownsville, (September November 2008) Generated on Feb 17, 2018 Page 5 of 5

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NORA VIVAS (936) NORA VIVAS noravivas@hotmail.com (936) 445-7778 Education 2012 Currently finishing Ph.D. dissertation "El uso de las oraciones hendidas en el español hablado por méxico- americanos en Houston" (Defense