Ana Cecilia Iraheta airaheta@providence.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2017 Major: Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Dissertation Title: Interdental /s/ in Salvadoran Spanish: Finding Patterns and Social Meaning Minor: Anthropology Advisor: Dr. Carol A. Klee M.A. California State University-Los Angeles 2009 Major: Spanish B.A. California State University-Los Angeles 2007 Major: Spanish Honors: Cum Laude Community College Teaching Certificate. CSU Dominguez Hills 2009 TEACHING EXPERIENCE - Assistant Professor of Spanish, Providence College 2017 Spn 103 Intermediate Spanish I Spn 104 Intermedite Spanish II Spn 201 Spanish Composition - Lecturer/Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota-Morris 2015-2017 Span 3689 Seminar: Spanish in the U.S. Span 1003 Accelerated Beginning Spanish Span 1002 Beginning Spanish II Span 1001 Beginning Spanish I - Primary Instructor/Pre-Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota-Morris 2014-2015 Span 3012 Spanish Grammar in Practice Span 2001 Intermediate Spanish I - Primary Instructor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2010-2013 Span 3107W Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics Span 3015 Spanish Composition and Communication Span 1003 Intermediate Spanish
Iraheta 2/5 Span 1022 Alternate Second-Semester Spanish - Teaching Intern, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles 2010 Spanish 1 Elementary Spanish - Primary Instructor, California State University-Los Angeles 2007-2009 Span 200B/205B Intermediate Spanish/Intermediate Written Spanish Span 205B Intermediate Written Spanish Span 200B Intermediate Spanish Span 100C Elementary Spanish for Non-Heritage Speakers Span 100A Elementary Spanish for Non-Heritage Speakers TEACHING EXPERIENCE ABROAD - Taught English as a Foreign Language (7 th grade) at Colegio Santa Gema. 1999-2001 (Private Catholic School in El Salvador. Responsibilities included: selecting textbook and workbook; preparing lesson plans for bi-weekly class meetings; preparing quarterly student reports; coordinating quarterly meetings with parents) PUBLICATIONS Iraheta, Ana C. (2011). Alguien como yo. In M. Montaño and A. Solomianski (Eds.), Otras Voces. Nuevas identidades en la frontera Sur de California (pp. 97-106). Raleigh, NC: A Contracorriente. Iraheta, Ana. (2010). La otredad, el nacionalismo y el viaje al pasado en Sonata de Estío como elementos de partida para la reivindicación de España. Alba de América, 29 (55-56), 439-445. CONFERENCES Iraheta, Ana. (2016, June). Interdental /s/ as a marker of identity in Salvadoran Spanish. Sociolinguistics Symposium 21. Murcia, Spain. Iraheta, Ana. (2015, November). Identity through stigma: Speakers attitudes towards interdental /s/ in Salvadoran Spanish. Community of Scholars Program Research Symposium. Minneapolis, MN. Iraheta, Ana & Luz M. Hernández. (2015, May). Tiouij Internet: The Impact of Social Networks in the Conservation of Nahuatl. (Poster). The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism. New Jersey, NJ. Iraheta, Ana. (2014, September). Salvadoran Spanish: Finding Patterns and Meaning of Interdental /s/. XLIII Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest. San Diego, CA. Iraheta, Ana. (2013, November). Salvadoran Spanish: Patterns and Meanings of Interdental /s/. Community
Iraheta 3/5 of Scholars Program Research Symposium. Minneapolis, MN. Iraheta, Ana. (2013, January). Descriptive and acoustic account of Salvadoran interdental realization of /s/. Linguistic Society of America 87 th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. Iraheta, Ana. (2011, October). Andar + sustantivo en el español salvadoreño. 7 th Annual Colloquium on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Davis, CA. Iraheta, Ana. (2009, March). La otredad, el nacionalismo y el viaje al pasado en Sonata de Estío como elementos de partida para la reivindicación de España. XXXI International Symposium of Literature. Carson, CA. GRANTS AND AWARDS University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - 2017. Faculty Research Enhancement Fund. University of Minnesota-Morris. $450-2017. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Travel Grant. UMTC. $500-2014-2015. University of Minnesota Diversity Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship. $22,500-2012-2014. Digital Content Library Fellowship. $14,695-2012-2013. Dr. Nancy Rusty Barceló Scholarship. $500 - Fall 2012. Graduate Student Travel Fellowship, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. $500 - Fall 2012. Community of Scholars and Professionals Travel Grant. $380 - Fall 2011. Thank a Teacher note. University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning. - Fall 2011. Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Travel Grant. $160 - Fall 2011. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Travel Grant. $500-2010. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Research Stipend. $5000 SERVICE University University of Minnesota-Morris - Organizer/Facilitator. Interpretation and Translation Workshop. Office of Community Engagement, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2014-2015 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - Co-chair of Academic Innovation Grant Committee. University of Minnesota, 2014 - Volunteer Interpreter/Translator. Center for New Americans Translation and Interpreting Project. University of Minnesota Law Clinic, 2014 - Panel Moderator. Power, Prestige and the Periphery Graduate Conference. University of Minnesota, April 2014 - Co-chair. Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Association. University of Minnesota, 2013-2014 - Representative. Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. University of Minnesota, 2011-2012 California State University-Los Angeles - Volunteer Translator. Destiny of Love: A Frankensteined Spanish Operetta. Music Department, Theater Arts and Dance Department. California State University, Los Angeles, 2006
Professional - Peer Reviewer. Spanish and Portuguese Review Journal (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese), 2014-2016 - Committee Member. Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics Committee. Linguistic Society of America. 2014-2016 Iraheta 4/5 Community - Volunteer Interpreter/Translator. Mid-MN Legal Aid. Minneapolis 2014 - Mentor at El Colegio High School. Minneapolis, MN January. 2014 to April 2014 (Oriented El Colegio students as they worked on senior graduation research projects) - Mentor of Hispanic women. Los Angeles, CA. 2005-2010 (Shared information with women about educational opportunities. Guided them through the admissions application process to local community colleges and to state universities) - Guest Speaker The First-Year Experience as a College Student at Los Angeles City College, CA 2010 - Building Representative at Como Student Community Cooperative, 2010 PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Introduction to Academic Advising at Providence College. Providence College, October 2017 - Controlling College Costs: Ensuring Equity and Full Participation. Providence College, September 2017 - Finding the right recipe for your writing assignment. Providence College, October 2017 - LGBTQ in Spanish: Key Concepts in Queer/Cuir Spanish for English Speakers. University of Minnesota-Morris, October 2016 - Integrated Performance Assessment with Vista Higher Learning. Vista Higher Learning, October 2016 - Transgender Students 2015: Strategies for Serving and Supporting. University of Minnesota-Morris, November 2014 - Active Learning and the Flipped Instruction Model. University of Minnesota-Morris, August 2014. - Working Effectively in Groups and Diversity Committees. Office for Equity and Diversity, University of Minnesota, October 2013 - Addressing Student and Faculty Incivility in Higher Education. University of Minnesota Graduate School, April 2013 - Make Your Teaching Stick: Principles For Memorable Presentations. University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning, July 2012 - Using Classroom Assessment Techniques to Inform Your Teaching. University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning, March 2012 - Workshop on Humanities Fellowship & Grants Applications for Junior Faculty and Graduate Students of Color. The University of Minnesota Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advocacy and the Office for Diversity in Graduate Education, October 3-6, 2011 - Commenting and Grading: A Workshop for Teaching Assistants. University of Minnesota Center for Writing, August 2011 - High Impact, Low Prep Active Learning. Center for Teaching and Learning, March 2011 - Community College Teaching Certificate. California State University, Dominguez Hills, October 2009 to June 2010
Iraheta 5/5 - Bridging Theory and Practice: Learning Spanish within a Culturally-focused Pedagogical Framework. Wiley Faculty Network, October 2009 - Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers: Pedagogical and Administrative Considerations. Wiley Faculty Network, October 2009 MEMBERSHIPS - Modern Language Association - Linguistic Association of the Southwest 2014 - American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 2014 - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2012-2013 - Linguistic Society of America - Sigma Delta Pi, 2010- present - Golden Key Honor Society (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society) 2009-present - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2006-2007 LANGUAGES - Spanish: native speaker - Italian: reading proficiency, basic speaking proficiency - Portuguese: reading proficiency, basic speaking proficiency Last updated: October 2017