Sarah Sinnott Curriculum Vitae University Address: Home Address: Department of Modern Foreign and Classical Languages 1700 Jayhawk Dr Benedictine College Atchison, KS 66002 1020 N 2 nd St (614) 778-3085 Atchison, KS 66002 ssinnott@benedictine.edu Current Position 2010-present Assistant Professor Department of Modern Foreign and Classical Languages, Benedictine College Primary Responsibilities: Teach Spanish language and linguistics courses Coordinate intermediate level Spanish classes Coordinate summer study abroad program in Puerto Rico Advise undergraduate students Education 2010 PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Areas of Concentration: Sociolinguistics/Pragmatics and Historical Linguistics Dissertation: Address forms in Castilian Spanish: Convention and Implicature Advisor: Professor Scott Schwenter This dissertation is a study of the pragmatic properties of the address forms tú and usted in Spain. These forms are found to display the properties of conventional and conversational implicatures. An implicature is a type of meaning that is independent of the main content of what is said. This combination of implicatures accounts for the variety of meanings associated with tú and usted, such as respect and solidarity. 2005 MA in Spanish Language and Literature University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Thesis: La relación entre la concordancia y la gramaticalización de tener más participio Thesis advisor: Professor Juan Carlos Castillo 2002 BA in Spanish-Teaching (Summa Cum Laude) University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa
Study Abroad and Field Work Experience 2009 Field Work Madrid, Spain; Manzanares Spain Collected data for PhD dissertation 2007 SSAST (Summer Seminars Abroad for Spanish Teachers) Cochabamba, Bolivia Completed two courses in support of the PhD 2004 UNISSIST (University of Northern Iowa System of Summer Institutes for Spanish Teachers) Santiago de Compostela, Spain Completed three courses in support of MA 2001 UNISIS (University of Northern Iowa Semester in Spain) Oviedo, Spain Completed six courses in support of BA Continued Education 2013 Three courses in the Health Care Interpreting program at Johnson County Community College; Kansas City, Kansas. 2012 Course in Spanish Oral Communication. La Universidad del Sagrado Corazón; San Juan, Puerto Rico. No credit. 2012 Course in Psycholinguistics. The University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas. No credit. Professional Experience 2005-2010 Graduate Teaching Associate The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio Taught all elementary and intermediate levels of Spanish as well as several advanced courses; held regular hours in the Spanish tutoring and conversation centers 2006-2010 Spanish Exam Writer The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio Designed and distributed exams for Spanish levels 101 and 102 Summer 2008 Departmental Exam Facilitator The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio Administered and graded the Spanish Listening and Reading Proficiency Exam Sinnott 2
2007-2009 Oral Exam Writing Committee; Faculty and TA Development Grant The Ohio State University; Columbus Ohio Designed oral quizzes which were implemented in five levels of Spanish at the Ohio State University Fall 2004 Tutor Waterloo Unified School District; Waterloo, Iowa Tutored high school students in various subjects including Spanish 2003-2004 Teaching Assistant University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls Iowa Taught elementary levels of Spanish Summer 2004 Assistant to Director UNISSIST (University of Northern Iowa System of Summer Institutes for Spanish Teachers); Santiago de Compostela, Spain Fall 2002 Student Teaching (High School Spanish) Waterloo and Dunkerton, Iowa Teaching Experience Benedictine College SA 101 First Semester Spanish Fall 2010; 2011 SA 102 Second Semester Spanish Sp 2011; 2014 SA 201 Intermediate Spanish (Hybrid course) Fall 2013 SA 203 Intermediate Spanish I Fall 2010; 2011; 2012 SA 204 Intermediate Spanish II Sp 2011 SA 341 Advanced Conversation Fall 2012; 2013 SA 340 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics Fall 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013 SA 301 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology Sp 2011; 2012; 2013 SA 481 Variation in Spanish Sp 2011; 2013 SA 481 Spanish Pragmatics Sp 2012 SA 481 Spanish in the U.S. Sp 2014 Teach, design syllabi and materials, and develop evaluations for linguistic and intermediate Spanish courses. Use of the communicative method in language courses. Regular use of multimedia, BlackBoard course management system and itunesu. The Ohio State University SPAN 101.01 Elementary Spanish I Wi, Sp, Au 2007; Sp 2009 SPAN 102.01 Elementary Spanish II Sp, Su, Au 2006 SPAN 102.66 Intensive Spanish for Review I Wi 2006 SPAN 103.01 Intermediate Spanish I Su 2007; Wi 2008 SPAN 103.66 Intensive Spanish for Review II Au 2005 Sinnott 3
SPAN 104 Intermediate Spanish II Sp 2008; Su 2009 SPAN 401 Advanced Grammar Au 2008 SPAN 404 Spanish Pronunciation Su 2008; Wi 2010; Sp 2010 SPAN 430 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics Au 2009 SPAN 538 Language Variation in Spanish Wi 2009 Taught elementary and intermediate Spanish to classes of approximately 25 students using the communicative method. Taught, designed syllabi, and developed evaluations for upper level Spanish classes. Regular use of multimedia and Carmen course management system. The University of Northern Iowa 780:001 Elementary Spanish I 780:002 Elementary Spanish II Teaching Interests Taught elementary Spanish to classes of approximately 20 students using the communicative method. Spanish language: all levels Pronunciation/Phonetics/Phonology Introduction to (Spanish) Linguistics Historical Linguistics Sociolinguistics/Dialectology Pragmatics Language Acquisition Publications 2013 The Role of Implicature in Castilian Pronominal Address Forms. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 6(2).301-324. 2013 Generalized Conversational Implicatures and Indexical Fields: The Case of Address Forms. Selected Proceedings for the 6 th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics. Cascadilla Press. 53-62. Collaborative Student Research Heritage Language in Internet Dominated America. Sarah Starman. Discovery Program. Spanish Insults in Blog and Internet Language. Elizabeth Yawarsky. Discovery Program. Heritage Speakers Surpass Spanish Learners in Recognizing Lyrics. Clarissa Frase. Discovery Program. Adaptation of Internet Language to Face-to-Face Communication. Ean Henninger. Independent Study. Sinnott 4
How BC Speaks: A Dialectology of Benedictine College Students. Hillary Chilcote-Crawford and Amelia Christ. Discovery Program. Conference Presentations and Posters 2014 Discourse Markers in Variation: Por tanto vs. por lo tanto. Abstract submitted to 7 th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics. University of Wisconsin: Madison. April 3-5. 2014 Indexical meaning in morphosyntactic variation in two Spanish varieties. Abstract submitted to 7 th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (with Mary Johnson). University of Wisconsin: Madison. April 3-5. 2014 Discourse Markers in Online Language. Abstract submitted to The XXIX Biennial Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. February 27-March 1. 2013 Four Manners of Meaning Contribution of T/V Address Forms. Paper presented at Address(ing) (Pro)Nouns. Freie Universität Berlin. Germany. May 30-June 1. 2012 Toward a Connection between Generalized Conversational Implicatures and Indexical Fields. Paper presented at The Ohio State Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. Columbus, Ohio. April 27-28. 2012 The Role of the Indexical Field and Generalized Conventional Implicatures in Address Forms. Poster Presentation. 6 th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics. The University of Arizona. April 12-14. 2011 New Directions for Oral Assessment: A Practical Small Group Approach. Paper presented (with Rob Robison) at the ACTFL 2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Denver, CO. November 18-20. 2010 The Contextual Dependence of Address Forms: conversational implicature and the indexical field. Poster presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana. October 14-17. 2010 New Directions for Oral Assessment: A Practical Small Group Approach. Paper presented (with Rob Robison) at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. March 4-6. 2009 Implicature and default meaning in Peninsular Spanish: The case of address forms. Paper presented at The Ohio State Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. Columbus, Ohio. April 24-25. Sinnott 5
2009 Accounting for Temporary Address Form Switches via Conventional Implicature. Paper presented at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, Kentucky. April 16-18. 2009 New Directions for Oral Assessment: A Practical Small Group Approach. Paper presented (with Juliana de la Mora and Rob Robison) at the Ohio Foreign Language Association Annual Conference. Columbus, Ohio. April 2-4. 2007 No puedo decir por lo tanto, por lo tanto voy a decir por tanto: distinguishing supposedly synonymous connectives in Spanish. Paper presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. The University of Texas at San Antonio. November 1-4. 2007 Subir o no subir: A Look at Clitic Climbing in Spanish. Poster presented (with Ella Smith) at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 36. University of Pennsylvania. October 11-14. 2007 Second Person Address Forms and Identity Construction in Almodóvar Films. Paper presented at The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Symposium. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. April. 2006 Subir o no subir: A Look at Clitic Climbing in Spanish. Paper presented (with Ella Smith) at Ohio Latinamericanist Conference. Columbus, OH. February. Invited Talks 2009 Teaching Grammar in Context. Presentation given in SPAN 801: Teaching Spanish at the College Level. Columbus, Ohio. September 28. 2008 Teaching Grammar in Context. Presentation given at Teaching Spanish at the College Level Instructor Workshop. Columbus, Ohio. September. 2007 Por lo tanto/por tanto in Peninsular Spanish. Presentation given in the Department of Linguistics Pragmatics reading group. Columbus, Ohio. October. Research Interests Pragmatics: Specifically connections between pragmatic and sociolinguistic theory which allow for more thorough explanations of variation. I am especially interested in syntactic and morphological variation. Variation and change: Specifically syntactic and morphological change motivated by social and pragmatic factors. Heritage Language: Specifically differences in syntax and morphology between heritage speakers, native speakers, and L2 learners. Sinnott 6
Grants 2013 Discovery Program Grant for research 2013 Discovery Program Grant for research 2013 Benedictine College Assessment Committee Grant for Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop 2010 Discovery Program Grant for research 2009 The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Travel Support 2007 College of Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant 2007 Ray Travel Award 2007 The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Travel Support Recognitions 2013 Recognized for ranking in the top 10% of the national IDEA faculty evaluations 2012 Recognized for ranking in the top 10% of the national IDEA faculty evaluations University Service Benedictine College: 2013-present Faculty Grievance Committee 2013-present Discovery Committee 2012-present Library Committee 2011-present New Faculty Mentor 2012-present Faculty sponsor of Alpha Mu Gamma Foreign Language Honor Society 2012-present Faculty sponsor of Spanish Club 2010-present Faculty sponsor of the Organization of Latin American Students 2011- present Discovery Project Advisor. The Ohio State University: 2008-2009 Co-President of graduate students; Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Sinnott 7
2006-2007 Library and Media Chair; Department of Spanish and Portuguese. 2006-2007 Treasurer; Oi Brasil: Portuguese Club. Professional Service 2011-2013 Reviewed abstracts for the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2012 Manuscript review for Proceedings of the 2011 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium Community Service 2013 Held interviews for Rotary Club scholarship candidates in Spanish and Portuguese 2012 & 2013 Organized Service Projects benefitting La Fondita de Jesús and La Fundación puertorriqueña síndrome Down; San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2011-present Benedictine College Hunger Coalition Volunteer Professional Affiliations Modern Language Association Linguistic Society of America American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Spanish for Heritage Learners special interest group Ohio Foreign Language Association (former member) Professional Development 2013 ACTFL OPI Assessment Workshop. November 18-21. 2012 ACTFL Writing Proficiency Familiarization Workshop. November 15. 2011 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Familiarization Workshop. November 17. 2011 Visual Communication Workshop. Benedictine College. Attended October 27. 2009 Just like pulling teeth: getting students to talk. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended January 29. 2008 The importance and problems of teaching culture. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended May 14. Sinnott 8
2007 Geeks are the new chic: Technology in the classroom. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended October 19. 2007 104 Orientation workshop. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended April 20. 2006 Exploring radio, television, and Google earth in the foreign language classroom. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended April 21. 2006 Using music in the classroom. Professional development workshop. The Ohio State University. Attended February 17. Languages English Spanish Italian Portuguese Native speaking, reading and writing proficiency Near native speaking, reading and writing proficiency Fair speaking, excellent reading, good writing proficiency Excellent reading proficiency Sinnott 9