Mrs. Ana Peña-Oliva The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Writing and Language Studies (956) 882-8884 Email: ana.pena@utrgv.edu EDUCATION MA, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, 1995 Major: Spanish BBA, The University of Texas - Pan American, 1987 Major: Marketing AA, Texas Southmost College, 1984 Major: General Studies EMPLOYMENT Lecturer II of Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (September 2016) Lecturer I, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (September 1, 2002 - August 31, 2016) Lecturer, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (September 2013 - August 2015) Assistant Technical Master Instructor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (September 2005 - August 2013) Lecturer, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (September 2000 - August 2005) Adjunct Instructor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (January 1999 - September 2000) Licensures and Certifications Multilingual Pedagogy Professional Development Certificate from the Center for Teaching Excellence, CTE-University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. (June 2017) ITV Certification, UTRGV COLTT. (August 2016) Live Virtual Distance Teaching -UTRGV, COLTT. ( 2016) Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 1 of 6
Quality Matters Certification, UTRGV COLTT. (January 2015) PUBLICATIONS Periodicals Laura Garza and Ana Pena-Oliva. México. The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, Texas: The Brownsville Herald. (2015) Laura Garza and Ana Pena-Oliva. México_WHERE THE PAST IS PRESENT_ Donde el pasado está presente. Brownsville, Texas: The Brownwsville Herald. (September 2015): 16. Media Contributions Newspaper Brownsville Herald: Mexico s History and Culture, Newspaper Supplement The Brownsville Herald & The Mexican Consulate in Brownsville, Texas. (July 07, 1905) AWARDS AND HONORS Excellence in Service Award for 2017 nominee, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2017) Sigma Delta Pi Honorary Member, Sigma Delta Pi (November 2015) Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston (June 2014) NISOD Excellence Award, UT System (2011) Exceptional Merit Award, University of Texas at Brownsville (2010) Who is Who Among American Teachers, Who is Who (2009) Who is Who Among American Teachers, Who is Who (2007) Houghton Muffling Co., Board of Consultants on Online Teaching, Houghton Muffling Co (2006) Who is Who Among American Teachers, Who is Who (2006) ASPIRE s Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Excellence Nominee, University of Texas at Brownsville (2004) ASPIRE's Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching Excellence, ASPIRE (October 2002) PRESENTATIONS Ana Pena-Oliva. "World Protocol Cafe: Lessons from Field," B3 Institute Workshop, B3 Institute-UTRGV, Brownsville, Texas and Edinburg, Texas. (January 2017) Ana Pena-Oliva. "ilrn gradebook integration to Blackboard Learning System Gradebook," WLS-Spring 2017_TA_Orientation_Practicum Orientation, UTRGV Department of Writing and Language Studies, Edinburg Campus. (January 2017) Ana Pena-Oliva. "La ortografía en Noticias de California: Un estudio Paleográfico sobre el uso de la letra s," Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, University of Houston, Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. (2015) Ana Pena-Oliva. "Habilidades básicas de Computación Basic Computer Skills -For UT-B Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 2 of 6
Maintenance employees," UT Brownsville-Human Resources Office, Cortez 118. (May 2015) Ana Pena-Oliva. "Análisis variable de la expresión de sujeto en dos comunidades fronterizas: Una norma o dos?," 4º Coloquio estudiantil sobre lengua, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas. (2014) Ana Pena-Oliva. "Online L2 Spanish Instruction Models, UT-PA," ML-Fall 2013_TA_Orientation_Practicum Orientation, UT-Pan Am, Edinburg Campus. (August 2013) Ana Pena-Oliva. " La tecnología en la enseñanza del español.," Brownsville Independent School District, Brownsville, Texas. (2010) Ana Pena-Oliva. " Español como segunda lengua: Más allá que un curso de gramática y destrezas orales.," Brownsville Independent School District, Brownsville, Texas. (2009) Ana Pena-Oliva. "Summer Institute, Office of Distance Education in conjunction with the Center for Teaching and Learning: Discussion Board, Blackboard Training," UT-Brownsville-Blackboard Workshop-Summer Institute, UT-Brownsville, Brownwsville Campus. (May 2009) Ana Pena-Oliva. "Summer Institute, Office of Distance Education in conjunction with the Center for Teaching and Learning: Grade Center, Blackboard Training," UT-Brownsville-Blackboard Workshop-Summer Institute, UT-Brownsville, Brownwsville Campus. (May 2009) TEACHING Courses Taught Acquisition of the Span Lang Acquisition of the Spanish Lan Acquisition of the Spanish Language Adv Span Grammar & Comp II Beg Spanish-Non Spkng Beginning Spanish I Beginning Spanish II Intro to Hisp Linguistics Problems and Issues in Languag Span Native/Heritage Spk I Span Native/Heritage Spk II Span for Nat/Her Speak I Span for Nat/Her Speak II Span for Non-Nat Speak I Span for Non-Nat Speak II Spanish Applied Linguistics Spanish Native/ Heritage Speakers I Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 3 of 6
Spanish Native/ Heritage Speakers II Spanish Native/Heritage Speakers II Spanish Phonology & Phonetics Spanish for Bilinguals I Spanish for Bilinguals II Teach Span as a Heritage Lang Teaching Spanish Directed Student Learning Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Tomas Alanis, "SPAN 3311, Spanish Phonetics and Phonology", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (June 2017 - July 2017) Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Berenice Avila, "SPAN 3311, Spanish Phonetics and Phonology", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (January 2017 - May 2017) Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Georgina Caraveo, "SPAN 3311, Spanish Phonetics and Phonology", Department of Writing and Language Studies. (June 2016 - July 2016) SERVICE Department Service Committee Member, WLS Review Committee. (August 2018) Faculty Advisor, Sigma Delta Pi_Spanish Honor Society_Facutly Advisor. (February 2018) Committee Member, Undergraduate Spanish Program Scholarships Committee. (February 2018) Committee Member, Language Acquisition and Language Placement Committee. (January 2018) Other, Sigma Delta Pi_Spanish Honor Society_Volunteer. (January 2018) Committee Member, International Development Committee. (October 2017) Committee Member, Spanish Program Recruitment & Events Committee. (October 2017) Committee Member, Scholarship Committee for English/Spanish. (March 2017) Committee Member, Department of Writing and Language Studies_Language Development Group Committee Member. (September 2016) Committee Member, Multi-Lingua Fest. (September 2016) Committee Co-Chair, Undergraduate Spanish Curriculum Committee. (April 2016) Other, BA Undergraduate Spanish Program ( and Other Languages)_Scheduling-WLS & LCS. (February 2016) Other, Spanish Undergraduate Program-WLS & LCS. (February 2016) Committee Member, University of Texas WLS Language Development Group Committee Member. ( 2016) Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 4 of 6
Other, Online Course Developer. (August 2015) Other, WLS Multimedia Lab, MAIN 1.524, Co-Coordinator (with Dr. Jose Davila-Montes). (August 2015) Committee Member, University of Texas RGV Textbook Adoption Committee Member. ( 2015) Other, Sigma Delta Pi_Spanish Honor Society. (August 2014) Student Placement ( 2014) Committee Member, University of Texas RGV CAPE (NCATE) Assessment Committee for Spanish. ( 2010) Committee Member, Personnel Committee. (April 2017 - March 2018) Other, Valentine s Day Across the World. (February 2018 - February 2018) Committee Co-Chair, WLS Minor in Medical Spanish Assessment Committee. (April 2017 - October 2017) Other, BA Spanish Steering Committee. (April 6, 2016 - October 6, 2017) Committee Member, Gen Ed Committee. (February 2017 - June 2017) Committee Member, Language Cohort from WLS-Service Learning Project Development Team. (January 2017 - June 2017) Committee Member, University of Texas RGV Lecturer in French Search Committee. (2015-2016) Other, Proctor OPI (ACTFL) Tests for NCATE (CAPE) Assessment. (2013-2016) Committee Member, University of Texas WLS Spanish Lecturer Search Committee Member. (January 1, 2015 - July 31, 2016) Other, BA Spanish Undergraduate Program Coordinator-WLS & LCS. (August 31, 2015 - February 9, 2016) Committee Member, University of Texas RGV Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Search Committee Member. (2015-2015) Committee Member, University of Texas RGV NCATE Accreditation Committee. (2015-2015) College Service Faculty Advisor, Nexus. (April 2018) Other, UTRGV Vaquero Round Up. (August 2017) University Service Special Institutional Assignment, Family Orientation. (April 2018) Other (February 2018) Other, University of Texas B3 Institute Team Faculty Mentor. (January 2017) Development Activities Attended Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 5 of 6
Conference Attendance, "Excellence in Online Learning Conference," Center for Online Learning & Teaching Technology. (March 2, 2018) Workshop, "LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor: Prevent Cheating During Online Exams," COLT. (September 13, 2017) Workshop, "Multilingual Professional Development Series," Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE):. (January 2017 - May 2017) Workshop, "CTE Professional Learning Community: Service Learning," Center for Teaching Excellence. (January 2017 - May 2017) Workshop, "ITV Certification," UTRGV COLTT. (August 2016 - August 2016) Workshop, "Fall 2016 CEP Data Summit," College of Education and P-16 Integration (CEP) Data Summit. (August 26, 2016) Quality Matters Certification, "Quality Matters Certification," UTRGV COLTT. (January 2016 - January 2016) Workshop, UTRGV COLTT. (December 2015 - January 2016) Public Service Editor, Journal Editor, The Brownsville Herald & The Mexican Consulate in Brownsville, Texas, Brownsville, (January 2014 - September 2014) Generated on Apr 30, 2018 Page 6 of 6