| Ph.D. Texas Tech University (1977). Associate Dean of the
College of Arts and Science, Assistant Professor of Spanish.
My research interests are centered around linguistics and I have
taught a wide range of language and linguistics courses from the
first year courses to the graduate course in foreign language
teaching methodology.
I'm currently working on a book on Spanish morphology with
Prof. Emeritus J. Richard Andrews. I have been in the Dean's
Office since 1983 where my duties include organizing and
implementing the pre-major advising program and advising
students and monitoring their academic progress. I continue to
teach one course per semester.
I was on the committee that established the McTyeire
International House in 1980 and continue to oversee that project
from the Dean's Office. I have been involved in the state
organization of AATSP, serving two years as president and every
year have coordinated the offering of the National Spanish Exam
on campus.
Since 1988, I have been a member of the Board of the Tennessee
Foreign Language Teaching Association and I am currently
serving as treasurer. In 1983 I received the Madison Sarratt
Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching and in 199 for excellence in undergraduate teaching and in 1995 I
received the Jacqueline Elliot Award for meritorious service in
the field of higher education in foreign languages. |