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Susan Bacon, Ph.D.

 

Education

Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Major:  Foreign-Language Education 

Minor:  Spanish Linguistics

 

M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Major:  Spanish Literature

 

B.A. The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Major: Spanish and Italian (with Honors)

Current Employment

Associate Director, Institute for Global Studies and Affairs (IGSA)

Publications

Zayas Bazan, Eduardo & Susan M. Bacon. (2001). Arriba! Comunicacion y cultura. 3rd Edition.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

Bacon, Susan M., Nancy Humbach, Aitor Bikandi Mejias, Gregg Courtad. (2000).  Leyendas del mundo hispano.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

Zayas-Bazan, Eduardo, Susan M. Bacon & Dulce Garcia. (1999). Conexiones. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

Valencia, Pablo & Susan M. Bacon. (1983). En marcha: Espanol para niveles intermedios. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

 

Professional Activities and Honors

Ohio Foreign Language Association Publications Award

                       

Fulbright Garcia-Robles Scholar in Mexico

 

Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Education presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Modern Language Journal

                  

Project Director of the National Endowment of the Humanities/University of Cincinnati Summer Institute. 

 


 

Elizabeth Bernhardt, Ph.D.

 

Education

Ph.D.    University of Minnesota,

            Second Languages and Cultures Education, 1984

 

M.A.    University of Pittsburgh

           German, 1978

 

B.A.    College of Wooster

          German, 1976

 

Current Employment

Director, Stanford Language Center and Professor of German Studies;

Professor of Education (by courtesy)

 

Publications

Bernhardt, E. B. (1991).  Reading development in a second language: Theoretical, research, and classroom perspectives.

         Norwood, N.J.:  Ablex

 

Bernhardt, E. B. (1992).  Life in language immersion classrooms.  Clevedon, England:  Multilingual Matters.

 

Professional Activities and Honors

Article selected by the American Associaiont of Teachers of German as one of the most significnt contributions to German teaching in the past twenty-five years.

 

Edward B. Fry Book Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literacy Research and Practice, National Reading Conference

 

Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize for the Outstanding Research Publication in the Field of Teaching foreign Languages and Literatures, Modern Language Association.

 

Mellon Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowship, National Foreign Language Center, Washington, D.C.

 

   


 

 

 

Frank Medley, Ph.D.

 

Education

Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Major:  Foreign Language Education

 

M.A. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Major:  Spanish and English

 

B.S. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Major:  Spanish and English

Current Employment

West Virginia University, Professor Emeritus

Publications

Medley, Frank W. Jr., Theodore V. Higgs and Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro.  Entradas: El espanol por etapas. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 1993.

 

Medley, Frank W. Jr. A proposito: Lecturas al dia. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 1992.

 

Medley, Ferank W. Jr., Carolyn Hansen and Gillian Paul.  Sin duda!  Mas lecturas al dia.  Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 1992.

 

Medley, Frank W. Jr. Motivating the Language Learner Through Real Communication.  Monterey, CA: Defense Language Institute, 1985.

Professional Activities and Honors

Founders Award, Southern Conference on Language Teaching

 

Elected as Chair of Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

 

Robert J. Ludwig National Distinguished Language Leadership Award, New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers

   


 

June Phillips, Ph.D.

 

Education

Ph.D.  The Ohio State University, Columbia, Ohio

Major:  Foreign Language Education

 

B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Major:  French, Spanish, and English

 

Current Employment

Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and Professor of French, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

 

Publications

Phillips, June K., Draper, Jamie B., American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (1999).
	The Five Cs: Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Worktext. Heinle & Heinle Publishers 
 
Phillips, June K., Terry, Robert M., American Council on the Teaching of Foreign  Languages (1999).
	Foreign Language Standards:  Linking Research, Theories, and Practices (Actfl Foreign Language Education Series)
	McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

 

Professional Activities and Honors

Northeast Conference Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Profession

 

Pennsylvania Sate Modern Language Association Leadership Award

 

New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Award for National Distinguished Leadership

 

Recipient of the Palmes Academiques  

 

Martha Singer Semmer

 

Education

M.A.    Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado

Major: Master of Arts, Secondary Education

 

B.A.    University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

Major: Bachelor of Science, Secondary Education, Teaching Major: Spanis

Current Employment

Consultant

Publications

Semmer, M. (2000).  Chapter 8 "Factors that Affect the Implementation of the Standards," Teaching Spanish with the Five C's: A Blueprint for Success.  Ed. Tail guntermann

 

Semmer, M. (1998).  "From Dream to Reality," 203-206, in Gladys C. Lipton, "What Strategies Are Useful when Advocating for the Initiation of Programs?" Critical Issues in Early Secondary Language Learning: Building for Our Children's Future.  Ed. Myriam Met

 

Semmer, M. (Spring 1996).  "Foreign Language Standards:  Friend of Foe?  How Do Standards Affect Me?" Peals 33 (1), 4-7 & Appendices.

Professional Activities and Honors

The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards Honoree, Los Angeles, California, 1998

 

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages - National Textbook Company (ACTFL-NTC) Award for Building Community Interest in Foreign Language Education, Anaheim, California, 1995.

 

Governor's Award forExcellence in Education, Denver, Colorado, 1995

  


Terry Klein

 

Education

B.A. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (summa cum laude)

Major:  Classical Languages

         M.A. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

        Major:  Latin

 

Current Employment

Latin teacher and Staff Development Asssociate for Allegheny School District, Pittsburg, PA

 

Professional Activities and Awards

Task Force on National Standards for Classical Language Learning 1995-1997

 

President of the Pennsylvania Classical Association 2000-2001

 

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

 


 

Habib Zanzanna, Ph.D.

 

Education

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Major:  I Spanish Literature

Minor:  Applied linguistics

 

M.A. Indiana University, August 1991

Major:  Spanish

 

M.A. Indiana University, July 1984

Major:  Linguistics

 

M.A. Indiana University, May 1984

Major:  French Literature

 

B.S. Indiana University, August 1980

Major:  Business, Mangement and Administration

 

Current Employment

Associate Professor of Spanish and French (tenured) Spring 2001

Coordinator, Intermediate Spanish I and II

 

Chairman of Foreign Language Department, University of Scranton

 

Publications

Website to accompany a course on "The Craft of Translation,"  French/English; English/French; and Spanish/English; English/Spanish, at

http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/zanzanah1/

 

"Metafiction and Authority in La Lozana Andaluza."  Brave New Words:  Studies in Spanish Golden Age Literature.  Eds. Edward Friedman

and Catherine Larson.  New Orleans:  UP of the South, (1996). 29-37

"Multiculturalism and Identity:  Some Personal Reflections."  The Scranton Journal, Spring (1997): 29

 

Alonso Castillo Solorzano's "Las harpias en Madrid: Female Rogues and Narrative Constraints."  Romance Language Annual 5 (1993): 539-42.

 

Professional Activities and Honors

Indiana University's Excellence in Teaching Award


Donna Kintner

 

Education

MSE Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA, 1999-2001

Major:  Instructional Technology

BSE Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA, 1986-1989

Major:  Elementary Education

Graduated Cum Laude, Mansfield Honors Program

 

Current Employment         

Blue Ridge School District, New Milford, PA, Computer teacher, K-6

Professional Activities and Honors

Dean's list Spring 1989, Spring 1987

 

National Dean's list Fall 1988

 

President's list Fall 1989

 


Christy Savakinas

Education

MSE Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2001-2003

Major:  Instructional Technology

 

BS Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1996-2000

Major:  Computer Information Systems

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Current Employment         

Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit  Archbald, PA, Instructional Technology Specialist

 


Anne Chervanka

Education

MA CNR, New Rochelle, NY

Major:  Education

BS Marywood, Scranton, PA

Major:  Elementary Education

Current Employment         

Farley & Christopher Grant Writing Consultants,  Thompson, PA, President

Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit  Archbald, PA, Consultant