2005 Speakers & Presenters

   

Patricia Andrews

Education

ü    B.A., Shippensburg University

Current Employment

ü    Spanish Teacher, Carlisle Area School District

Professional Activities and Honors

ü    Workshops with the IU in Enola , Carlisle Area School District and West Shore School District demonstrating the QUIA website

 

Susan Bacon, Ph.D

Education

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

Major:  Foreign-Language Education 

Minor:  Spanish Linguistics

ü    M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Major:  Spanish Literature

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

Major: Spanish and Italian (with Honors)

Current Employment

ü    Professor of Spanish, University of Cincinnati

ü    Interim Director, Institute for Global Studies and Affairs (IGSA)

Publications

ü    Zayas Bazan, Eduardo & Susan M. Bacon. (2001). Arriba! Comunicacion y cultura. 3^rd Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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

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

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

Professional Activities and Honors

ü    Ohio Foreign Language Association Publications Award

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

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

ü    Fulbright Garcia-Robles Scholar in Mexico

 

 

Stephanie Keebler

Education

ü    M.Ed., Gannon University, Curriculum and Instruction

ü    B.A., Clarion University

Major: Spanish

ü    B.S., Clarion University

Major: Education - Spanish K-12

ü    ESL program specialist

ü    Principal's certification K-12 from Gannon University

Current employment

ü    Spanish FLES teacher, grades K-6, Clarion Area Elementary School

Professional Activities and Honors

ü    2004 PSMLA annual conference presenter

 

 

Richard Korb, Ph.D

Education

ü    Ph. D., University of Pittsburgh, German Literature

Current Employment

ü    Senior Lecturer and German Language Program Director specializing in pedagogy and teacher training, Columbia University

Publications

ü    Revised fifth edition of Hubert Jannach's "German for Reading Knowledge" (Heinle & Heinle, 2004)

Professional Activities and Honors

ü    Teaches course on Berlin, developing video and web materials entitled "Berlin-Berlin"

 

Robert Mapes

Education

ü    B.A., University of Scranton

Major: French and Modern Languages

Current Employment

ü    FLES Teacher (French), Lower Merion School District/Belmont Hills Elementary School

 

 

Frank Medley, Ph.D

Education

ü    Ph.D. Purdue University

Major:  Foreign Language Education

ü    M.A. Texas Tech University

Major:  Spanish and English

ü    B.S. Texas Tech University

Major:  Spanish and English

Current Employment

ü    Professor Emeritus, West Virginia University

Publications

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

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

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

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

Professional Activities and Honors

ü    Founders Award, Southern Conference on Language Teaching

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

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

 

 

June Phillips, Ph.D

Education

ü    Ph.D.  The Ohio State University

Major:  Foreign Language Education

ü    B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Major:  French, Spanish, and English

Current Employment

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

Publications

ü    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 

ü    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

ü    Northeast Conference Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Profession

ü    Pennsylvania Sate Modern Language Association Leadership Award

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

ü    Recipient of the Palmes Academiques