Technology University

F abi an M ar ce loB an g a, Ph .D . - C u r ri cu lu m Vi t ae

Berkeley City

College

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Academic Interests: Latin-American avant-garde, representation of technology and esoteric

traditions in literature and film, feminism, instructional technology, journalism.

Education:

Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures

University of California, Berkeley, 2004

Dissertation: Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas: la representacion del esoterismo y el

espiritualismo en las obras de Roberto Arlt, Vicente Huidobro y Ramon del Valle-Inclan

M.A. in Hispanic Languages & Literature

University of California, Berkeley, May 2000

Area of specialization: Latin-American avant-garde, Oliverio Girondo.

B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature

University of California, Berkeley, May 1998

Senior thesis: Representacion del tango en la literatura argentina

General education courses

Peralta Community College, 1994-1996

Licenciatura in Psychology (incomplete)

Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Psicologia, 1984-1989

Area of specialization: psychoanalysis and psychopedagogy

Awards and honors:

? President s Award, 2007 (Peralta Colleges Foundation)

? Dissertation Fellowships Award, 2002 (Graduate Division, University of California,

Berkeley)

? Faculty Hall of Fame Award, 2001 (Student Parent Association, University of California,

Berkeley)

? Graduate Opportunity Program Award, 1998 (University of California, Berkeley)

? Graduate with Honors, 1998 (University of California, Berkeley)

? Honor Student: Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998. (University of California,

Berkeley)

? John K. Walsh Memorial Scholarship Award, 1997 (Department of Spanish and Portuguese,

? University of California, Berkeley)

? Academic Honor Student, 1995 (Vista Community College)

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Teaching and academic experience:

Berkeley City College

Chair of the Arts and Humanities Department (2004-2008), Chair of the Modern

Languages Department (2008, 2010-present

),

Distance Education Coordinator (2007-present

)

Peralta Community College District: Distance Education Coordinator (2008-2010)

Courses:

? Spanish 1A - Elementary Spanish (first semester). Natural Approach method, Fall 2005,

2004, 2003, 2002 and Spring 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003

? Spanish 1B - Elementary Spanish (second semester). Natural Approach method, Fall 2006,

2005 and Spring 2007, 2006, 2005

? Spanish 2A - Intermediate Spanish, (third semester) Natural Approach method, Spring

2008, 2007, 2012

? Spanish 10(A-B) - Advanced Conversation. Spring 2003, 2002, 2001 and Fall 2003, 2002

? Spanish 15 - Spanish Composition. Spring 2007, 2006 and Fall 2007, 2006

? Spanish 22A - Spanish for Bilingual Speakers I. Fall 2010 and Summer 2011

? Spanish 22B - Spanish for Bilingual Speakers II. Fall 2010 and Summer 2011

? Spanish 38 - Introduction to Latin American Literature. Fall 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002 and

Spring 2006, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012

? Spanish 39 - Latin American Novel.

Spring 2007, Fall 2010, 2011

? Spanish 40 - Hispanic Civilization and Culture. Fall 2005, 2001, Spring 2003

Participation in College/District governance and campus life: Member of the President

Hiring

Committee (2006), Vice-president of Instruction Hiring Committee (2005, 2007), Dean

Hiring

Committee (2005) and Faculty Hiring Committee (2003, 2004, 2008). Member of the District

Planning and Budgeting Council (2011-present). Member of the BCC Curriculum Committee

(2004-present), Sabbatical Committee (2004-2005), District Strategic Planning Committee

(2003-

2004), District Strategic Planning Committees on Leveraging Information Technology

(2006),

Accreditation Committee (2004-present), co-chair District Technology Committee (2006-

present),

co-chair of the College Website Committee (2003-2011) co-chair of the College Technology

Committee (2007-2011) and District Wide Educational Planning Committee (2007-2009).

Faculty

Adviser for the Beta Gamma Nu Chapter (Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society) (2002-2004).

University of California, Berkeley

Invited Professor

? Spanish 114 - The Contemporary Spanish American Novel, Summer 2006

? Spanish 135 - Studies in Hispanic Literature (Las vanguardias latinoamericanas y el

ocultismo), Summer 2008

? Visiting Scholar - Berkeley Language Center, May 2010 to May 2011.

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University of California, Berkeley: 19992002

Graduate Student Instructor/ Researcher (Responsible for teaching own courses)

? Spanish 20 - Intermediate Spanish (third and fourth semester) Natural Approach method,

Summer 2002

? Spanish 3 - Intermediate Spanish, (third semester) Natural Approach method, Fall 2001

? Spanish 2 - Elementary Spanish, Course Leader (second semester) Natural Approach

method, Spring 2001

? Spanish 1 - Elementary Spanish (first semester). Natural Approach method, Fall 2000

Researcher: Consultant for Research and Instructional Technology. Member of Professor

Miguel Altieri s research team, University of California, Berkeley, ESPM -Division of

Insect

Biology (Agroecology in Action). Consultant for research and instructional technology in

labs

and classes, long distance education, website design and international seminars,

19962003.

Graduate Student Researcher for the Instructional Technology Program (now called

Educational Technology Services) Consultant with the Humanities Interest Group. Projects

include educational website design, assisting instructors with U. C. Berkeley's

Instructional

Moo-Cafe Moolano; assisting instructors with learning management systems such as WebCT

and Courseinfo-BlackBoard; helping design and implement course projects involving

technology; organizing and providing training sessions for faculty and graduate students

on

the educational uses of technology, 1999 2002

Publications:

Other experience:

Member of the executive committee of the Foreign Language Association of Northern

California, 2000-present

Consultant in the Use of Technology for the Non-Governmental Committee for the

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR NGO Committee); the

Sustainable Agriculture Networking and Extension (SANE) (a United Nations Development

Program); and the CLADES: Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Sustainable

Development, 1996-1999

Chief Editor and Webmaster of the online magazine everba, a magazine about cultural

activities related to Latin America, 2000 2005. (Everba was indexed by the International

Professional organizations:

Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC),

The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

South West Association for Language Learning Technology (SWALLT)

The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

February 2012

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