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Gainesville, FL

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October 10, 2012

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

University of Florida

Christina Overstreet

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. College of Education, University of Florida, May 2006

Major: Curriculum and Instruction

Minors: German, Applied Linguistics

Dissertation Title: Reading authentic text in the hypermedia environment: The effects of

question glosses on comprehension processes of intermediate learners of German as a

foreign language .

Dissertation Abstract (PDF)

Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, Program in Linguistics, University

of Florida, Spring 1999

M.A., Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida, November 1989

Languages

German native fluency

English fluent

French - intermediateTeaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida,

Aug. 1987 - April 89

Substitute Teacher, Baker County High School, Glen St. Mary, Florida. Taught 3 classes of

1st year German, 1 class of 2nd year German and 2 classes of 10th grade English; January

23, 1989 - June 1990

Adjunct Faculty, Santa Fe Community College from Aug. 26, 1990 to May 1992;

Established and taught beginning levels of German

Visiting Instructor, University of New Orleans International Summer School, University of

Innsbruck, Austria; July 5 - August 15, 1992

Beginning German

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of

Florida, August 26, 1990-current

Teaching beginning and intermediate levels of German language and culture (UF Honors

Program

)

1992-2009

Teaching hybrid courses on the beginning and intermediate levels

Developing Discover German I and Discover German II in collaboration with Franz

Futterknecht as part of the 'Provost's Initiative'

Teaching WebCourses Discover German I and II since Summer 2009

Developing language courses on the intermediate and advanced levels in Sakai - on going

Awards

Promotion to Master Lecturer August 2011

Promotion to Senior Lecturer, August 2006

Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service and dedication on the University of

Florida Teaching and Technology Initiative, June 30, 2005

University of Florida Presidential Recognition, April 20, 2005

Madelyn Lockhart Fellowship Finalist, March 30, 2005

Professional Development Leave, Fall 2002

Productivity Award (Bonus payment) Spring Semester 1999

Publications

From outsiders to insiders: Cross-cultural gate-keeping encounters in higher education

in Boxer, D. (2002) Applying sociolinguistics. Domains and face-to-face-interactions. John

Benjamins: Amsterdam/Philadelphia.

Academic/Professional Activities

University of Florida Teaching and TechnologyInitiative US Department of Education PT3

Program (Preparing tomorrow s teachers to use technology), Fall 2001/2002- 2004/2005

(http://www.coe.ufl.edu/school/pt3/index.html)

Prestigious Awards Advisor, UF Honors Program, August 2006-2008

Director/Co-Director and Academic Advisor of the Overseas Studies Program in Mannheim,

1993-2004, 2008Created Interaction Leader Program

Instructor for the University of Florida Center

for European Studies

Language TeacherSummer Institute, Summer 2006-current

Conference Presentations

"Process of Reading"; ACTFL 2008; Orlando, Fla; November 22, 2008

Individual readers' use of question prompts"; CALICO 2007,

Texas State University-San

Marcos, Austin, TX. May 22-26, 2007

L2 Reading comprehension as situated activity"; AAAL 2007,

Costa Mesa, CA., April 24-27,

2007

"Effects of question glosses on online reading and look-up behavior ;

CALICO 2005,

Lansing, MI; May 18-21, 2005

Effects of Question Glosses on Online Reading and Look-up behavior ; MLA 2004,

Philadelphia, PA; December 27-30, 2004

Approaches to reading: Effects of question glosses on online reading and look-up

behavior ; ACTFL 2004,

Chicago, IL; November 19-21, 2004

The effects of question glossing on online reading and look-up behavior. Research

process and preliminary results ; National Foreign Language Resource Center: Distance

Education Distributed Learning & Language Instruction: Reports from the field . Symposium,

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. July 27-30, 2004

Bringing it all together, Panel Presentation, Technology and Language Teaching at UF;

Symposium, University of Florida, November 23, 2002

Online bulletin boards: A tool to increase student interaction, TESOL Conference, Palm

Beach, FL, May 2002; Collaboration with Perihan Savas.

Merging Language and Culture: L2 reading on the WEB, SAMLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November

2001

From outsiders to insiders: Gate-keeping encounters in campus offices ; AAAL Conference,

St. Louis, February 24-27, 2001

Collaboration with Diana Boxer

The Internet as a stage for experiencing German language and culture: An experiment at

the University of Florida ; Paper at the Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and

Literatures, May 4, 2000

Exploring life outside the classroom. ESOL and Ethnography . Panel Presentation;

Sunshine State TESOL 23rd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL May 6-8, 1999

Professional Memberships

AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)

FFLA (Florida Foreign Language Association)

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages)

AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)

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Discover German

GER 2200 (3400) Intermediate German I, Spring 2012

GER 2240 (3730) Intermediate German II, Spring 2012

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E-LearningIntensive Intermediate Study Abroad Program

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255 Dauer Hall

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

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