Curriculum Vitae

October ****

CASILDE A. ISABELLI

University of Nevada, Reno 880 Lyman Ave.

Foreign Languages and Literatures Reno, Nevada 89509

241L Edmund J. Cain Hall 775-***-****

Reno, NV 89557

Phone: 775-***-****

Fax: 775-***-****

e-mail: abot2k@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.unr.edu/cla/fll/people/by-language/spanish/isabelli.html

I. PERSONAL HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., Spanish Applied Linguistics, University of Illinois, 2001.

M.A., Hispanic Linguistics and Literature, University of Iowa, 1994.

B.S., Spanish and Mathematics, Illinois State University, 1992.

B. ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2008 to date Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and

Literatures, UNR

2008, 2011Visiting Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages and

Literatures,

Sonoma State University

.

2001-2008Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and

Literatures,

UNR

C. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

2001-2010Coordinator/Director, Spanish Basic Language Program, UNR

http://www.unr.edu/cla/fll/BSLP/BSLP.html

1996-1999Course Supervisor and Coordinator for second year Spanish

Dept. of Spanish,

Italian and Portuguese, Univ. of IL, Urbana-Champaign

D. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

2000-2001Lecturer of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,

UNR

2001-2001Lecturer, Business Spanish, Wells Fargo Bank, Reno, NV.

1995-2000Teaching Assistant of Spanish and Italian, Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and

Portuguese, UIUC

1998-2000Lecturer of Spanish, Parkland Community College, Foreign Languages Department

1997-1998Visiting Lecturer of English, Department of English, University of Barcelona,

SpainFall 1997 Graduate Assistant to the Resident Director, Univ. of Barcelona California-

Illinois Center

1995-1997Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Spanish,

Italian and Portuguese,

UIUC

1994-1995Lecturer of Spanish, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota

1992-1994Teaching Assistant of Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University

of Iowa

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E. HONORS, RECOGNITIONS

2005, 2006 Thank a Professor Recognition, Excellence in Teaching Program, UNR

1995-2000 University of Illinois Excellent Teachers List, UIUC

F. GRANTS

2010 University of Nevada, Reno Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. Research

project title:

Spanish gender agreement in L1 English and Italian second language learners: The effects

of the

study abroad context. Amount: $5,000.

2008 University of Nevada, Reno Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. Research

project title:

Interpreting that-trace distinctions in Spanish as a heritage language. Amount: $2,068.

2007 Honors Undergraduate Research Award, UNR, with Trevor Hartzell (undergraduate

student).

Amount: $2,000

2006 University of Nevada, Reno Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. Research

project title:

First Noun Principle. Amount: $1,400.

2006 University of Nevada, Reno Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. Research

project title:

First Noun Principle. Amount: $1,600.

2005The Latino Research Center, University of Nevada, Reno. Research project title: Use

of Spanish

among the Latino community in Northern Nevada. Amount: $1,500.

1997 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Barcelona Graduate Student

Exchange

Program. Scholarship.

II. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

Principal areas of research are (1) the effects of immersion (study abroad) experiences

and formal

instruction on Second Language Acquisition (SLA); and (2) psycholinguistically motivated

theories behind

SLA (e.g., processing instruction, language transfer). One of my research goals is to

build bridges between

the disciplines of SLA theory and language instruction.

A. DOCTORAL THESIS TITLE

The impact of a study-abroad experience on the acquisition of L2 Spanish syntax: The null

subject

parameter.

Supervisor: Prof. Bill VanPatten

B. TEXTBOOKS

Dorwick, Thalia; Perez Girones, Ana Maria; Becher, Anne;

Isabelli, Casilde

. (2012).

Puntos de partida:

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An Invitation to Spanish, 9 edition. McGraw-Hill Publishers.

Isabelli, Casilde. (2005) Identidades Test Bank. Prentice Hall.

C. ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

Isabelli, C.A. 2008. First noun principle or L1 transfer principle in SLA Hispania

91(2): 463-476.

Isabelli, C.A. 2007. Development of the Spanish subjunctive by advanced learners: Study-

abroad followed

by at-home instruction. Foreign Language Annals 40

Experience. The MLA Conference: Division for Applied Linguistics.

Philadelphia, PA.

December

29.

October 2008. Contextual effects in processing L2 sentences. The Rocky Mountain Modern

Language

Association Conference. Reno, NV.

October 21, 2006. First noun principle in

SLA:

Transfer from L1 or universal dtrategy

The Hispanic

Linguistics Symposium. The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

October 7, 2006. Post target contextual effects in processing L2 input sentences. The

Second Language

Research Forum (SLRF) 2006. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

March 25, 2005. The use of Spanish subjunctive among the Latino community in Reno,

Nevada. The

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20 Conference, Spanish in the US and 5 International Conference on Spanish in Contact

with

Other Languages.

The University of Illinois, Chicago.

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July 31, 2004. Development of the Spanish subjunctive in temporal clauses by advanced

learners: Study-

abroad followed by at-home instruction. American Association of Teachers of Spanish &

Portuguese (AATSP). Acapulco, Mexico.

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October 18, 2003. Spanish language use in Reno, Nevada. The 6 Conference on the

Acquisition of

Spanish and Portuguese as an L1 and L2. Special Session: Spanish in the United States.

The

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

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October 18, 2003. Development of Spanish subjunctive morphology in a study-abroad

setting. The 6

Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as an L1 and L2, with Prof.

Nishida. The

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

November 21, 2002. Study-abroad: Implications for language programs and language

majors. American

Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Foreign Language

Programs (AAUSC) session at American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages

(

ACTFL),

Salt Lake City, UT.

October 22, 2002. On the nature of multicompetence: Should L2 learners also be compared

to L1/L2

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bilinguals The 5 Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as an L1 and

L2.

University of Iowa, Iowa City.

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October 22, 2002. Multi-competence in SLA research. The 4 Conference on the Acquisition

of Spanish

and Portuguese as an L1 and L2. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

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September 1999. A new look at the null subject parameter in SLA. The 9 Second Language

Research

Forum (

SLRF), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

June 1999. Acquisition of the Spanish null subject parameter properties by American L2

learners in

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Spain. The 9 Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA9),

University of Lund, Sweden.

I. INVITED LECTURES

November 2, 2010. American Institute of Foreign Study, University of London. London,

England. Getting

the most out of your Study Abroad Stay.

January 12, 2007. Fundacion Ortega y Gasset. Madrid, Spain. First Noun Principle.

January 10, 2007. Fundacion Ortega y Gasset. Madrid, Spain. How to get the most out of

your study-

abroad stay.

February 16, 2006. Panelist. The impact of the foreign accent in the classroom, in

employment and the

workplace, and in the wider Reno/Sparks community. Multi Ethic Committee at UNR.

May 8, 2003. Study abroad: One summer, one semester, or one year Invited lecture given

at Notre Dame

University, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures.

November 2001. Spanish second language acquisition in the study-abroad setting. Fall

Faculty

Colloquium, Department of Foreign Languages.

J. WORK IN PROGRESS

Textbook

Fonder-Solano, Leah; Isabelli, Casilde; Martinez, Marisa. Dicho y Hecho, Intermediate.

Wiley Publishers.

Journal Articles

Contextual effects in processing L2 input sentences: post target context on sentence

interpretation.

Hispania.

Interpreting that-trace distinctions in Spanish as a heritage language. Heritage

Language Journal.

Grammatical Factors Conditioning Variability in Subject Expression: A Study of Non-

native Speakers of

Spanish in an Immersion Setting (with UCSB PhD candidate Kathrin Theumer).

Spanish gender agreement in L1 English second language learners: The effects of the

immersion setting.

Spanish gender agreement in L1 Italian second language learners.

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III. RESIDENT INSTRUCTION

Undergraduate Courses

SPAN 111: Beginning Spanish I. Developed and teach hybrid and online versions

SPAN 112: Beginning Spanish II. Developed online and hybrid versions.

SPAN 211: Intermediate Spanish I.

SPAN 212: Intermediate Spanish II.

SPAN 305: Spanish Composition I.

SPAN 306: Spanish Composition II.

SPAN 312: Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (online and face-to-face)

SPAN 441: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

SPAN 455: Introduction to Romance Applied Linguistics

Graduate Courses

FLL 703: Methods in Teaching of Foreign Languages

SPAN 461: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

SPAN 655: Introduction to Romance Applied Linguistics

IV. COURSES TAUGHT AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Sonoma State University, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures (graduate)

SPAN 500: Spanish language teaching methodology

The University of Illinois, UIUC, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

(undergraduate)

ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I

SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II

SPAN 103: Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 228: Spanish Composition

Parkland Community College, Department of Spanish

SPA 101: Beginning Spanish I

SPA 102: Beginning Spanish II

SPA 103: Intermediate Spanish I

The University of Minnesota, UMN, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

SPAN 1001: Beginning Spanish I

SPAN 1002: Beginning Spanish II

SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish I

SPAN 1004: Intermediate Spanish II

The University of Iowa, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

SPAN 035:001 Elementary Spanish I

SPAN 035:002 Elementary Spanish II

SPAN 035:005 Elementary Spanish Review

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V. SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

A. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

Walter Tovar, (Ph.D. School of Education, in progress, UNR). Member.

Joanna Slapska-Gelleri, Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at UNR (2004-2005). Did not serve

on defense due

to her defending during the summer when I was away. False recognition with mixed language

lists:

Lexical code switching and verbatim/Gist processing in Spanish/English bilinguals.

B. MASTER COMMITTEES

Chace Bennet (M.A., Spanish, in progress, UNR). Chair. FLL.

Adine Holbrook (M.A., Spanish, 2009, UNR). Chair. Department of Foreign Languages

Erin Amestoy (M.Ed., 2009, UNR). Member. Dept. of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning.

Jayme Miller (M.Ed., 2008, UNR). Member. Dept. of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning.

Megan Nohr (M.A. Ed. Psych., 2008, UNR). Member. Dept. of Counseling and Ed. Psychology

Melissa Pringle (M.A. Spanish, 2008, UNR). Member. Dept. of Foreign Languages &

Literatures

Audry Martin (M.A. Speech Communication, 2006, UNR). Member. Department of Speech Comm.

Elisa M. Storke (M.A. TESOL, 2005, UNR). Member. Department of Educational Specialties

Ignacia Goicolea (M.A. Spanish, 2005, UNR). Chair. Department of Foreign Languages

Vanessa Burch (M.A. Spanish, 2004, UNR). Member. Department of Foreign Languages

C. SENIOR HONORS THESES COMMITTEES

Catherine Ricci. (B.A., terminated, UNR). Thesis Director/Chair. Second Language and

Teaching: What

is Used and Why

Trevor Hartzell. (B.A., 2009, UNR). Thesis Director/Chair. Comparison of Metalinguistic

Knowledge

between Spanish-English Simultaneous and Successive Bilingual Pre-School Children.

Rebekah Kreiger. (B.A. 2003, UNR). Thesis Director/Chair. A comparison of Spanish and

South

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American Literature During the 19 Century.

D. UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT STUDIES

Heather Naut (2006) Ladino: A dialogue on the history of the language and its connection

to the Spanish

speaking world and Jewish population.

Mihaela Neagos (2005) Contemporary Social Issues of the Multilingual Communities: Europe

and US.

Maria Luquin (2004) Day of the Dead.

Erin Michaud (2004). Grammar Review. Met once a week.

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VI. SERVICE

A. University, Public, National, to the Discipline/Profession

2010 - Consultant Evaluator/Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals

Foreign Language Annals, a peer-reviewed journal, published by ACTFL.

Hispania, a peer-reviewed journal, published by the AATSP.

2009 - Consultant Evaluator for Hispania. (two articles)

- Dean s Biannual Evaluation Committee

- USAC Scholarship Committee, Summer & Fall

- AFPPP Committee. Administrative Faculty Personnel Policies & Procedure.

- Spanish B.A. Assessment Committee

- FLL Website Redesign Committee:

2008 - Dean s Evaluation Committee

- WebCampus Course Makeover Committee

- Honor s Undergraduate Research Award Committee.

- FLL Website Redesign Committee:

- Upward Bound Workshop.

- World Languages Training Advisory Board Member for McGraw-Hill Publishers.

- Consultant Evaluator for Yale University Press and Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone

Linguistics Journal.

2007 - Annual Evaluation Committee

2006 - HURA

- Consultant Evaluator for Hispania (Peer reviewed journal)

- Latino Research Center Member of the Steering Committee

2005-06 - Served as a liaison with the Latino Community in Reno, Nevada.

2005 - Japanese Lecturer Search Committee UNR, member

- Was invited to serve in three-day Introductory Spanish Symposium for McGraw-Hill.

- Invited guest speaker, Prof. Bill VanPatten (Professor at Univ. of Illinois, Chicago).

2004- - Network of Faculty for Undergraduate Research UNR (NFUR), member

2004 - Japanese Lecturer Search Committee. Department of Foreign Languages, UNR

- Assisted the German Lecturer Search. Department of Foreign Languages, UNR

2003 - Invited guest speaker, Prof. Andrew Farley (Assistant Professor at Notre Dame

University)

2002 - Assessment Committee member Spanish Section, FLL, UNR

- Certificate of Translation Committee UNR

- Spanish Lecturer Search Committee UNR

- Served in Focus Groups for Prentice Hall and McGraw-Hill

2000-04 - Book Reviewer - Language Problems & Language Planning Journal

2000 - Proofreader - for Spanish Applied Linguistics Journal

B. Professional Organizations

American Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Foreign

Language

Programs (AAUSC)

Modern Language Association (MLA)

LANGUAGES

English: Native speaker

Italian: Heritage speaker

Spanish: Near-native speaker

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