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R sum of Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Dr.

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Tel/Fax: 916-***-****

Computers for Education/Command Performance Language Institute

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Sacramento CA 95819-1849

Virtual Office: http://www.ti2.org /enter Comp_for_Ed

abpjdp@r.postjobfree.com http://www.geocities.com/ehansonson

PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE

2000-present Consultant - Online Teacher Training and Software

Development

- Conduct

online courses for distance learning, specializing in adaptive and assistive

technologies Clients include TESOL, CATESOL, Saarland University, Landmark

College

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Moderator of Real English Online, a group for learning online with streaming

video and audio technologies

- Chair

and Past Chair of Technology Advisory Committee, which advises the TESOL Board

on technology planning and implementation

1999-2002

TESOL Board of Directors

- Help

conduct business and make decisions on the direction of this 15,000 member

international professional organization for teachers of English to speakers of

other languages

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Coordinator of the Interest Section Committee; helped create and worked on the

Technology Advisory Committee

1995-present Consultant Educational Technology and ESOL

- provide

advice on lab design and use; present workshops for teachers on technology uses;

write and publish software clients include Oxford University Press, Encina

High School Academies, TESOL, American University in Cairo; El Camino Community

College, UC Davis Extension, CSU Sacramento, Chabot Community College, Cal Poly

Pomona, University of Puerto Rico, et al.

- wrote

software for teaching writing

1983-1995 CSU,

Sacramento Professor of English

Coordinator, TESOL Graduate

Program

- Founded

and developed program for over 100 American and international graduate students;

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Longtime member of Teacher Credentials Committee implementing State educational

legislation

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Composition Program helped develop holistically graded university-wide Writing

Proficiency Exam

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Personnel Committee evaluated part-time and tenure-track faculty; mentored new

faculty

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Appointed by Faculty Senate to serve on a variety of university-wide committees:

International Programs, Instructional Computing, Fiscal Affairs, Pacific-Asian

Studies

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Published regularly on issues in language planning, pedagogy of ESOL, and

computer- and media-assisted language learning; active in local, State-wide, and

international organizations; invited Featured Speaker at state, local, and

overseas professional conferences

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Meritorious Performance Award, 1987; Full Professor, 1983; Professor Emeritus,

1995

1987-1995 Regional & Continuing Education, CSUS

Director American Language & Culture

Program

- Founded

ALC, developed curricula, hired and supervised language teacher-interns

-Maintained contacts with overseas clients; fostered international educational

exchanges

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Programs included annual Adult Literacy Roundtable conference for teachers in

the region, and TESOL Summer Institute for ESL/EFL teachers; in-service

workshops in the Sacramento Unified School District

1980-1995 Visiting Professor

- Teacher Training at Various Overseas Universities

1997

University

of

Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus - Conducted weeklong workshop with

English and other foreign language faculty on using multimedia for language

instruction

1995

American

University in

Cairo

- Guest

lecturer for three weeks in TEFL program; conducted workshop for graduate

students on creating instructional hypermedia; gave three public lectures;

consulted on curriculum and lab use in Freshman English program

1989-90 Moscow Linguist University & ACCELS

Curriculum consultant/teacher trainer for tertiary level instructors in two

semester-long refresher courses; developed computer programs for language

instruction and 4 hours of video on American culture; visiting lecturer in

pedagogy and linguistics at universities in Nizhne Novgorod, Ukraine, and

Lithuania

1986 Ministry of Education, Belize & USAID

Reviewed K-3 language arts curriculum; evaluated reading program with

extensive on-site research with the 4major language groups; taught language arts

pedagogy class at Belize Teachers College and conducted 2-week in-service

workshops for teachers throughout the country; wrote ESL text based on teacher s

ethnic and cultural stories.

1984 University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka, &

The Asia Foundation

English Language Training Consultant for this national department of

education; helped develop MA TESOL program at Colombo University; revamped

English Unit at Ruhuna University; taught graduate linguistics seminars; wrote

curriculum and trained teachers for the nation s first English for Careers

extension course; conducted six week-long teacher training courses in

preparation for the Freshman English Intensive Courses given at eight

universities

1980-81 Ministry of Education Teacher Retraining

Program, PRC

Guest professor at Shandon University, Jinan, Shandong Province; instructed

college teachers in new pedagogical methods while improving their language

skills; gave open lectures on linguistics, pedagogy, and American culture at

Shan Da and other regional tertiary institutions in China

EDUCATION

PhD English & Comparative

Literature, minor in historical linguistics,

Stanford

University 1972

MA English and American Literature,

Stanford University, 1967

AB, cum laude, English, minor in

French,

Smith

College, 1964

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, ACADEMIC HONORS

1996

Distinguished Service Award from Regional & Continuing Education, CSUS, for

service to extended learning in the region

1994

Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award

1994-95

CSU Commission on Extended Education grant to set up a literacy and parenting

program for Service Workers Union Local

1988

Induction into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, in

recognition of achievements in international education and exchange

1987

Meritorious Performance Award of $2500 for excellence in teaching service to the

university community

1987

Nominated by students for the Newberry House/TESOL Award for Excellence in

Teaching

1983

School of

Arts &

Sciences Grant for research in computer uses in the English Department and to

develop a computerized study of the Writing Proficiency Exam

1977

Faculty Development Grant to create the Sacramento Valley Writing Project for

elementary and high school teachers in al disciplines

1976-77

CSU Chancellor s Office grant for Innovative Instruction

1969-70

Stanford University Dissertation Fellow grant

1967-68

French government Grant for dissertation research in Paris

1966-67

Stanford Humanities Fellow grant

1964-65

Swiss Government Grant for study of German language and linguistics, Hochschule

St. Gallen, Switzerland

1959-64

Smith College Alumnae Scholarship for full tuition, room and board

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2003 -

"Reading electronically: Challenges and responses to the reading puzzle in

technologically-enhanced environments," The Reading Matrix [online

jjournal] 3(3), Nov. 2003. Available at:

http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/hanson-smith/index.html.

2003

Live Action Spanish Interactive (software) design consultant for this CD for

English or native Spanish speakers using Total Physical Response approach on the

computer.

2002

Inserting call-outs in MS Word for Mac 2001, a mini-workshop for the CATESOL

conference, available at http://www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi.

2001

Computer-assisted language learning, in R. Carter & D. Nunan (Eds.), The

Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages, pp.

107-113, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

2000

Technology-enhanced learning environments (Ed.),

Alexandria,

VA: TESOL.

2000

Hands-on teacher training: Presentation software, in E. Hanson-Smith (Ed.),

Technology-enhanced learning environments, pp. 137-148,

Alexandria,

VA: TESOL.

2000

Live Action English Interactive (software) design consultant for this CD for

teaching English to speakers of other languages using TPR on the computer.

Sample available at: http://www.speakware.com.

1999

CALL environments: Research, practice, and critical issues (Ed. with J.

Egbert), Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

1999

Computer-enhanced language learning environments: An overview, (with J. Egbert

& C. Chao), in CALL environments: Research, practice, and critical issues

(Ed. with J. Egbert), pp. 1-13,

Alexandria,

VA:

TESOL.

1999

Content-area tasks in CALL Environments, in J. Egbert and E. Hanson-Smith

(Eds.), CALL environments: Research, practice, and critical issues (Ed.

with J. Egbert), pp. 137-158, Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

1999

Using Multimedia for Input and Interaction in CALL environments, in J. Egbert

and E. Hanson-Smith (Eds.), CALL environments: Research, practice, and

critical issues (Ed. with J. Egbert), pp. 189-215,

Alexandria,

VA: TESOL.

1999

CALL environments: The quiet revolution, ESL Magazine 2(2,

March/April), 8-12. Also rote a monthly column on innovative uses of technology,

including articles on assistive technologies, wearable computers, hooking up TV

and VCR to the computer, etc.

1999

Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive (software) lead designer, New York:

Oxford University Press.

1997

Multimedia projects of ESL/EFL students, CAELL

Journal 7(4): 3-12. Available at http://www.ti2.org (/enter Comp_for_Ed).

1996

Coordinator of TESOL/CELIA 96 (software), produced by the library team of

TESOL s CALL Interest Section, containing free software and publishers demos

for ES/EFL.

1997

Technology in the classroom, TESOL Professional Papers #2,

Alexandria,

VA: TESOL.

1994-96

Wrote HyperCard software programs to teach various aspects of linguistics and

composition, such as BrainStorm, Constructing the Paragraph, Poetry Shop,

Word-Processed Composition, etc.

IN PRESS

2003-4

A Brief History of CALL Theory, CATESOL Journal. (Originally presented

at the CALL IS Academic Session, TESOL Convention,

Salt Lake City,

2002). Available at http://www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi.

PROJECTED:

Reading

electronically. Draft available at http://www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi.

RECENT

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2003 -

Keynote Speaker at English Expo and Conference, Seoul, Korea.

2002-03

Co-Moderator with Michael Marzio of Real English Online, providing free videos

online and group support for video and audio activities on the Internet:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Real_English_Online.

2003 -

Coordinating team for Electronic Village Online will become co-coordinator in

2004 Assist moderators in using Internet technologies in mini-courses online

as a run-up to the TESOL Convention.

2002

Online moderator for several courses, including IKARUS at Saarland University

and TESOL s EVO.

2002

Moderator of CATESOL online mini-course, Technology in a New Era, exploring new

uses of new technologies as a preview of a featured session at the San Francisco

convention.

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