Travel Planner Spanish Teacher
Resume:
DENA MARIE
*** ******** ***. #**, ******, CA **706 530-***-**** **********@*****.*** EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) University of California, Berkeley Hispanic Languages & Literatures, in progress
GPA: 3.973
Major Field of Study: Education in 19th- and 20th-century Latin American literature and culture Dissertation: “Pedagogical Lenses: Instructional Narratives Across Time and Space” -- a focus on equity-oriented pedagogies and access in the language classroom Dissertation Chair: Professor Julio Ramos
M.A. University of California, Berkeley
Hispanic Languages & Literatures, spring 2005
GPA: 3.97
B.A. University of California, Davis
Spanish (highest honors) / English (honors), fall 2002 GPA: 3.9
Study Abroad
Burgos, Spain, UC Davis Education Abroad Program, summer 2000 Topic: History of Spanish Art & Architecture
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & COURSEWORK TAUGHT
Spanish with Dena: stulent-tailored private Spanish instruction and tutoring services, Founder 2003-Present
Black Pine Circle School: Spanish Teacher, Academic Adviser Fall 2023-Present Orinda Academy: Head Spanish Teacher, Academic Adviser, Study Abroad Program Director
• Spanish 1: fall 2019-summer 2023
• Spanish 2: fall 2019-summer 2023
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• Spanish 3: fall 2019-summer 2023
• Spanish 3 Honors: fall 2020-summer 2023
• Spanish 4: fall 2019-summer 2023
• Spanish 4 Honors: fall 2019-summer 2023
• AP Spanish Language & Culture Workshop: fall 2020-summer 2023
• Study Abroad Program Lead: fall 2022-summer 2023 Lake Tahoe Community College (Intensive Spanish Summer Institute): Spanish Instructor
• Superior Spanish: August 2024
• Superior Spanish Conversation: August 2024
• Latin American Short Story Series: August 2024
• Advanced Subjunctive Series: August 2024
• Grammar Hot Topics: August 2024
• Low-Superior Spanish: August 2023
• Low-Superior Spanish Conversation: August 2023
• Comparative Grammar: August 2023
• Advanced Subjunctive Series: August 2023
• Grammar Hot Topics: August 2023
• Low-Superior Spanish: August 2022
• Low-Superior Spanish Conversation: August 2022
• Comparative Grammar: August 2022
• Advanced Subjunctive Series: August 2022
• Grammar Hot Topics: August 2022
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• High-Superior Spanish: Through the Lens of the Feminine--Literary Works Across Spain and Latin America: August 2021
• Superior Spanish Conversation: August 2021
• Comparative Grammar: August 2021
• High-Superior Spanish: Aproximaciones al drama La casa de Bernarda Alba: August 2020
• Advanced Spanish Conversation: August 2020
• Comparative Grammar: August 2020
• Grammar Hot Topics: August 2020
• Latin American Short Story Series (Una exploración de los cuentos del BOOM latino- americano): August 2020
• Low-Superior Spanish: August 2019
• Comparative Grammar: August 2019
• Grammar Hot Topics: August 2019
• Latin American Short Story Series (Universos alternativos: el futuro, la fantasía y la esfera onírica): August 2019
• Poetry Series (La angustia del amor y la lucha por el control): August 2019
• Low-Superior Spanish: August 2018
• Intermediate Spanish 3: August 2018
• High-Intermediate Spanish: August 2017
• Intermediate Spanish 3: August 2017
Head-Royce School: Upper School / Middle School Spanish Teacher, Academic Adviser
• AP Spanish Literature: fall 2018-spring 2019
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• Spanish 3: fall 2018-spring 2019
• Spanish C: spring 2018-spring 2019
• Spanish A: spring 2018
• Spanish courses subbed: A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, 4, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, Spanish Seminar: fall 2014-spring 2018
• AP Spanish Language (co-taught with Luz Díaz): fall 2013-spring 2014 Making Waves Academy: Upper School Spanish Teacher, Academic Adviser
• Spanish 2 (Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers): summer 2017
• Spanish 3 Advanced (Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers): fall 2016-spring 2017
• Spanish 3 (High-Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers): fall 2016-spring 2017 UC Berkeley Study-Abroad Program (Madrid, Spain): Co-Director / Instructor
• Spanish 3 (Grammar & Culture Special Seminar): summer 2014, summer 2013 UC Berkeley: Graduate Student Instructor
• Spanish 1: summer/spring 2013, summer 2008, summer/spring 2007, spring 2006, fall 2005
• Spanish R1A (Reading & Composition: “Latin American Short Story”): summer 2012
• Spanish R1B (Reading & Composition: “Latin American Boom Authors”): spring 2012
• Spanish 25 (Introduction to Literary Analysis): fall 2011, spring 2011, fall 2008
• Spanish 15 (Intensive Spanish 1 & 2): summer 2011
• Spanish 20 (Intensive Spanish 3 & 4): summer 2010, summer 2009
• Spanish 3: spring 2010, spring 2008, fall 2007
• Spanish 2: fall 2006
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UC Davis: Spanish Instructor
• Spanish 110 (Advanced Spanish Composition): spring 2002 PEDAGOGY TRAINING
• Project-Based Language Learning, summer 2019
• Language Teaching and Technology, fall 2011
• Creating Effective Lesson Plans, spring 2010
• Syllabus and Course Design, fall 2008
• Using Group Work Effectively, spring 2008
• Fostering Student Participation, spring 2007
• Grading Student Writing, fall 2006
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Board Member & Financial Director, Casa de Solano Housing Association, 2023-Present. Editor-in-Chief, Spanish & Portuguese Department Newsletter, UC Berkeley, 2010-2011. Solely responsible for the creation and production of the newsletter: interviews, authoring stories, compilation, editing, and production and distribution. Spanish 25 Deputy Coordinator, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley 2010-2011. Directed Spanish 25 instructor meetings, advised all course instructors, conducted classroom observations, established continuity of curriculum across multiple class sections, coordinated final exam procedures, served as liaison between course instructors and faculty. Graduate Student Association Representative, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley, 2004-2005. Member of the faculty search committee, directed prospective-student outreach activities.
Submissions Manager, Lucero, UC Berkeley, 2004-2005. Managed the 2005 Call for Papers. Cataloged all submissions for publication, ensured blind disbursement of submissions to editors.
Associate Editor and Business Editor, Lucero, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004. Reviewed, edited, and determined submissions for publication; maintained all business transactions and financial records.
President, Prytanean Women’s Honor Society, UC Davis, 2001-2002. Supervised the society’s officers, oversaw all operations of the organization, led meetings, planned community-service projects and scholarship events, oversaw recruitment procedures. 5
Historian Officer, Prytanean Women’s Honor Society, 2000-2001. Managed archives, organized annual banquet for 150 attendees.
Susan F. Regan Scholarship Committee Member, UC Davis, 2000-2001. Reviewed scholarship applications, interviewed applicants, determined scholarship recipients. PUBLICATIONS
• Marie, D., Phuong, A. E., & Nguyen, J. (2017). “Evaluating an Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: A Study of its Impacts in Higher Education.” The Journal of Effective Teach- ing. 17(2), 5-44.
• Marie, D., Phuong, A. E. & Nguyen, J. (2017). “Conceptualizing an Adaptive and Data- Driven Equity-Oriented Pedagogy.” Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal, 10(2).
• Marie, D. (2005). “La autoridad de la clase del lumpenproletariato: La cuestión de la realidad en Los intereses creados”. IN VERSO Graduate Literary Journal, No. 5, California State University, Northridge.
CONFERENCES
• Harvard University Alumni of Color Conference, March 2017. “Dismantling Oppression through Equity-Oriented Pedagogies and Universal Design for Learning Strategies”
• Harvard University Graduate School of Education Colloquium, March 2017. “Advancing Intersectionality: Strategies and Access Technologies for Equity-Oriented Teaching and Learning”
• Harvard University Graduate School of Education Colloquium, Nov. 2016. “Designing for Equity: Research-Based Strategies for Advancing Universal Design and Learning Technologies”
• Harvard University Graduate School of Education Colloquium, Nov. 2016. “Evaluating an Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: A Study of Its Impacts on Equity in Higher Education”
• Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Conference, Louisville, KY, Nov. 2016. “An Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: A 10-Step Approach to Adaptive and Data-Driven Instruction”
• University of California, Berkeley Sociology Symposium, April 2016. “Evaluating an Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: An Analysis of Its Effects on Equity in Higher Education” 6
• University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Colloquium, April 2009.
“Displacements of the Subaltern Subject: (Speech) Acts in Sor Juana, Juan Francisco Manzano, and Flora Tristán”
• University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Student Conference, March 2008.
“Role-Switching: the Performative Adoption of Non-Subaltern Identities”
• Arizona State University, Tempe Graduate Student Conference, May 2007. “El espectro de la juventud: La metamorfosis y la victimización de los niños en los cuentos de Juan Rulfo”
• Texas Tech University Céfiro Conference, April 2006. “The Magic of the Feminine: The
(De)Mystification of Women in Julio Cortázar’s Rayuela”
• California State University, Northridge Graduate Student Conference, February 2005.
“The Authority of the Lumpenproletariat: The Question of Reality in Los intereses creados”
• University of California, Davis Undergraduate Research Conference, April 2002.
“Aproximaciones a la locura: la masculinización de la histeria en los cuentos de Julio Cortázar”
LANGUAGES
Spanish (fluent)
French (reading proficiency)
Portuguese (reading proficiency)
REFERENCES
Sue O’Connor
Former Director, Intensive Spanish Summer Institute (retired 2024) Lake Tahoe Community College
One College Dr. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
***********@*****.***
Maxine Alper
Former Co-Director, Intensive Spanish Summer Institute (retired 2024) Lake Tahoe Community College
One College Dr. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
***********@*****.***
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Teresa Guergué
Spanish Teacher, Adviser (retired 2024)
Head-Royce School
4315 Lincoln Ave., Oakland, CA 94602
*************@*****.*** (email preferred)
34-621-**-**-** (WhatsApp number--currently in Barcelona) Nancy Rowland
Head of School
Orinda Academy
19 Altarinda Rd. Orinda, CA 94563
*****@*************.***
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