A. Academic Appointments and Service      University of Louisville (Current):

 

• • Assistant Professor of Spanish (Appointed August 2023)
  • Serve on the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (2025–2026).
  • Serve on the Being, Belonging and Community committee for Classical and Modern Languages (2025–2026).
  • Director of Basic Spanish level courses (Spring 2024–2025).

 

Bellarmine University (Previous Appointments):

• Professor Emeritus of Spanish (Granted 2023)
• Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department Chair (2005–2023).
• International Education Leadership: Director, Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS) June Program, Segovia, Spain (June 2013–2022).

 

Professional Service:

• Book consultant for major Spanish textbook publishers (McGraw-Hill, Cengage, Vista Higher Learning).
• Program Curriculum Assessment MLA Consultant

  B. Current Research/Translation Projects

• Creative and Applied Practice: Past experience includes acting, directing plays, serving as a dramaturg, and writing short plays for theatre and television; current practice involves utilizing dramatic skits in language instruction.
• Translation Project (Play): Translation of a play by a Brazilian author (into English) (In Progress).
• Translation Project (Novel): Collaboration on the translation of a short novel by a Puerto Rican author (YA novel) (into English) (In Progress).