Research & Scholarship

The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Books

Work, N. C. (2010). Argument Realization in French and Spanish Second Language Acquisition: A View from the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface (pp. 228). Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Book Reviews

Villa, L. (2010). Más allá de la nación. Medios, espacios comunicativos, nuevas comunidades imaginadas (15th ed., vol. 8, pp. 265-268). Frankfurt and Madrid: Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana.

Grants

Work, N. C. (Principal). “LTC Research Fellows Grant.” Sponsored by Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center, University of Dayton, $1,500. (July 2010).

Other

Krugh, J. L., trans. Castro, P. B. (2010). In Will Wright and Steven Kaplan (Ed.), “From Waiter to Anarchistic, Revolutionary Hero: Eroticism, Politics, and Nostalgia with a Flavor of Sadomasochism in Arturo Ripstein’s The Virgin of Lust” (pp. 237-243). Pueblo, CO: Colorado State University: The Image of the Hero II in Literature, Media, and Society: Proceedings 2010 Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery.

Peñas-Bermejo, F. J. (2010). La personalizada configuración poética de Antonio Hernández. Insurgencias. Poesía 1965-2007. 2 vols. (vol. 1, pp. 7-44). Madrid: Calambur.

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

Castro, P. B. (2010). In Will Wright & Steven Kaplan (Ed.), “From Waiter to Anarchistic, Revolutionary Hero: Eroticism, Politics, and Nostalgia with a Flavor of Sadomasochism in Arturo Ripstein’s The Virgin of Lust” (pp. 237-43). Trans. J.L. Krugh. Pueblo, CO: Colorado State University.

Presentations

Castro, P. B. “From Waiter to Anarchistic, Revolutionary Hero: Eroticism, Politics, and Nostalgia with a Flavor of Sadomasochism in Arturo Ripstein’s The Virgin of Lust.” Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado State University, Colorado Springs, CO. (March 19, 2010).

Espinoza, I. J., Colville-Hall, S. “University Method Professors and Cooperating Teachers Working on the Same Page Part 1 and Part 2.” Ohio Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, Ohio Foreign Language Association, Columbus, OH. (April 8 and 10, 2010).

Espinoza, I. J., Coronado, J. “Constructing Meaning Through Authentic Listening.” Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Central States on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Association, Minneapolis, MN. (March 4, 2010).

Figueroa, D. “Spanish for Ethos.” Ethos Program/Department of Languages, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (January 14, 2010).

Keen, V. L., Dolan, P., Krugh, J. L., Pinnell, M. F., Majka, T. J., Dickey, I. J., Troha, J. M. “Enhancing Teaching at UD with Service Learning at Dayton Public Schools.” University of Dayton Faculty Exchange Series, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (September 22, 2010).

Mosher, A. D. “A Pilot Study of the Correlation of Scores on the CEFR-based Dialang Self-Evaluations of Listening and Reading and ACTFL OPI and WPT Ratings of Senior Spanish Majors.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Meeting, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MA. (November 19, 2010).

Mosher, A. D. “The Determination of Equivalent Points on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Guidelines and the Scale Used for Speaking on the Test of German as a Foreign Language (TestDaF), as it Reflects the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.” ACTFL-CEFR Alignment Conference 2010, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Herder Institute, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. (July 2, 2010).

Peñas-Bermejo, F. J. “Instantáneas de un exilio interior en Desde esta cámara oscura, de Gerardo Piña-Rosales.” Asociacion de Licenciados y Doctores Espanoles en Estados Unidos, ALDEEU - Spanish Professional in America, Phoenix, AZ. (April 23, 2010).

Villa, L. “¿Política lingüística o propaganda cultural? La implementación de la ‘ley de español’ en Brasil.” Linguistic Processes and Globalization, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mérida, Mexico. (October 29, 2010).

Villa, L. “Spelling Communities: Controversial Orthographies and the Construction of (Trans) National Identities in the Spanish-Speaking World.” Circulation, American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA. (November 17, 2010).

Williams, M. L. “English as a Second Language in Mainstream Classrooms.” School of Education, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (November 30, 2010).

Williams, M. L. “Partners in Learning: Activities for Pairs and Small Groups.” MEXTESOL, Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles, MEXTESOL, Cancun. (November 5, 2010).

Work, N. C. “The Syntax-Pragmatics Interface in Second Language Acquisition: Argument Realization in French and Spanish.” Wayne State University Students Linguistics Colloquium, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. (April 9, 2010).

Work, N. C., Espinoza, I. J., Mosher, A. D., Hardman, J. B. “Achievement of Enhanced Proficiency through an Online Course Delivery System.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2010 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Boston, MA. (November 20, 2010).

Sponsored Research

Villa, L. (Principal). “Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spanish Ministry of Culture and United States Universities. Project Title: ‘Becoming the Language Authority: The Royal Spanish Academy’s Linguistic Norms in Nineteenth Century Spain’.” Sponsored by University of Minnesota, $2,600. (June 1, 2009 - May 2010).