Carlos Valencia

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Spanish Literature May 2005, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Supporting program:  Anthropology

M.A. in Spanish Literature, August 1999, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Master en Dirección y Gestión Hotelera (Masters in Hotel Management and Administration), September 2004
Escuela Universitaria de Turismo de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Richmond

• Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2005 – present
  Courses taught:  Intensive Intermediary Spanish, Modern Spanish Narrative, Spanish in Media.
• Director of Summer Study Abroad in Seville, Spain, Summer 2006, 2007
  Created 6-week, 8-credit hour program with 20 students attending.  Supervised all aspects of program, including admissions, staffing, academic affairs, finances, and excursions.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
  Teaching Fellow, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005, Fall 2001 – Spring 2003, Fall 1996 – Spring 1998.
  Courses taught:  Elementary Spanish 1 & 2, Intermediate Spanish 1 & 2; Introduction to Spanish and Spanish American Literature; Advanced Grammar and Composition; Conversation I; Conversation I Honors; Conversation II
• Graduate Assistant, UNC Year at Sevilla, Fall 1998 – Summer 1999
  Assisted with all elements of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Study Abroad Program, including registration, excursions, housing, academic and personal counseling.

Universidad de Sevilla

• English Department
  Lecturer, Fall 2003 – Summer 2004
  Course taught:  Techniques of Literary Research

Wake Forest University

• Department of Romance Languages
  Lecturer, Fall 1999 – Spring 2001
  Courses taught:  Elementary Spanish 1 & 2, Intermediate Spanish 1 & 2; Introduction to Spanish and Spanish American Literature

PUBLICATIONS

• Book review on El sí de las niñas, written by Leandro Fernández de Moratín, translated by Robert G. Trimble, pending publication by The Edwin Mellen Press.
• “Shamed women in the novels of Juan Valera: Enslaved to the Other”.  Pending publication by Romance Notes.
• “Technology Follows Technique: Refocusing the Observational Lens”.  Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient L2 Teachers, ed. Margaret Ann Kassen, Roberta Z. Lavine, Kathryn Murphy-Judy, and  Martine Peters.  Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

• “Clipping Good Teaching, Lab Use, and Learning”  Workshop
  CALICO (Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)
  University of Hawaii, May 16, 2006. 
• “Shamed women in the novels of Juan Valera: Enslaved to the Other”    
  Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
  University of Kentucky, April 2006
• “Mimetic Theory and the Imitation of the Divine” 
  Annual Conference of Colloquium on Violence and Religion
  Koblenz, Germany, July 2005
• “Los hombres en Pepita Jiménez:  privilegiados y restringidos” 
  II International Conference on Juan Valera
  Cabra, Spain, April 2005
  Paper to be published in selected conference proceedings.
• “Perspectiva ética del concepto del honor en los dos Alcaldes de Zalamea” 
  Fourth Conference on Lusophone and Hispanic History, Literature and Culture
  University of California at Santa Barbara, April 2002

GRANTS

• PETE Grant (Program for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness) for constructing a wide-access web-hosted digital archive of best language teaching and learning.  University of Richmond, Spring 2006
• Mobile Learning Initiative Grant to support the use of iPods in teaching and learning.  University of Richmond, Spring 2007

ACADEMIC SERVICE

University of Richmond
Departmental Technology Liaison, Fall 2005 – Present

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Liaison, Graduate Romance Association, Fall 2001 – Spring 2003
Graduate Coordinator, Spanish House, Fall 1997

Wake Forest University
Faculty Advisor, Spanish and International Clubs, Fall 1999 – Spring 2001
Initiated and hosted a talk by the former Spanish Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Inocencio Arias, about Spanish-American political and cultural relations.

AWARDS

• Graduate Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching
  Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ACTFL, March 2005 - present
Modern Language Association, Jan 2004 – present
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Jan 2004 – present
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Jan 2004 – present
American Translators Association, September 2004 – present
Colloquium on Violence & Religion, September 2002 – present