Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Summer 1977
Post-Doctoral Seminar on Bilingualism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Jan 1970-Aug 1974
PhD, Linguistics & Language Ed, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Feb-June 1965
Coursework, Linguistics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
1958- 1962
MA, Anthropology/Latin America, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Summers 56 & 57
Coursework (12 credits), Anthropology, Spanish & Latin American Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, DF
1954-1958
BA, Latin American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
ACADEMIC AWARDS & RECOGNITION
October 2015
Honored at SIETAR USA’s 15th Anniversary Conference, Orlando, FL
January 2015
Awarded $50,000 grant to conduct FEIL intercultural research in 5 countries, from CERCLL (Center for Educational Resources on Culture, Language & Literacy), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
November 2014
1st Cultures SIG Award in recognition of contributions to the Teaching & Learning of Cultures, ACTFL Conference, San Antonio, Texas
August 2014
Honored at SIT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and the (Alvino & Bea Fantini) International Scholarship established in perpetuity
May 07
Granted FEIL International Fellows Emeritus Status, Federation EIL, 75th anniversary celebration, Berlin, Germany
Jul 05-Dec 06
Awarded $25,000 grant to conduct FEIL intercultural research, from the Center for Social Development, Washington Univ, St Louis, MO
2003
Cited in Who's Who in Bilingual America
2002, 2003
Cited in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who’s Who in the World
Sept 2002
Granted Professor Emeritus status at SIT
Apr 2001
Citation, awarded by Federation EIL General Assembly, FEIL’s highest honor, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Jan 2000
"Primus Inter Pares" Award Citation for Achievement, SIETAR International's highest intercultural award
Dec 99
Gratitude Award for 35 Years of Service, World Learning 1998 Outstanding Americans Award for Professional Achievement
May 97
Certificate of Appreciation, awarded by the Nippon Shiatsu Daigaku, Putney, VT
Summer 95
Recognition, "Interculturalist in Residence," World View, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT
Jun 95
Certificate of Recognition awarded by The Experiment in International Living Federation for contributions to EIL's mission over 30 years
Jan-Jun 95
Sabbatical Award, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT
Sept 94
Award Recognition, Faculty, for 30 years of service to SIT, EIL &
Fall 93-97
Invited Member to National Advisory Board on FL Standards, Goals 2000 Initiative, ACTFL
Fall 1992-94
Invited Expert to Cross-Cultural Initiative to develop a National Agenda on Intercultural Effectiveness, (FSI, PC, World Learning, Johnson Foundation et al)
May 1988-94
Elected President, SIETAR International (Society for Intercultural Education, Training & Research), 90-92; Executive Committee (88-94)
1992
Research stipend award, Esperanto Education Project, Esperantic Studies Foundation, Portland, Oregon
Spring 1991-Fall 1992
Fellow, awarded research stipend, Winthrop Foundation, NY
1990
Cited in Men of Achievement, International Biographical Centre, 14th Edition, Cambridge, England
1986-1987
Awarded practicum stipend, New England Bilingual Special Ed Institute, Bridgewater State College, MA
May 1986
Conferred award for "Sustained Excellence," SIT & The Experiment in International Living, Brattleboro, VT
Fall 1985
Cited in The International Linguistic Directory, Lauer Verlag, Culemborg, Holland
1985
Cited in International Who's Who in Education
1982
Awarded $82,000 grant to direct the Orientation Development Project, from the President’s Youth Initiative, US Government, Washington, DC.
1981-present
Cited in Directory of Scholars, VT Council on the Humanities; also National Directory of Latin Americanists, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
1977
Cited in Who's Who in Bilingual Education
Summer 1977
Awarded research stipend, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, NEH, Washington, DC
Aug 1976
International Award for Sociolinguistic Research, (Second Place & Mención Honorífica") Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Mexico, DF
1971/2-present
Inducted, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (71); & Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society (72)
1959
Academic Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Texas. Austin, TX
1958
Major Honors conferred upon graduation, University of Pa, Phila, PA
1957-1958
Elected President, Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania Chapter, Philadelphia, PA
EMPLOYMENT
Current Status
Director, Institutional Archives (Volunteer) and Professor Emeritus, SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT & International Consultant
Jan 2015-Apr 2016
Director & Researcher, Project, “Assessing Intercultural Competence: A Multinational Perspective,” Federation EIL with funding from CERCLL, University of Arizona
Apr 07-Mar 09
Professor, Graduate Faculty, MA Program in Language Communication, Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Japan
Jul 05-Dec 06
Director & Researcher, Project “Exploring & Assessing Intercultural Competence,” FEIL with funding from the Center for Social Development
Sept 89-Jan 03
Senior Faculty & Director, Bilingual-Multicultural Education, MAT Program, SIT/World Learning, Brattleboro, VT
Sept 85-89
Director & Teacher Trainer, Language-Culture Center & Senior Faculty, MAT Program, SIT, Brattleboro, VT
Summers 88, 85-86, at 80-82, 78, 75, 70-73
Director, The Experiment's Language & Orientation Programs
Oaxtepec, Valle de Bravo, Tlaxcala & Metepec, Mexico
Feb 83-Oct 85
Director, Orientation Development Project, President's International Youth Exchange Initiative, EIL, Brattleboro, VT
Mar 80-85
Director, Bilingual-Multicultural Ed, MAT Program, SIT; & Director, Experiment Press (to Sept 83), Brattleboro, VT
Fall 81
Professor, Continuing Education Division, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Sept 79-Aug 80
Director, Foreign Language Department, SIT, Brattleboro, VT
Feb-Aug 79
Visiting Professor, directed graduate research, Universidad Católica Boliviana; & EFL Teacher, Centro Boliviano-Americano, La Paz, Bolivia
70-79
Director & Faculty, Department of Language Education, The Experiment in International Living, Brattleboro, VT
74-79
Associate Director, Bilingual Ed & Spanish, (ESOL, Spanish, Linguistics & Bilingual Ed); MAT Program, SIT, Brattleboro, VT
67-69
Director, Intensive Language Programs, providing courses in 50 languages for more than 20,000 students, EIL, Brattleboro, VT
Fall 67
Academic Leader/Faculty, Experiment-Temple University Semester Abroad, Pistoia, Italy
65-67
Language Coordinator, 10 Training Programs (Iran, Brazil, Tunisia, Afghanistan, India, & India), EIL/US Peace Corps
Summer 65
Leader, EIL Exchange Program, Athens, Greece
Jun 65
Coordinator, Shipboard Language Program for 600 Exchange Students aboard the Franca C traveling to Europe
Spring 65
Academic Leader,/Faculty, Experiment-Syracuse University Semester Abroad, Bogotá, Colombia
Spring 65
Faculty, EFL/Linguistics, Universidad de los Andes & Colegio Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
Fall 64-Winter 65
Language Coordinator, Training Programs for Brazil, conducted in VT
& the Virgin Islands, EIL/US Peace Corps
Summer 64
Leader, EIL Exchange Program, Bilbao, Spain
Jun 64
Language Teacher, Spanish & Italian, Intensive Lang Program for Exchange Students, EIL, Brattleboro, VT
Spring 64
Teacher of Spanish, English & American History; Philadelphia Public Schools, Philadelphia, PA
Summer 63
Leader, EIL Exchange Program, Belluno, Italy
Feb 60-Jun 63
Translator/Interpreter; Spanish, Italian & Portuguese; Intelligence Corps, US Army
Feb 59-Jan 60
Research Scientist, Hidalgo Project (Study of Mexican-American Culture), Hogg Mental Health Foundation, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Sept 56-Jun 58
Social Director, Public Relations & Fundraising, International House, Philadelphia, PA
ADVISOR / CONSULTANT / RESEARCHER
(See Resume/Part II for details) (93)
DISSERTATION, THESIS & CAPSTONE ADVISOR
(See Resume/Part II for details) (11)
EVALUATOR / READER / REVIEWER / TUTOR
(See Resume/Part II for details) (63)
INTERPRETER / TRANSLATOR
(See Resume/Part II for details) (7)
PUBLICATIONS
(See Resume/Part III for details)
MA Thesis & PhD Dissertation
Test Development (8)
Published Translations (18+) & numerous documents & other materials
Materials Development (34 language and intercultural works)
Books/Journals (25, as editor, author, and/or co-author)
Chapters in Books (34)
Prefatory Comments (4)
Articles in Journals (75)
Published Reviews (9)
Published Items in Blogs, Newspapers, and Magazines (12)
Research Reports (9)
WORKSHOPS, PLENARIES & CONFERENCE PAPERS DELIVERED
(See Resume/Part IV for details)
Assessment (Testing & Evaluation) (15)
Bilingual Education (30)
Bilingualism (60)
Cultural/Intercultural Aspects of Language Teaching (27)
Curriculum Design (10)
Education & Training (12)
ESOL/Foreign Languages & Teaching Methods (76)
Ethnicity & Multicultural Education (16)
Intercultural Communicative Competence (115)
Intercultural & International/Global Ed (10)
International Business/Health Care (10)
International Languages: English & Esperanto (16)
Language, Culture & Worldview/Linguistics/Communication (76)
Materials & Intercultural Orientation/Training (TOTs) (25)
Research (7)
Sociolinguistics & Psycholinguistics (1st & 2nd Language Acquisition) (16)
Other (61)
LANGUAGES & OTHER SKILLS
English, native-speaker
Spanish, FSI 4+; Italian, FSI 4; Portuguese, FSI 3; Esperanto, FSI 2+; French, FSI l+; (also studied Aymará, German, Greek & Latin) Japanese FSI 0+
Excellent typing skills
Computer literate
Translation & interpretation skills
TRAVEL
Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania);
Asia (China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Macao, Nepal)
Canada
Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia)
Eastern Europe (Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Turkey)
Caribbean (Aruba, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nassau, Puerto Rico)
México & Central America (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
New Zealand
South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)
United States (+ Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
AREAS QUALIFIED AS TEACHER & CONSULTANT
Anthropology (General, Cultural, Applied, Field)
Approaches & Methods of Language Teaching
Area Studies (Latin America)
Bilingualism & Bilingual Education
Curriculum Design, Implementation & Evaluation
Education & Training
ESOL & Foreign/Second Language Teaching
Ethnic Diversity/Cultural Pluralism/Multicultural Education
Intercultural Communication & Training/Orientation
Interpretation & Translation
Language Acquisition (1st & 2nd)
Language-Culture Paradigms: The Nexus
Language Syllabi & Materials Development
Languages (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, ESOL & Esperanto)
Linguistics (general, theoretical, applied, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, contrastive & anthropological)
Philosophy of Language
Researcher, Research Design & Methods
Testing & Evaluation
Teacher Training (TOT) & Education
PROFESSIONAL & ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Academy for Intercultural Research (AIR)
American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)
American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
American Translators Association (ATA)
Association of Departments of FL Chairmen (ADFL)
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy
(CERCLL), University of Arizona (Board Member)
Connecticut Assoc for Bilingual-Bicultural Education (CABBE)
Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) (Board Member)
Esperanto League of North America (ELNA)
Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT)
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
Mass Assoc of Bilingual Educators (MABE)
Mass Assoc of Foreign Language Teachers (MAFLA)
Mass Assoc for Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL)
Mexican Assoc of Teachers of English (MEXTESOL)
National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE). Vermont delegate
National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP)
New England Archivist Society
Teachers of Eng to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
SIETAR Italia, Member
Society for Intercultural Education, Training & Research (SIETAR International),
Editor, SIETAR International Journal (1998-2000)
Chair, Awards, Committee (1994-96);
Chair, Special Interest Group on Language, Cult & WV (1992- present);
President/Executive Committee (1988-94);
Member, Governing Board;
Chair, Membership Committee;
Member, Publications Committee;
Life Member
Society for Intercultural Education, Training & Research/USA (SUSA)
Life Member
Society of Federal Linguists
Vermont Foreign Language Teachers Association
