Curriculum Vitae
allex@unm.edu
EDUCATION:
Degrees
2000-2004 M.A. in Portuguese, University of New Mexico
1992-1997 B.A. in Portuguese and English, Universidade Federal do Ceará
The Realization of the English Stops by Brazilian Speakers of English in
Fortaleza, B.A. Thesis.
1991-1993
Technician
in Tourism, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Ceará
Study Abroad:
Summer 2006 Caminitos Study Abroad Program
Universidad de Palermo. Buenos Aires, Argentina
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Administrative:
Team Leader for Language Tutors at CAPS (since Fall 2006)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Summer 2006)
Co-Director of Study Abroad Program in Fortaleza
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Summer 2001)
Placement Exam Coordinator, Department of Foreign Languages
Universidade de Fortaleza (Jan 1998-Jun 2000)
Teaching:
English as a Second Language for Spanish Speakers, Continuing Education
University of New Mexico, Summer 2006
Teaching: Beginning and literacy levels for Spanish speaking UNM Custodians.
Graduate Assistantship in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Since Fall 2003)
Teaching: Port 275 – First semester intensive beginning Portuguese
Span 102 - Second semester beginning Spanish
University of Arizona (Fall 2002 – Spring 2003)
Teaching: Port 101 – First semester beginning Portuguese
Port 102 – Second semester beginning Portuguese
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Fall 2000 – Spring 2001)
Teaching: Port 275 – First semester intensive beginning Portuguese
English as a Second Language, CELAC - UNM
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Summer 2002)
Teaching: Academic writing
Advanced Grammar
Intermediate reading
Developmental English, Department of Adult and Developmental Education
Technical and Vocational Institute of Albuquerque (Fall 2001 – Summer 2002)
Teaching: English 98/99/100 – Advanced writing
English 055 – Basic skills in English
English 077 - Advanced English as a Second Language
Math, Department of Adult and Developmental Education
Technical and Vocational Institute of Albuquerque (Fall 2001)
Teaching: Math 99/100: Preparatory course for GED including Arithmetic, Algebra and Statistics.
English as Second Language, Department of Foreign Languages
Universidade Federal
do Ceará (Aug 1997 – Jul 2000)
Teaching: Semesters I – VII
Preparatory for Cambridge First Certificate (FCE)
Intermediate writing
English Phonetics
Portuguese as Second Language, Department of Foreign Languages
Universidade Federal
do Ceará (Aug 1997 – Jul 2000)
Teaching: Brazilian Cultural Studies
Intermediate Grammar
Intermediate Conversation
Intensive Portuguese for Beginners
English as a Second Language, Department of Foreign Languages
Universidade de Fortaleza (Jan 1998 – Jul 2000)
Teaching: Instrumental English
Preparatory for the TOEFL Exam
Advanced Conversation
Advanced Grammar
English as a Second Language, English for All Purposes (EAP)
English For All Purposes – Fortaleza, Brazil (Aug 1994 – Dec 1998)
Teaching: Intensive Semesters I – III
Intermediate Semesters I and II
Advanced Conversation
Preparatory for TOEFL Exam
Preparatory for Michigan Exam
Instrumental English
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Research Assistantship – Designing and Coding for GoldVarb 2001.
University of Arizona (Summer 2003, 2004)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Summer 2004)
M.A. Thesis Field Research – Designing research method, conducting interviews collection of data, coding, and running statistical analysis using GoldVarb 2001.
Fortaleza, Brazil (Summer 2001)
B.A. Thesis Field Research – Designing research method, conducting interviews for collection of data coding, and running statistical analysis using Excel.
Fortaleza, Brazil (Jan 1997).
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:
Outstanding Services to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Spring 2004)
PUBLICATIONS:
Sousa,
J. (2006). Dialect Perception in the Free Trade Corridor: Arizona – Sonora.
in: Rio Bravo, New Series Vol.2:1
Fall 2003, pp. 99-106. The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg,
TX.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:
Conferences:
“My Teacher’s First Aid Kit”, English Teachers Conference
Universidade Federal de Alagoas – Brazil (Oct 1999)
Universidade Federal do Ceará – Brazil (Aug 1999)
“Using Flash Cards in ESL Classroom”, English Teachers Conference
Universidade Federal do Ceará – Brazil (Aug 1998)
“The Realization of the English Occlusive Consonants by Brazilian Speakers”,
Feira de Produção Científica
Universidade Estadual do Ceará (March 1997)
Symposia:
“Metalinguística
in Iracema”, Presented to the Thirteenth Annual Graduate Symposium on
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of
Arizona, February 14, 2003.
“The Effect of Learning Styles on Second Language Word Recall and Recognition”, Presented to the Eleventh Annual Graduate Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, February 16, 2001.
SERVICE:
Organizing
committee:
The 7th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium and 6th
Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese. University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, October 2003
Thirteenth
Annual Graduate Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language
and Culture, University of Arizona, February 2003.
THEATER:
Actor: Nuestra Señora de las Nubes – Play written by Aristides Vargas, directed and acted by graduate students in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Arizona, February 13, 2003.
Actor: El Señor Galíndez – Play written by Eduardo Pavlosky, directed and acted by graduate students in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, April 2001.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:
Native-speaker fluency in Portuguese
Near native-speaker fluency in English.
High Advanced fluency in Spanish.
Intermediate fluency in French.