Academic Qualifications
2016 PhD, Linguistics, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
2013 MA, Linguistics, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
2010 MA, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Notre Dame (ND), Notre Dame, IN, USA
2005 BA (summa cum laude), Spanish, University of Notre Dame (ND)
2016 Graduate Certificate, Web Design and Online Communication, College of Journalism & Communications, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
2012 Graduate Certificate, Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESOL), Department of Linguistics, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
2009 Graduate Certificate, Foreign Language Teaching, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, University of Notre Dame (ND), Notre Dame, IN, USA
Summary of Working Experience
Aug 2018 – Present Lecturer, Language and Communication (Full-Time Faculty) at the School of Humanities (SoH), Language and Communication Centre (LCC), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Aug 2017 – Present Adjunct Lecturer, Food, Media, & Culture, College of Journalism & Communications, University of Florida, (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
Aug 2016 – Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, English composition and rhetorical argument, College of Arts & Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, World-Wide Campus, USA
Aug 2012 – Present Adjunct Lecturer, Academic writing, University Writing Program, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA
Aug 2010 – May 2012 Instructor, Linguistics, University of Florida (UF), USA
Aug 2008 – May 2010 Instructor, Spanish, University of Notre Dame (ND), Notre Dame, IN, USA
Apr 2017 – Apr 2019 Consultant, Language and Pedagogy, Colibro Publishing, bilingual Spanish-English language pedagogy software
Jun 2014 – Jun 2017 Writing Tutor, Pearson Education
May 2008 – May 2015 Military Officer (Reserve), United States Air Force
May 2005 – May 2008 Military Officer (Active), United States Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska; personnel officer
Publications
For a list of my publications, go to my Orchid or Google Scholar page.
Fellowship
2018, Fulbright Scholar, Teaching English for Tourism, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Grants
2021, Travel Grant, Culinary Biographies: Charting South Africa’s History Through Cooking, Consumption, and Language, Culinary Historians of New York (CHNY) Scholar’s Grant, 2022-2023, $1500
2021-2023, Food Studies Research Cluster, NTU SoH Interdisciplinary Research Cluster, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, $2000
2020, NTU Student Foodways and Singapore Heritage – (Social Media as a Research Method), 2020 College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CoHASS) Arts and Humanities (A & H) Research Grant Scheme, $3550
2019, Travel Grant, NTU-King’s College London, “Evolving Singapore Narrative: Digital Food Cultures,” with Dr. Zeena Feldman, $5000
2019, Conference Travel Support, 16th International Pragmatics Conference, Hong Kong Polytechnical University, “Replicated Authenticity in a Japanese Supermarket in Singapore”, School of Humanities (SoH), NTU, $1500
2013, 2014, Graduate Student Travel Support, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida, each $500
2010, Florida Board of Education Fellowship, University of Florida, $10,000
2008, 2009, Graduate Initiatives Grant, The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, each $2500
2009, Graduate Language Training Grant, The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, $5000
2009, Language Study Grant, The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame, $2000