Talia Loaiza

Post-Secondary Education

University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Arts
Spanish

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AN TRAINING

The University of Texas at Austin.  ABD.

Completed all coursework and required examinations for the PHD in Spanish Linguistics with concentration in Second Language Acquisition.

Teaching Experience

Bennington College. Bennington, Vermont. Teaching Assistant. Taught Spanish levels 1-4.

Bates College. Lewiston, Maine. Teaching Assistant. Taught Spanish levels 1-4. 

The University of Colorado at Boulder. Boulder, Colorado. Instructor. Taught beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. Developed tests and collaborated in the development of curriculum.

Western State College. Gunnison Colorado. Lecturer. Taught Beginning and intermediate Spanish.

The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas. Assistant Instructor. Taught all levels of Spanish. Collaborated in the development of tests, and curriculum.

Central Texas College. Killeen, Texas. Assistant Professor. Taught all levels of Spanish, participated in the selection of textbooks, helped develop distance learning courses, and other curriculum.

Austin Community College. Austin, Texas. Professor. Active participant in various committees: Technology Committee, Native Speakers Committee, ECHS Committee, MSTA Committee, Curriculum Committee, Assessment Committee. Participated in the in the development of the challenge exams for Spanish I-IV.  

Professional Publications

Puntos de partida (7th and 8th editions) and ¿Qué tal? (6th and 7th editions), created, revised, and updated Notas Culturales for both McGraw-Hill textbooks, 2003 and 2007. 

Administrative duties and responsibilities

Assistant Department Chair. Summer 2014. Performed the Chair's responsibilities during that period ot time.

Co-Chair of FOLA Adjunct Evaluations Committee 2006 - present.Coordinated the evaluation of all FOLA Adjunct Faculty.

Member ans active participant of various FOLA Committees at ACC.  Technology Committee, Native Speakers Committee, ECHS Committee, MSTA Committee, Curriculum Committee, Assessment Committee.

Assited in the in the development of the challenge exams for Spanish I-IV.