Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University
August 2008-August 2012

Master’s Degree in TESL/Applied Linguistics from Iowa State University – Specialization in CALL
August 2006-July 2008

Bachelor’s degree in English/Portuguese – Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
February 1995-December 1999

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University (since August 2006)
Instructor of cross-cultural and regular First-Year Composition courses (English 150 and English 250) and ESL courses

Exchange teacher at the Alabama Language Institute/GSCC in Gadsden, AL, USA (January-March 2005)

International Language Institute/Aliança Francesa (2003–2005)
Teacher of specific English courses – Listening, Conversation, Grammar, Writing, and Phonetics.

Federal University of Viçosa – Center of Teaching and Extension (October 1999–July 2005)
Supervisor, Teacher Trainer, and English teacher at the Extension Course, which aims at making the learning and acquisition of the English language accessible to the academic and non-academic communities.

UFV/PEC – Teacher of English to advanced levels (6, 7 and 8) and TOEFL Preparation Course

Substitute Instructor at the Language Department of the Federal University of Vicosa (April 2001-April 2003)

Cultural Institute Brazil – United States – ICBEU (August 1999-March 2003)
English teacher to children, adolescents and adults – basic, elementary, and advanced courses.

Number One – English school (February-December 1999)
Teacher of English as a foreign language - basic and intermediate courses.

 SPECIAL COURSES

Effective Communication: Concepts of Pronunciation (September 2004) - Federal University of Viçosa

Workshop - Pronunciation Targets Everyone Should Have (May 2003) - Federal University of Viçosa

Workshop – Stress and Intonation: The Melody of the English Language (March 2002) - Federal University of Viçosa

Courses in English as a Second Language at Gadsden State Community College/Alabama Language Institute in Gadsden, Alabama – USA (1998)

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

Iowa State University
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Annual Conference on Technology for Second Language Learning (2006-2009)

Iowa State University (October 2006)
Event: Workshops 2006 – W-Fair: Sharing Writing Activities
Work Presented: Working with ESL Students
Presenters: Edna Lima, Erik Voss, Jim Ranalli, Jing Xu

University of North Alabama - Florence, Alabama
Event: AMTESOL conference
January 28 and 29, 2005
Work presented: Marketing and Recruiting the Intensive English Program: A Case Study in Brazil.

Event: 9th Braz-Tesol National Convention: Expanding Horizons in ELT (July 2004)
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

LANGUAGES
Portuguese – native language
English – fluent
Spanish – advanced level – Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Listening

OTHERS

Rater of the SPEAK/TEACH Tests for International TAs and English Placement Test (EPT) at Iowa State University

Member of the TESL/ALT/IEOP Social Committee at ISU

Secretary of the Educational Video Interest Group at ISU

Skills in Computer Assisted Language Teaching and in Language Assessment

Translation (Portuguese into English) of three books on Botany (already published in Brazil) to be published in the United States of America and in other English-speaking countries.
Books’ Titles: Orchids – Botany and Growing (2006), Bromeliads – Botany and Growing (2006), and Cactus – Botany and Growing (2006).