Curriculum Vita
RENATO DE SOUZA ALVIM
Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Spanish
California State University, Stanislaus
Department of Philosophy Home & Modern Languages
CSU Stanislaus 1911 Asbury Court One University Circle Turlock, CA 95382 Science 1 Building S103B (209) 485-5342 (cell.) Turlock, CA 95382 [email protected] (209) 667-6704
Academic History:
Ph.D., Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2010 Second Area: Spanish; Minor: Latin American Studies
M.A., Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2002-2004 Minor: Spanish
M.A., Secondary Education, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2000-2002
B.A., Clinical Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1990-1994
B.A., Portuguese Language and Literature and Brazilian Literature, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1984-1987
B.A., Communications, Public Relations, Instituto Cultural Newton Paiva, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1985-1987
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, CSU-Stan, fall 2015 – present Elementary Portuguese I, II Intermediate Portuguese I, II Advanced Portuguese I, II Elementary Spanish I Spanish for Native Speakers I
STARTALK – Hilmar Unified School District (HUSD) Portuguese Language Academy – instructor of Portuguese, Hilmar, CA summer 2016, 2017 Intermediate Portuguese - low
Professorial Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC fall 2013 – spring 2015 Elementary Portuguese I, II Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I, II Intermediate Portuguese I, II
Visiting Professor, Universidade de Itaúna, Brazil, spring 2013 Advanced Grammar and Composition
Visiting Lecturer, CSU-Stan, fall 2010-spring 2011 Elementary Portuguese I Elementary Spanish I Advanced Portuguese – Brazilian Cinema and Conversation
Visiting Lecturer, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, summer 2010 Spanish 101: First-Year Spanish I Spanish 102: First-Year Spanish II
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2002-2010 Portuguese 100: First-Year Portuguese I Portuguese 150: First-Year Portuguese II Portuguese 135: Intensive Portuguese (for speakers of other Romance languages) Portuguese 250: Second-Year Portuguese II Portuguese 311/492: Advanced Grammar and Composition in Portuguese *The course includes undergraduate minors and majors as well as graduate level students who are working on their foreign language requirement Portuguese 317/492: Reading and Conversation in Portuguese *The course includes both undergraduate minors and majors and graduate-level students who are working on their foreign language requirement Spanish100: First-Year Spanish I Spanish 150: First-Year Spanish II Spanish 105: Intensive Spanish Spanish 200: Second-Year Spanish I
Associate Instructor, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, summer 2009 Spanish 101: First-Year Spanish I Spanish 102: First-Year Spanish II
Guest Lecturer, by the chair of the Department of Anthropology, Eduardo Brondízio, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2006 *“The Directorate of 1780” – law document on working conditions of indigenous peoples in Brazil
Graduate Assistant, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2001-2002 *Supervised undergraduate students from Teachers College in an after-school program in two local elementary schools
Graduate Assistant, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2000-2001 * Metals lab assistant in the Department of Industry and Technology
Associate Instructor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1996-1997 *Taught literary theory and poetry in the Department of Linguistics and Semiotics
Instructor of Portuguese Language and Brazilian Literature, Universidade de Itaúna Foundation, Itaúna, Brazil, 1997-1998
Instructor of Portuguese for Business and Technical Courses, Foundry Technology Center Marcelino Corradi, Itaúna, Brazil, 1997-2000
Instructor of English for Technical Courses, Foundry Technology Center Marcelino Corradi, Itaúna, Brazil, 1997-2000
Instructor of Portuguese, Colégio Modelo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1995-1997
Instructor of Portuguese, Colégio Dom Cabral, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1992-1995
Publications:
Book chapter. Caprichoso and Garantido: The Amazonian Folkloric Festival Reenactment at the Portuguese World Language Startalk® Summer Camp in California. In: Phillipov, R. & Hanna, V. H. (Orgs.). Saberes em Conexão na Universidade, Editoras Mackenzie e Unifesp. Brazil. (forthcoming)
Portuguese Tiles: A Project-based Learning Experience. Muiraquitã – Revista de Humanidades. Pós-Graduação em Letras: Linguagem e Identidade (PPGLI) da Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), AC, Brazil. ISSN 2525-5924. December 2019.
https://periodicos.ufac.br/index.php/mui/article/view/2912
Desafios da Sustentabilidade do Ensino de Português Língua Mundial nos EUA: Projeto Vídeo como Estratégia Intercultural. Revista do Centro de Letras e Comunicação – Cadernos de Letras Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), RS, Brazil. ISSN 2358- 1409 (online) | ISSN 0102-9576 (print) Fall 2019.
https://periodicos.ufpel.edu.br/ojs2/index.php/cadernodeletras/article/view/16638
Lúcio Cardoso no Contexto do Romance de 30: um Intimista. CES Revista, Periódico Multidisciplinar do Centro de Ensino Superior de Juiz de Fora. MG, Brazil. Entre Descobertas e Releituras, a Pesquisa. v. 33, n. 2 (2019). Fall 2019.
https://seer.cesjf.br/index.php/cesRevista/article/view/2277 Book translation review (English) of Chronicle of the Murdered House, by Lúcio Cardoso, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51, Issue 2, Routledge. ISSN: 0890-5762. Spring 2019.
Portuguese is in! From less commonly taught to language of the future: The K-12 Portuguese World Language pathway in the U.S. Todas as Letras – Revista de Língua e Literatura. São Paulo: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Press. Spring 2018.
http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/tl/article/view/10864/7147
Rejoinder manuscript in special centenary volume of Hispania - journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Fall 2017
Chico Vive! Conference - Cambridge Institute for Brazilian Studies Inc. Translator of interview by Gomercindo Rodrigues. Spring 2015. E-book (http://cambridgebrazil.org/rural-workers-indians-environment/the-chico-vive- ebook-is-now-ready-for-complimentary-download)
Hello Americans: Orson Welles, Brazil, and the Good Neighbor Policy. REI – Revista de Estudos Internacionais, vol. 4, n. 1, João Pessoa: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Press, 2013. 6-29. Fall 2013.
http://www.revistadeestudosinternacionais.com/uepb/index.php/rei/article/view/116
“Duas faces do poder em Guimarães Rosa: Grande Sertão: Veredas e ‘Famigerado’.” Studies in Honor of Heitor Martins. Ed. Darlene J. Sadlier. Luso-Brazilian Literary Series 3, Bloomington: Indiana University. 134-41. Fall 2006.
“Literatura Infantil.” Revista Pedagógica, vol. 67. Belo Horizonte: Revista Pedagógica. Spring 1994.
Awards and fellowships:
Elizabeth Anne B. Papageorge Faculty Development Award - outstanding achievement by probationary faculty members at CSU Stanislaus, Spring 2019 https://www.csustan.edu/article/stan-state-honors-professors-banales-petratos-nagel- baker-alvim
AATSP Member Spotlight – American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese https://www.aatsp.org/general/custom.asp?page=currentspotlight, Spring 2019
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU- Stanislaus for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL 2018 Conference, New Orleans, Fall 2018
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stanislaus for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL 2018 Conference, New Orleans, Fall 2018
Portuguese Education Foundation Grant, Portuguese textbooks for students Elementary Portuguese II, Fall 2018
Center for Portuguese Studies, Portuguese textbooks for students Advanced Portuguese I, Fall 2018
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU- Stanislaus for the 100th American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Salamanca, Spain, Summer 2018
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stan for the 100th American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Salamanca, Spain, Summer 2018
Luso-American Education Foundation (LAEF) Travel Grant for the XLI Annual Conference on Education and Culture, San Jose, CA, Spring 2017
Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Mini Grant, CSU-Stan to support efforts to enhance instruction and to promote innovative teaching learning strategies, Fall 2016
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stan for the Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC) Conference, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2016
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stan for the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Miami, FL, Summer 2016
Luso-American Education Foundation (LAEF) Travel Grant for the XL Annual Conference on Education and Culture, San Diego, CA, Spring 2016
Center for Portuguese Studies CSU-Stan Travel Grant for the Luso-American Education Foundation (LAEF) 40th Annual Conference on Education and Culture, San Diego, CA, Spring 2016
Luso-American Education Foundation Conference (LAEF), Authentic Experiences and Enhanced Learning in the Portuguese-Language Classroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2015 (participant)
Short-listed for the Green Teaching Award, American University, Spring 2015 Department of World Languages and Cultures
Travel Grant, American University, Washington, DC, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, Fall 2014, “Classroom Successful Projects” (presenter)
Department of World Languages and Cultures Travel Grant, American University, Washington, DC, ACTFL 2013 Annual Conference Orlando, FL, Fall 2013 (participant)
Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stan for the Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC) Conference, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2010
Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009- 2010
Outstanding Associate Instructor Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2008-2009
American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA), Yale University, Travel Grant, New Haven, Connecticut, 2008
Outstanding Associate Instructor Award nominee, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2004 and 2005
Bernardo Mendel, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant, Bloomington, IN, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007
Graduate and Professional Student Organization (GPSO) Travel Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 25th Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, 2006
Agapito Rey/Donald Sisters/Timothy Rogers Grant for the Graduate Portuguese & Hispanic Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, fall 2005
Agapito Rey Graduate Fellowship, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2004-2005
Fulbright Scholarship for a M.A. in Secondary Education, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2000-2002
Rotary International Travel Grant for Young Professionals, São Paulo-Florida, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, spring 2000
Highest GPA Grant, School of Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, spring 1992; spring 1993
Conferences:
I Symposium on Lusophone Cultures of California. UC Davis, fall, 2019. Project-Based Learning in Elementary Portuguese Classes. (presenter)
101st American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, San Diego, CA, summer 2019: Video production to deliver confidence: Project-based activity language learners. (presenter)
2018 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. ACTFL, fall 2018: Caprichoso and Garantido: The Amazonian Folklore Festival at Startalk Camp. New Orleans, Louisiana, (presenter)
100th American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Salamanca, Spain, summer 2018: O Folclore Bumba meu Boi e as toiradas Açorianas no projeto STARTALK© (presenter)
Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC) Conference, Hayward, CA, fall 2017 “STARTALK©: Tying a Brazilian-Portuguese (Azorean) cultural experience” (presenter)
Luso-American Education Foundation Conference (LAEF), XLI Annual Conference on Education and Culture, San Jose, CA, Spring 2017: “A Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha” (presenter)
Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC) Conference, Berkeley, CA, fall 2016: “Creativity and Technology: Partners for Success” (presenter)
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Miami, summer 2016: “Technology without Fear” (presenter)
Luso-American Education Foundation Conference (LAEF), XL Annual Conference on Education and Culture, San Diego, San Diego, CA, spring 2016 (participant)
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Northern California Chapter (AATSP/NC) Workshops, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, spring 2016 (participant)
Luso-American Education Foundation Conference (LAEF), Workshop on Authentic Experiences and Enhanced Learning in the Portuguese-Language Classroom, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, fall 2015 (participant)
Organization of American States (OAS) 3rd University Internationalization Seminar Washington, DC, spring 2015 (participant)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2014 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, fall 2014: “Classroom Successful Projects” (presenter)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2013 Annual Conference Orlando, FL, fall 2013, (participant)
Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC), Berkeley, fall 2010: “So, Let’s Review” (presenter)
Modern Language Association Midwest Chapter (M/MLA) 50th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, fall 2008, “Família disfuncional em Lúcio Cardoso: nadando contra a corrente da tradicional família mineira” (presenter)
American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA), Yale University, fall 2008, “Duelo planejado, luta imaginária: “Duelo”, de Guimarães Rosa” (presenter)
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 61st Conference, University of Kentucky, spring 2008, “O Cinema Novo não morreu: Dias Melhores Virão, de Carlos Diegues” (presenter)
Modern Language Association Midwest Chapter (M/MLA) 49th Annual Convention Cleveland, OH, fall 2007, “Memorial de Maria Moura: do romance à adaptação televisiva” (presenter)
Modern Language Association Midwest Chapter (M/MLA) 48th Annual Convention Chicago, IL, fall 2006, “Duelo planejado, luta imaginária: Duelo, de Guimarães Rosa” (presenter)
25th Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, spring 2006, “Duas faces do poder em Guimarães Rosa: Grande Sertão: Veredas e ‘Famigerado’” (presenter)
Graduate Portuguese & Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY), Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., fall 2005, “Duas faces do poder em Guimarães Rosa: Grande Sertão: Veredas e ‘Famigerado’” (presenter)
Foreign/Second Language Teaching Share Fair, Indiana University, Bloomington, fall 2009, “Warm-up activity – Bingo!” (presenter)
Course development, P115, Business Portuguese for Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2006
Participant of Symposium Lessons from the MBA Classroom - Business Concepts and Pedagogy for Foreign Language Professionals, Columbus, Ohio, 2005
Participant of Symposium IU CIBER BRIC - Business in Emerging Markets-Projections for the Market of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, Indianapolis, 2005
Presenter at Foreign/Second Language Teaching Share Fair, Indiana University, Bloomington, fall 2005, “Group Dynamics for Descriptive Composition”
Presenter at Foreign/Second Language Teaching Share Fair, Indiana University, Bloomington, fall 2004, “Grading Composition in Groups”
Course development, P115, Business Portuguese for Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2006
Service to the Profession:
AATSP Conference Program Selection Committee - 102nd Annual American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference, spring 2020
AATSP Committee Reviewer of Proposals for Portuguese and Spanish -101st Annual American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference, spring 2019
Special Consultant in a Fulbright grant proposal with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, CSU Stanislaus summer 2018
Board member Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) CSU Stanislaus, fall 2018 – present
Board member Portuguese Education Foundation of Central California (PEFCC), spring 2017 – present
STARTALK – project funded by the National Security Agency (NSA), administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, MD - Hilmar, CA Unified School District - instructor of Portuguese. Summer 2016; summer 2017
Latin American Research Review – Reviewer for journal. Spring 2016
Hispania – journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) – Reviewer for journal. Spring 2016
Academic Senator to represent the Department of Philosophy and Modern Languages at CSU Stanislaus. Fall 2015-
Office of Merit Awards – Boren Scholarship Panel Interviewer for pre-selecting candidates to study abroad in São Paulo, Brazil. Spring 2015
Office of Merit Awards – Fulbright Scholarship Panel Interviewer for pre-selecting candidates to study abroad in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Fall 2014
Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Sorority (DPE)’s Tea with Teachers meeting with students and professors for advising. Fall 2014
Q&A guest for the Brazilian Embassy sponsored documentary Bossa Nova with co- producer Ken Davis, fall 2014
Committee for hiring Spanish professors for the Department of World Languages and Cultures, American University, summer 2014
Q&A guest for the Brazilian Embassy sponsored documentary Elena with director Petra Costa, spring 2014
Coordinator of the Lusophone coffee hour for Portuguese speakers at American University, fall 2013 – Spring 2015
Lusophone coffee hour sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Modern Languages, CSU-Stanislaus. Fall 2010, Spring 2011
Committee of the Cuarto Simposio del Programa de Español sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Modern Languages, CSU-Stan, fall 2010, Spring 2011
Reviewer for Hispania, published by the AATSP, summer 2009 - present
Director of the Lusophone Committee and Table of the 50th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language (M/MLA), Minneapolis. Fall 2008
Secretary of the Lusophone Committee of the 49th Annual Convention of the
Midwest odern Language (M/MLA), Cleveland. Fall 2007
Portuguese Tenure-Track Search Committee (member), Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006
Assistant Editor of Studies in Honor of Heitor Martins. Ed. Darlene J. Sadlier. Luso- Brazilian Literary Studies. Vol. 3, Bloomington: Indiana University, 2006. 134-41.
Activity for Hispanic families at the Monroe County YMCA sponsored by Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Bloomington, IN, 2007
Collaborator in Festival de Culturas Hispanas, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2006
Committee Coordinator for the Foreign/Second Language Teaching Share Fair, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2005-2010
Lusophone coffee hour for Portuguese speakers sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington 2003-2008, 2010
Assistant Editor, Chiricú, Chicano-Riqueño Studies Program magazine, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2004-2010
Research assistant for Multi-Cultural Education project on Mexican Braceros, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2001
Community Service:
Portuguese Education Foundation of Central California
Legacy of Hope – United Samaritans Foundation – Turlock, CA, Fall 2017- present
White Pony Express
Homeward Trails Animal Rescue – Arlington, VA/Washington, DC July 2014-june 2015
Video conference International Studies in Schools (ISIS), Christmas in Spanish Speaking Countries, 2005
St. Paul Catholic Church volunteer for various Hispanic-community services, 2006/2010
Assistant for Cineforum: El Puente Project. Volunteer consultant for the Latin American film and discussion series in various Indianapolis High Schools (La Plaza, Inc.), 2005
Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, Bloomington, Indiana, 2003-2010
Memberships:
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Modern Language Association (MLA) Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA) Brazilian Area Studies Association (BRASA) American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA) Portuguese Education Foundation of Central California (PEFCC) Luso-American Education Foundation (LAEF) American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese (AOTP) California Language Teachers’ Association (CLTA) Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC)