MATTHEW H. CISCEL

CURRICULUM VITÆ (last revised 9/14/2017)

Professor and TESOL Coordinator 214 Beacon Street Department of English Hartford, CT 06105, U.S.A. Central Connecticut State University (1-860) 232-5223 1615 Stanley Street personal e-mail: [email protected] New Britain, CT 06050-4010 U.S.A. university e-mail: [email protected] (1-860) 832-2749 URL: http://www2.ccsu.edu/faculty/CiscelM

EDUCATION

2002 Ph.D. in Linguistics, Areas: sociolinguistics and second language acquisition theory, University of South Carolina, Columbia (August 1998-December 2002) Dissertation Title: Language and Identity: L2 acquisition in post-Soviet Moldova 1996 M.A. in German, Areas: Germanic linguistics and 20th Century German culture, University of Iowa, Iowa City (August 1993-May 1996) 1991 B.A. cum laude in German, Areas: German and psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Sept 1987-Aug 1991) 1989-1990 Academic exchange to Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany (course work in German language and literature, and psychology)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2012-present Full Professor, Department of English, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 2007-2012 Associate Professor, Department of English, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT (tenure granted 2008) Spring 2010 Senior Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Letters and Arts, Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, România 2002-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of English, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT Fall 2001 Visiting Instructor, Faculty of Modern Languages, Moldova State University, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova

COURSES TAUGHT

· Introduction to Sociolinguistics (graduate-level) · Research Methods in TESOL and (graduate-level) · Research Methods in International Studies (graduate-level) · Modern Syntax (graduate-level) · Seminar on World Englishes (graduate-level) · Meeting the Needs of ELLs in the K12 Classroom (1 credit, graduate-level) · Methods in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (mostly graduate-level) · Content-Based Methods in TESOL (partly graduate-level) · Field Methods in Language and Culture (a course abroad; partly grad-level) · History of the English Language (partly graduate-level)

Ciscel1 · The Study of Language (an undergraduate survey of linguistic theories and models) · Introduction to Linguistics (an undergraduate survey of techniques in linguistic analysis) · Student Teacher Supervision (for Connecticut preK-12 certification in TESOL) · English Composition and Rhetoric (partly as a graduate student instructor) · Beginning and Intermediate German (as a graduate student instructor) · English as a Second Language for Academic Purposes (as a graduate student instructor)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Spring 2017 Sabbatical Leave for one semester, Central Connecticut State University Spring 2016 AAUP Faculty Development Grant from CCSU, together with Drs. Zidani-Eroglu and Koulidobrova to support our organizing of the 2016 Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL) at CCSU in May 2016 2011-2012 Short-Term Travel Grant from the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) for one-month of sociolinguistic fieldwork in the Republic of Moldova (~$4,000; used over Winter Term, 2011-2012) Fall 2011 AAUP Faculty Development Grant from Central Connecticut State University to help fund an international conference which I co-organized at CCSU in October, BorderVisions: Borderlands in Film and Literature ($3,100) Summer 2011 AAUP University Research Grant from Central Connecticut State University for summer 2011 fieldwork on foreign language attitudes and uses in Moldova ($3,358) Spring 2010 Senior Fulbright Scholar Award administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars for a four-month lecturing and research residence at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania, from late January through May (~$22,000) Spring 2010 Sabbatical Leave for one semester, Central Connecticut State University Summer 2008 AAUP Summer Curriculum Grant from Central Connecticut State University for summer travel to attend an applied linguistics conference/workshop in Germany (AILA 15) and to explore sites for a new course abroad proposal to Germany ($2,000) Spring 2008 Dean’s Research Initiative Grant, from the School of Arts and Sciences, CCSU, for additional conference travel funding, used for paper presentation at the 17th Sociolinguistic Symposium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, listed under Conference Papers ($1,400) Spring 2007 Dean’s Research Initiative Grant, from the School of Arts and Sciences, CCSU, for additional conference travel funding, used for the ISB6 paper presentation in Hamburg, Germany, listed under Conference Papers ($600) Spring 2006 AAUP Faculty Development Grant from Central Connecticut State University for conference travel to improve research skills to be used in the linguistic anthropology component of graduate and undergraduate courses, including the TESOL research methods course ($900) Summer 2003 AAUP University Research Grant from Central Connecticut State University for summer 2003 fieldwork to extend research related to the dissertation, with ultimate publication ($1,560) Fall 2001 Advanced Research Fellowship from the U.S. State Department for dissertation fieldwork in Moldova from September through December, administered through the American Councils Combined Research and Language Training Program (~$6,300) Spring 2001 Montgomery Award for research excellence in sociolinguistics, Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina ($250) Spring 2001 B.F. Pearson Award for graduate student research excellence, Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina ($100 and colloquium presentation)

MONOGRAPH July 2007 The Language of the Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and Identity in an ex-Soviet Republic, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.

Ciscel2 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Winter 2010 ‘Reform and Relapse of Bilingual Policy in Moldova.’ Comparative Education 46, 13-28. Fall 2010 ‘The impact of global English on in Romania and Moldova: Global integration or American cultural imperialism?’ East-West Cultural Passage 9, 28-43. Fall 2008 ‘Uneasy Compromise: Language and education in Moldova.’ International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11, 372-394. Fall 2006 ‘A separate Moldovan language? The sociolinguistics of Moldova’s Limba de Stat,’ Nationalities Papers 34, 575-97. Spring 2004 ‘Language and Ideology in the Print Media of Post-Soviet Moldova.’ Balkanistica 17, 23-42. Fall 2002 ‘Linguistic Opportunism and English in Moldova.’ World Englishes 21, 403-419.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER ARTICLES

Fall 2017 ‘Multilingual Cahul: Language attitudes and practices of students in a Moldovan town on the border with Romania.’ In Perspectivele şi Problemele Integrării în Spaţiul European al Cercetării şi Educaţiei, Volumul II, Atelierul VIII (Perspectives and Problems of European Integration in Research and Education, Volume II, Section VIII), proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference at the B.P. Hasdeu State University in Cahul, Moldova (pp. 371-380; http://www.usch.md/conferinte-stiintifice-intrnationale/). Fall 2012 ‘Multilingualism and the Disputed Standardizations of Macedonian and Moldovan.’ In Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History, edited by Matthias Huning and Ulrike Vogl. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (pp. 309-327). Spring 2011 ‘What does Democracy Mean in Moldova? Political Discourses around Contested Words in the Disputed Elections of 2009.’ In Legacies of Totalitarian Language in the Discourse Culture of the Post-Totalitarian Era, edited by Ernest Andrews. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (pp. 55-75). Fall 2008 ‘Uneasy Compromise: Language and education in Moldova.’ Chapter co-published along with the article in IJBEB above, edited by Aneta Pavlenko, Multilingualism in post-Soviet Countries, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters (pp. 99-121). Spring 2005 ‘Language and Identity in Post-Soviet Moldova.’ In The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and sociocultural contact zones edited by Bent Preisler, Ann Fabricius, et al. Roskilde, Denmark: Roskilde University (pp. 106-119). Fall 2000 ‘Language Attitude and Identity in the European Republics of the Former Soviet Union.’ Texas Linguistic Forum 44:1, 48-61, with Richard Hallett and Angela Green.

REVIEWS AND NOTICES

August 2011 Book Review: Hyperbole in English (by Claudia Claridge, 2010). Linguist List 22.3089, www.linguistlist.org. Fall 2009 Book Review: Wer sind die Moldawier? Rumänismus versus Moldowanismus in Historiographie und Schulbüchern der Republik Moldova, 1991-2006 (by Stefan Ihrig, 2008). Nationalities Papers 37, 961-2. Sept 2008 Book Review: Talk of the Nation: Language and conflict in Romania and Slovakia (by Zsuzsa Csergo, 2007). International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11, 509-511. January 2007 Book Review: Beyond Communities of Practice: Language, power, and social context (ed. by and Karin Tusting, 2005). Linguist List 18.101, www.linguistlist.org. Dec 2004 Book Review: Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and its Disintegration (by Robert Greenberg, 2004). Linguist List 15.3522, www.linguistlist.org. April 2004 Book Review: Grundfragen eines Südosteuropasprachatlas: Geschichte, Problematik,

Ciscel3 Perspektive, Konzeption, Methode, Piloteprojekt (edited by Helmut Schaller, 2001). Balkanistica 17, 170-171. April 2004 Book Review: Markets and Moralities: Ethnographies of Post-socialism (edited by Ruth Mandel and Caroline Humphrey, 2002). Balkanistica 17, 172-173. March 2002 Book Notice: Werkzeug Sprache: Sprachpolitik, Sprachfähigkeit, Sprache und Macht (edited by the Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften, 1999). Language 78:1, 205. Dec 2001 Book Notice: Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language Research (by and Alison Mackey, 2001). Language 77:4, 864-5. February 2001 Book Review: English in Europe: The acquisition of a third language (edited by Cenoz, Jasone, and Ulrike Jessner, 2000). Linguist List 12.469, www.linguistlist.org. January 2001 Book Review: Learning English at School: Identity, Social Relations and Classroom Practice (by Kelleen Toohey, 2000). Linguist List 12.214, www.linguistlist.org. March 2000 Book Notice: Adult ESOL Learners in Britain: A cross-cultural study (by A.L. Khanna, et al., 1998). World Englishes 19:1, 136.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

June 2017 ‘Multilingual Cahul: Language attitudes and practices of students in a Moldovan town on the border with Romania.’ The Eleventh Annual International Conference at the B.P. Hasdeu State University in Cahul, Moldova April 2017 ‘Language Differentiation in Late-Soviet Moldova: Patterns of iconicity, recursivity, and erasure in the print media.’ The Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference 2017, New York March 2016 ‘Super-diversity and the contested standardization of Moldovan in the inter-war period.’ 2016 Conference of the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HISON), Helsinki, Finland Sept 2014 ‘Contesting Recognition: and identity in separatist states.’ Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference, University of Calgary, Canada Jan 2013 ‘From the Dniester to the Danube: Gradients of policy, proficiency, and practice in the Russian language.’ International Symposium on Global Russian, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Nov 2012 ‘On Being Moldovan: The language practices of student youth in the border region around Cahul.’ The 44th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, New Orleans July 2012 ‘Foreign Language Motivations and Practices in Contemporary Romania.’ International Conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Sibiu, Romania April 2012 ‘Moldovan Divergence: Evidence from a survey of language learning motivations.’ The 17th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York March 2012 ‘English > French in Romania and Moldova: The anatomy of a shift in foreign language study.’ American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Boston October 2011 ‘”Moldova Sucks:” Images of Moldova as Other in Western Film and Media.’ Border Visions: Borderlands in Film and Literature, an international conference at CCSU March 2011 ‘Transition and Globalization: Foreign language learning in contemporary Romania.’ American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago April 2010 ‘The impact of global English on multilingualism in Romania and Moldova: Global integration or American cultural imperialism?’ Keynote paper at the student pre-conference event for the Fulbright-Romania East-West Passages Conference, Sibiu, Romania Nov 2009 ‘What does democracy mean in Moldova? Political discourses around contested words in the disputed elections of 2009.’ National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston October 2009 ‘Multilingualism and Identity in the Margins: Post-Communist nation-building and language standardization in Macedonia and Moldova.’ Monolingual Multilingualism? Standard languages and their impact on multilingual policies and practices in Europe: a historical perspective, a

Ciscel4 workshop of the Dylan Project at the Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany August 2008 ‘Reform and Relapse of Bilingual Policy in Moldova.’ The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2008), Essen, Germany April 2008 ‘Compared to Moldova, This is Like the Riviera: Discourses of tourism and nation in Transnistria.’ The 13th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York April 2008 ‘Micro-compromise and Macro-deadlock: The (im)balance of multilingualism in Moldova.’ The seventeenth biennial Sociolinguistics Symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands (previewed a week earlier at the annual CSU Faculty Research Conference at ECSU) October 2007 ‘Singular you and they: A sociolinguistic analysis of pronominal change.’ The fifth biennial conference on Studies in the History of the English Language, Athens, GA May 2007 ‘A “Big Deal” in Moldova: The English wedge in post-Soviet politics of bilingualism.’ International Symposium on Bilingualism 6, Hamburg, Germany March 2007 ‘Big Deal: Code, Script, and Image in Moldovan Signage.’ The Language of Images: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Text and Image, CCSU, New Britain, CT Nov 2006 ‘Ocupaţie or Окупация: Discourses and Images from “independent” Moldova.’ Dialogue Under Occupation (DUO) Conference, Chicago March 2006 ‘A separate Moldovan language? The sociolinguistics of Moldova’s Limba de Stat.’ The 11th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York October 2005 ‘Imagined Proficiencies: An exploration of identity and attitude in SLA.’ Second Language Research Forum, New York (previewed a week earlier at the annual CSU Faculty Research Conference at CCSU) March 2005 ‘Language, Education, and Empire: On language policies in Moldova and Transnistria.’ International Symposium on Bilingualism 5, Barcelona, Spain (previewed a month earlier at CCSU as part of the English Department’s Faculty Presentation Series) Nov 2004 ‘Wealth and Denial: Contemporary stories of multilingualism in Connecticut.’ Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, Orono, Maine October 2003 ‘Romanian, Russian or English: Language and globalization in Moldova.’ Language in the Era of Globalization, a conference of the American Society of Geolinguistics, New York May 2003 ‘Language and Identity in post-Soviet Moldova.’ The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones, Roskilde, Denmark April 2003 ‘Bilingual Attitudes and Practices: A critique of the Matched Guise Technique.’ International Symposium on Bilingualism 4, Tempe, Arizona October 2002 ‘English in Moldova II: Destabilization and the ideology of progress.’ International Association on World Englishes Conference, Urbana, Illinois June 2002 ‘Cei de la Ruşi: The linguistic identity of the Bessarabian Romanians in the 20th century.’ Eighth International Conference of the Center for Romanian Studies, Iaşi, Romania January 2002 ‘Discourse and Identity in independent Moldova.’ Linguistic Society of America, San Francisco, California April 2001 ‘Social Transfer and Identity in Second Language Acquisition.’ Linguistics Program Colloquium, University of South Carolina April 2001 ‘Boiled Language: Identity and language shift in post-Soviet Eurasia.’ International Symposium on Bilingualism 3, Bristol, England April 2001 ‘Subjectification and the shading particle in German.’ Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2001 ‘Undergraduate Evaluations of the Pronunciation of International Instructors.’ Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina Dec 2000 ‘English in Moldova: A portrait of linguistic opportunism.’ International Association on World Englishes Conference, Portland, Oregon Sept 2000 ‘Bridging Context and Cognition in Second Language Acquisition.’ Second Language Research

Ciscel5 Forum, Madison, Wisconsin April 2000 ‘Language Attitude and Identity in the European Republics of the Former Soviet Union.’ Symposium About Language and Society- Austin, University of Texas at Austin (with Richard Hallett and Angela Green) April 2000 ‘CarTalk: Face and humor in technical discourse.’ Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, University of Mississippi February 2000 ‘An Engineering Writing Center: Applied linguistics in a multilingual environment.’ Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Savannah, Georgia January 2000 ‘The Dynamics of Diglossia in post-Soviet Moldova.’ Linguistic Society of America, Chicago April 1999 ‘Universal Grammar and Codeswitching.’ Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Old Dominion University

OTHER PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

2016-2017 Workshop Speaker on topics related to teaching emergent bilinguals in the public schools, as part of a CT Department of Education funded initiative (BELL-Lab) to provide professional training in four school districts (Hartford, Windham, New Haven, Bridgeport), mostly one and two day workshops about once a quarter October 2016 Workshop Speaker on ‘Language Learning Motivation and Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Bilinguals,’ at the 46th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, Rocky Hill October 2015 Workshop Speaker on ‘Vocabulary Strategies in Context: A workshop on how to build academic repertoires in adult learners,’ co-presented with Alina Ciscel, at the 45th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, Waterbury May 2015 Workshop Speaker on ‘A Brief History of the English Language,’ for the English Day Events at Classical Magnet School, Hartford, CT April 2015 Panel Discussant for ‘Measuring and Negotiating Moldovan Identity,’ at the 20th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York October 2014 Workshop Speaker on ‘Bilingualism and Linguistic Standards: A sociolinguistic perspective on the Common Core,’ at the 44th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, Cromwell May 2014 Workshop Speaker on ‘The Sounds of American English,’ for the English Day Events at Classical Magnet School, Hartford, CT April 2013 Panel Discussant for ‘Language Politics in Eastern Europe,’ at the 18th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York Nov 2011 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘Making the Math Connection with English Language Learners,’ at the 2011 ATOMIC Conference (for K12 math teachers in CT), Cromwell March 2011 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘Language and Content: Balancing inclusion and immersion for English Language Learners,’ at the 5th Annual CCSU Conference for Language Teachers, CCSU Spring 2010 Panelist presenting and discussing opportunities for Romanians to study in the United States, on behalf of the Fulbright Commission Romania, at various venues in Sibiu, Romania Nov 2009 Panel Chair and Organizer of ‘What’s the Score on Moldova? Conflict and identity as the Republic approaches twenty years.’ American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston April 2009 Panelist speaking on Moldova as part of a panel on ‘Language Policies and the Russian Language in Belarus, Estonia/The Baltics, Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia since 2000,’ at the 14th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York Nov 2008 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘Strengthening Voices: A workshop on making the most of heritage languages,’ at the 2008 CSU International Education Conference, New Britain Nov 2008 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘Keepin’ it Real: Engaging strategies for teaching grammar,’ at the 38th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, New Britain May 2008 Panelist speaking about multilingualism and diversity at the “Campus Conversation on

Ciscel6 Diversity,” at Central Connecticut State University October 2006 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘What’s Grammar For? Some myths and guidelines for teaching ESL grammar to adults,’ at the 36th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, New Britain April 2006 Panelist and discussant for presentation on imperialism by Mary Louise Pratt at CCSU October 2004 Workshop Speaker presenting ‘Penning the Voice: Strategies for Academic Writing in ESL,’ at the 34th Annual ConnTESOL Conference, New Britain June 2004 Workshop Speaker presenting a professional development workshop for community college instructors entitled ‘Informal and “Broken” English in the Mainstream Classroom,’ at Goodwin College, East Hartford March 2004 Workshop Speaker on learner identity in the adult ESL classroom at the ConnTESOL Spring Mini-Conference, Hamden Nov 2003 Panelist representing CCSU’s TESOL programs on a panel entitled ‘A Moment in Time: Connecticut TESOL Programs,’ 33rd Annual ConnTESOL Conference, New Britain June 2003 Panelist discussing academic research issues in the USA at the Pre-departure Orientation for participants in the 2003 Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program, administered by ACIE/ACTR/ACCELS, Chişinău, Moldova June 2003 Organizer/Presenter of a teacher development workshop at the International Language Training Center, Chişinău, Moldova 2001-2002 Workshop Speaker on language and human rights at a series of training workshops for local English teachers in Edineţi and Chişinău, Moldova, sponsored by the American Studies Center, The State University of Moldova May 2000 Workshop Speaker on resume writing and job interviewing for returned exchange students, American Studies Center, The State University of Moldova, Chişinău May 1999 Workshop Speaker for local English teachers: ‘Balancing Student/Teacher Voices in the Classroom,’ ‘Language and Ideology - the world’s varieties of English.’ The Academy of Economic Studies, Chişinău, Moldova

THESES SUPERVISED

Spring 2017 Alzirkany, Ali. English Language Learner’s Attitudes towards Phrasal Verbs: A case study of native speakers of Arabic learning English. CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Fall 2013 Haider, Nilofer. Employment Related Terminology: A study of the Napli-Bhutanese refugee population in determining their comprehension of work related definitions. CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Spring 2013 Korzhak, Taras. Two Banks of the Dnieper River: Political Effects of Ukraine’s Split Identity on the Integration into the EU. CCSU (International Studies M.S.). Fall 2012 Moser, Erin. ELL Beliefs about Language Learning by Proficiency Level: A cross-sectional study of adult education students. CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Fall 2011 Albertson, Brendon. Facebook Use and Pragmatic/Grammatical Awareness among Japanese Learners of English. CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Spring 2009 Bennett, Scott. Socioemotional and Task-Based Communication in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGS) Revisited: An Account of Nonnative Speaker Discourse. CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Spring 2009 Kegler, Melissa. NES and NNES Reactions to In- and Out-Group Usages of ‘Dyke’ and ‘Fag.’ CCSU (TESOL M.S.). Summer 2008 Wielgoszinski, Stephanie. Parental Involvement and Attitudes in FLES Education. CCSU (TESOL M.S.).

Ciscel7 DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

2011-present Coordinator of the undergraduate and graduate programs in TESOL and Linguistics (and ex- officio member of the Dept Graduate Committee, University Graduate Committee, and various School of Education K-12 Teacher Education committees), CCSU 2017-present Member of the Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC) 2017-present Member of the Alumni Relations and Careers Committee 2015-present Member of the Sabbatical Leave Committee in the Department of English 2015-present Member of the Inventory and Budget Committee (merged with the Nominations and Elections Committee in 2017) in the Department of English 2010-2016 CCSU-AAUP Liaison from the Department of English 2009-2015 Assistant Chair of the English Department (and ex-officio member of the Dept Inventory & Budget Committee), CCSU 2012-2015 Member of the Nominations and Elections Committee in the Department of English 2011-2014 Member of the Sabbatical Leave Committee in the Department of English 2003-2010 Member of the Website Committee in the Department of English 2006-2009 Member of the Appointments Committee in the Department of English Spring 2007 Acting Assistant Chair of the English Department, CCSU Spring 2007 Webmaster and Session Chair for The Language of Images: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Text and Image, hosted by the English Department, CCSU 2003-2007 Member of the Inventory & Budget Committee in the Department of English Spring 2006 Acting Coordinator of the graduate programs in TESOL, Department of English 2003-2006 Member of the Nominations & Elections Committee in the Department of English Fall 2005 Advisor to the Appointments Committee in search for new phonology professor, English Dept

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2015-present Member of the International Studies Committee (representing the Global Studies focus) 2017-present Member (and Secretary) of the International Education Committee 2017-present Member of the University Sabbatical Leave Committee 2015-2017 Member of the Termination Hearing Committee of the University Senate 2015-2016 Member of the Board of Regents Research Award Committee 2013-2015 Co-Director of the International and Area Studies Programs (focus on running the graduate program, among other duties), CCSU 2007-2014 Coordinator of the undergraduate and graduate programs in Slavic and East European Studies (and ex-officio member of the International and Area Studies Committee), CCSU 2003-2014 Member of the Slavic and East European Studies Committee, CCSU 2012-2013 Member and Co-Chair of the University Senate’s Library Committee, CCSU Fall 2009 Acting Faculty Senate Representative on the Facilities and Planning Committee, CCSU 2007-2009 Member of the Senate Diversity Committee, CCSU 2007-2008 Member of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the Vision of the Center for International Education Summer 2007 Designer of and Instructor for a course abroad to Romania and Moldova, CCSU

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2011-present Member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2005-present Member of the Association for the Study of Nationalities 2005-present Member of the Historical Sociolinguistics Network 2016-present Member of a Discipline Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Scholar Program (CIES),

Ciscel8 reviewing scores of linguistics-related applications on-line every fall 1999-2013 Member of the South-Eastern European Studies Association and Society for Romanian Studies 2009-2013 Member of the Board of the Society for Romanian Studies, serving also on the student essay award committee (2009-2011) Dec 2013 Member of a National Screening Committee for Fulbright Student Program applications (for the ETA in Eastern Europe), Institute for International Education, New York 2010-2012 Member of the editorial board of East-West Cultural Passage, an interdisciplinary journal of the Faculty of Arts and Letters at Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania Nov 2012 Moderator for a panel entitled “Re-thinking Balkan Borders and Boundaries,” at the 44th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, New Orleans 2010-2012 Chair of the Society for Romanian Studies 2012 Conference Organizing Committee, which organized a large international conference in July 2012 in Sibiu, Romania Dec 2011 Member of a National Screening Committee for Fulbright Student Program applications (for the ETA in Eastern Europe), Institute for International Education, New York Dec 2009 Member of a National Screening Committee for Fulbright Student Program applications (for the ETA in Eastern Europe), Institute of International Education, New York 2007-2009 Member of the AILA (International Association for Applied Linguistics) Research Network on Multilingualism in post-Soviet Countries 1994-2008 Member of the Linguistic Society of America March 2008 Moderator for a panel entitled “Promoting Diversity in Higher Education through Global Awareness,” organized by the Modern Language Department at Central Connecticut State University 2003-2007 Teacher Education Representative on the board and webmaster for Connecticut Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ConnTESOL) October 2007 Host and assistant organizer for the 37th Annual ConnTESOL conference at CCSU October 2006 Host and assistant organizer for the 36th Annual ConnTESOL conference at CCSU April 2006 Moderator for a panel entitled “Non-native Reading of English: Issues for English Learners in East Asia,” at the 7th Annual Graduate English Conference at Southern CT State University October 2005 Host and assistant organizer for the 35th Annual ConnTESOL conference at CCSU October 2004 Host and assistant organizer for the 34th Annual ConnTESOL conference at CCSU Nov 2003 Host and assistant organizer for the 33rd Annual ConnTESOL conference at CCSU 96-98, 2004 Member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (international TESOL)

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

As a teacher trainer and instructor at the International Language Training Center (formerly Casa Lumea Deschisa), Chişinău, Moldova: Spring 2002 Teacher training course for English as a foreign language, Advanced conversational English for adults As a Soros Foundation Fellow at the Casa Lumea Deschisă School of Modern Languages, Chişinău, Moldova (full-time): 1997-1998 Conversational English for adults in six levels, English for librarians, Conversational German in three levels (new courses) 1996-1997 Conversational English in six levels, TOEFL preparation course, Introductory German (a new course)

Ciscel9 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2015 Reviewer of article manuscripts for the academic journal Nationalities Papers 2013 Reviewer of a book manuscript on social issues in Moldova under consideration by Routledge (Taylor and Francis) 2010-2013 Reviewer of occasional applications for Fulbright Grants by Romanian linguists and sociologists applying to study in the United States, Fulbright Commission Romania, Bucharest Sept 2011 Reviewer of a book chapter on Moldova for a book series edited by Associate Professor William James of George Washington University Nov 2009 Reviewer of applications for the Title VIII Grants to Southeastern Europe administered by American Councils for International Education, Washington, DC 2009 Control Listener for the Moldovan radio programming of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (two rounds of evaluations in July and October) May 2006 Expert Witness for the defense on the use of American Slang in State v. Lockhardt, Federal District Court in Middletown, CT Dec 2004 Consultant for hiring of a new director and for curriculum development, the International Language Training Center (a non-profit adult language school), Chisinau, Moldova February 2004 Reviewer of applications for the 2004 AAUP University Research Grants, Connecticut State University January 2002 Reviewer of applications for the Junior Faculty Development Program administered by ACTR/ACCELS, Chişinău, Moldova 1999-2001 Graduate Assistant and Supervising Consultant for English as a Second Language at the Professional Communications Center, College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of South Carolina, including workshops, presentations, and individual consultations related to the technical writing and presentation skills of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral researchers August 2000 Trainer at the International Teaching Assistant Workshop, University of South Carolina August 1999 Trainer at the International Teaching Assistant Workshop, University of South Carolina 1997-1998 Copy editor of English translations at the Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau, Moldova 1996-1998 Consultant in various projects of the English Education Program at the non-profit Soros Foundation Moldova, including supervision of teacher development workshops, administration of standardized tests, and judging at student debate competitions

LANGUAGES

 L1: English  L2: German (advanced) & Romanian (high intermediate)  Some knowledge of Russian (2 years instruction), French (1), Swahili (1), Swedish (½), Spanish (½), & countless hours ingesting descriptions of these and many other languages

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