KATHERINE J. RIESTENBERG, PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE kateriestenberg.com AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Language revitalization • Bilingual, multilingual, and second language acquisition • Language teaching and testing • Zapotec languages (Otomanguean) RESEARCH INTERESTS o The nature of linguistic input and social interaction available to learners in minority language revitalization contexts, how this differs from other language learning settings, and implications for learning outcomes o Teaching methods for language revitalization, especially benefits and drawbacks of task-based approaches o Effects of social factors such as language ideology on teaching and learning in revitalization contexts o Conducting linguistic documentation and description in ways that are useful for revitalization efforts o Complex laryngeal phonology (tone, phonation) and the representation of these features in writing systems EMPLOYMENT Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College, Tri-College Department of Linguistics 2020-2021 Teach Intro to Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, Multilingualism and Second Language Haverford, PA Acquisition, Sociolinguistics; support student engagement in community-based language revitalization projects Postdoctoral Fellow, Bryn Mawr College, Tri-College Department of Linguistics 2018-2020 Appointed by the Consortium for Faculty Diversity based on integration of linguistic Bryn Mawr, PA diversity into teaching and scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2017-2018 “Describing Zapotec Tone: Implications for Language Conservation” Washington, D.C. Research Project Manager, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2013-2015 “Documentation and Revitalization of the Language and Traditional Ecological Washington, D.C. Knowledge of the Isthmus Zapotec Community.” Smithsonian Grand Challenges Award, PI Gabriela Pérez Báez, $118,111 Research Assistant, Georgetown University 2014 “Preserving and Enhancing Access to the Survey of Zapotec and Chatino Languages” Washington, D.C. supported by the National Science Foundation (BCS-1263671), PI Mark Sicoli Research Assistant/Consultant, Language Testing, Center for Applied Linguistics 2009-2015 Managed oral and written language proficiency test development for clients such as the Washington, D.C. U.S. State Department and Federal Service Academies; created online modules on language assessment for teachers; led evaluation of federally-funded language programs Riestenberg CV EDUCATION Ph.D., Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2017 Doctoral Dissertation: Acoustic salience and input frequency in L2 lexical tone learning: Evidence from a Zapotec revitalization program in San Pablo Macuiltianguis M.S., Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2014 B.A., Hispanic Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2007 MAJOR GRANTS AND AWARDS Bryn Mawr College Library and Information Technology Services Digital Seed Grant 2019-2020 “Engaging Students in Building Digital Resources for Indigenous Language Revitalization.” Supports internships for students, programmer fees, and community partner travel. Best Research Article Award, International Association for Task-based Language Teaching 2019 For Riestenberg & Sherris (2018), Task-based teaching of Indigenous languages: Investment and methodological principles in Macuiltianguis Zapotec and Salish Qlipse revitalization. National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program, “Workshop on Community-based Language Research Across the Americas (CBLRAA).” Organized in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2018 and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA). With Shannon Bischoff, Tania Granadillo, and Melvatha Chee. BCS-1833155. 2015 National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, “The Acquisition of Tone in a Second Language.” Supported equipment and 8 months of fieldwork at Sierra Juárez Zapotec revitalization program in Mexico. BCS-1451687. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Riestenberg, K., Granadillo, T., Chee, M., Bischoff, S. (forthcoming). Addressing the need for wide networks of support for Indigenous languages: The workshop on Community-based Language Research Across the Americas (CBLRAA). Proceedings of International Year of Indigenous Languages: Perspectives Conference. Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN. Barzilai, M. and Riestenberg, K. (2021). Context-dependent phonetic enhancement of a phonation contrast in San Pablo Macuiltianguis Zapotec. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 6(1), doi:10.5334/gjgl.959. Riestenberg, K. (2020). Meaningful interaction and affordances for language learning at a Zapotec revitalization program. The Language Learning Journal 48(3), 316-330. doi:10.1080/09571736.2020.1722205. Riestenberg. K. (2020). Supporting rich input and meaningful interaction in language teaching for revitalization: Lessons from Macuiltianguis Zapotec. In W. Silva and K. Riestenberg (Eds.), Collaborative approaches to the challenge of language documentation and conservation: Selected papers from the 2018 Symposium on American Indian Languages (SAIL). Special publication of Language Documentation & Conservation 20, 73-88. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66558. Pérez Báez, G. & Kaufman, T. with C. Brendel, V. Cata, H. De Korne, R. López Cartas, R.G. López López, G. Morales Carranza, V. Orozco Trujillo, A.J. Reyes García, K. Riestenberg, F. Sánchez López, P. Trujillo - 2 - Riestenberg CV Vera, K. Velasco Gutiérrez, and D.E. Vicente Jiménez. (2019). La Ventosa Diidxazá Lexico-Botanical Dictionary. Dictionaria. Available at https://dictionaria.clld.org/contributions/diidxaza. Riestenberg, K. & Cruz Manzano, R. (2019). Teaching task-based writing in Zapotec in Oaxaca, Mexico. In A. Sherris & J. Kreeft Peyton (Eds.), Teaching writing to children in Indigenous languages: Instructional practices from global contexts (pp. 126-143). New York: Routledge. Riestenberg, K. & Sherris, A. (2018). Task-based teaching of Indigenous languages: Investment and methodological principles in Macuiltianguis Zapotec and Salish Qlipse revitalization. Canadian Modern Language Review. Special issue on Indigenous language teaching, learning, and identity, 74(3), 434-459. doi: 10.3138/cmlr.4051. Recipient of 2019 Best Research Article Award from the International Association for Task-based Language Teaching. Riestenberg, K., Jan, H., Maimone, L., & Sanz, C. (2015). Cross-linguistic effects of Arabic experience on L3 learning and explicit knowledge. Arizona Working Papers in SLA and Teaching, 22, 1-25. Available at https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/AZSLAT/article/view/21207/20789. Rebuschat, P., Hamrick, P., Riestenberg, K., Sachs, R., & Ziegler, N. (2015). Triangulating measures of awareness: A contribution to the debate on learning without awareness. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 37(2), 299-334. doi: 10.1017/S0272263115000145. Riestenberg, K., Di Silvio, F., Donovan, A. E., & Malone, M.E. (2010). Development of a computer-based workshop to foster language assessment literacy. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 9, 21-42. Available at http://www.ncolctl.org/files/develpment-of-computer.pdf. EDITED VOLUMES Silva, W. and Riestenberg, K. (Eds.) (2020) Collaborative approaches to the challenge of language documentation and conservation: Selected papers from the 2018 Symposium on American Indian Languages (SAIL). Special publication of Language Documentation & Conservation, no. 20. Available at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp20-collaborative-approaches-to-the-challenges-of-language-documentation- and-conservation/. CORPORA / LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION Riestenberg, K. & Grupo Cultural Tagayu' (2019) Teaching Macuiltianguis Zapotec Collection. The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA), ailla.utexas.org. PID ailla: 260404. Twelve hours of videos of Zapotec language classes with transcriptions. Based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (BCS-1451687). Pérez Báez G. et al. (2019). La etnobotánica de La Ventosa (municipio de Juchitán de Zaragoza), Oaxaca (U. Oregon). Documenting Ethnobiology in Mexico and Central America (DEMCA), http://demca.sites.gettysburg.edu/collections. BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS Riestenberg. K. & A. Sherris (forthcoming). Task-based language teaching and Indigenous language revitalization. Invited case study in M.J. Ahmadian & M. Long (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Task-based Language Teaching. Riestenberg, K. (2016). Book review of Grüter & Paradis (2014) Input and experience in bilingual development. Available at linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-676.html. Rebuschat, P., Hamrick, P., Sachs, R., Riestenberg, K., & Ziegler, N. (2014). Implicit and explicit knowledge of form-meaning connections: Evidence from subjective measures of awareness. In J. Bergsleithner, S. Frota, & J. K. Yoshioka (Eds.), Noticing: L2 Studies and essays in honor of Dick Schmidt (pp. 255-275). University of Hawai'i Manoa, National Foreign Language Resource Center. - 3 - Riestenberg CV EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary. Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez 2019 Santiago, with Ally Freemond, Neal Kelso, Jaime Metzger, and Kate Riestenberg. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Available at http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan. Gudiariu, gulhariu, ineriu xtisa' Tagayu', Lola'a.